Hanuma Vihari Trains For Australia Tour Whereas India Teammates Put together For IPL | Cricket Information

At a time when his India teammates are gearing up for the glitzy IPL greater than 2500 miles away from Hyderabad, Hanuma Vihari has his eyes skilled on one thing more difficult – the marquee tour of Australia. Vihari is without doubt one of the two centrally contracted India gamers (the opposite being Cheteshwar Pujara) not a part of the Indian Premier League (IPL) this yr after being missed by the eight franchises. “It could have been nice if I had been part of IPL however I can not give it some thought,” Vihari, who has 552 runs from 9 Checks, advised PTI.

With the COVID-19 associated restrictions stopping full-fledged coaching, Vihari is doing his personal web classes with the assistance of none aside from Indian crew’s fielding coach, R Sridhar, of their hometown.

“Sure, Sridhar sir helps me in my coaching and on account of lockdown, you do not have grounds open. I’m batting on matting wicket throughout web session,” the reticent Vihari mentioned.

The first intention is to get adjusted to the additional bounce on Australian tracks and taking part in on matting wickets helps because the deliveries tend to rear up awkwardly.

“The grounds are all closed and that is the useful resource accessible. The bounce is completely different and its a problem,” mentioned the 26-year-old, who has a mean of 58 plus in first-class cricket in 85 video games.

It’s learnt that fielding coach Sridhar, who has watched Vihari from his junior days, is monitoring his coaching classes and likewise giving him throwdowns.

Gamers from Hyderabad are recognized to develop up on matting and astro turf wickets.

Mohammed Azharuddin and VVS Laxman performed plenty of cricket on synthetic turfs throughout their youthful days and their elegant wrist work could possibly be partly attributed to “batting on matting”.

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Sridhar’s presence may also assist the Indian teaching crew, headed by Ravi Shastri, who could have an concept concerning the progress of the non-IPL gamers and the way they’re shaping up forward of the massive tour.

Initially, Vihari was imagined to go to England to play within the County championship (facilitated by the BCCI) however could not as a result of coronavirus-forced lockdown and journey restrictions.