{"id":9353,"date":"2012-08-21T09:34:09","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T09:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9353"},"modified":"2012-08-21T09:34:09","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T09:34:09","slug":"indian-team-practices-hard-ahead-of-the-first-test-against-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9353","title":{"rendered":"Indian team practices hard ahead of first Test against New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hyderabad<\/strong>: Indian team is not leaving anything to chance as the team went through a hard training session ahead of the first match of the two match Test series against New Zealand schedule to start on Aug. 23.<\/p>\n<p>The team started the day by playing football and then got down to some serious business at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The Training session saw the Indian team focusing on all the three aspects of the game. <a href=\"index.php?option=com_googlesearch_cse&amp;n=30&amp;cx=010230829620037021599%3AWMX1253964426&amp;cof=FORID%3A11&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;q=Sachin+Tendulkar+&amp;hl=en\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/index.php?option=com_googlesearch_cse&amp;n=30&amp;cx=010230829620037021599%3AWMX1253964426&amp;cof=FORID%3A11&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;q=Sachin+Tendulkar+&amp;hl=en\">Sachin Tendulkar <\/a>had a prolonged net session. Other batsmen like Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli also had a good net.<\/p>\n<p>Indian bowling is the team\u2019s weakness and a special focus was given on the bowlers. Ishant Sharma who is making a comeback had a good bowling session followed by Umesh Yadav. <\/p>\n<p>Indian team for New Zealand Test series:<\/p>\n<p>MS Dhoni (C), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Ajinkya Rahane, Piyush Chawla, Ishant Sharma, Suresh Raina, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, R Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Pragyan Ojha, Umesh Yadav.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hyderabad: Indian team is not leaving anything to chance as the team went through a hard training session ahead of the first match of the two match Test series against New Zealand schedule to start on Aug. 23. 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