Team India are one of the best fielding sides in world cricket thanks to the likes of Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja and Hardik Pandya. Ever since, Virat took over the reigns from MS Dhoni in all formats of the game, he has made fitness a top priority in the Indian camp. That is the reason India’s fielding coach Ramakrishnan Sridhar was upbeat about the team’s performance on the field.
“We have two guys, Virat (Kohli) and Jadeja, who are very intimidating to the position. They can intimidate any batsman, and they are prowling in the 30-yard range,” Sridhar told.
The fielding coach also lavished praise on India’s spearhead Jasprit Bumrah for his improvements on the field. “Bumrah is probably one of the hardest workers as far as fielding goes. From when he joined the team in 2016 to what he is now, he’s a massive improvement, although still a work in progress, but a massive improvement,” Sridhar said.
[6/14, 13:42] Reverse 5: “One area is we try to educate them with awareness with respect to fielding, and we try to work on fitness. Obviously, (Shankar) Basu (strength and conditioning coach), works a lot on their fitness as well. We’ve got a lead-up to this tournament to work with Chahal, Bumrah, Kedar, guys like this, who are willing to work really hard and to work on their skills. So that really helped,” Sridhar added.
