On Sunday, Shami started by marking a spot in an area of good length on the practice pitches, and then warmed up by bowling half-run for over 20 minutes. Later, he bowled his full drive towards openers Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma in the nets. Meanwhile, he practiced short and long range catches with fielding coach T Dilip and head coach Gautam Gambhir. Once the net sessions were over, Shami closed the evening by bowling for ten minutes on the practice fields. When his session ended, Shami was bowling almost at full speed.
Shami, 34,’s fitness has been a concern for India for over 12 months, and he has now been selected for the upcoming T20Is and ODIs against England to test their readiness for the Champions Trophy, which begins on February 19. in Karachi. . India will open their campaign against Bangladesh the next day in Dubai.
Rana and Hardik Pandya were the only two members of the team who batted and bowled. Hardik also did some power hitting with Rinku Singh and Dhruv Jurel, while Rinku and Tilak Varma largely faced the spin of Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi and Washington Sundar.
