Watch- India players’ fielding practice after Asia Cup drops:Gill’s men assemble in Delhi before 2nd Test vs West Indies; no change in IND’s playing 11

With just one day left in the India vs West Indies second Test in Delhi, the Men in Blue went through a training session at the Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium. According to the released images from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), there were no specific changes in the playing 11; however, there was a lot of focus on certain areas. Notably, the fielding practice was at the top of their game, with practice pictures featuring players honing their responses to catches, along with throws for run-outs. Men in Blue focused on keeping fielding sharp after Asia Cup blunders After the fielding and catching blunders that Team India showed in the Asia Cup, dropping 12 catches throughout the tournament, it seems head coach Gautam Gambhir is keen on not committing the same mistakes, no matter the format of the game. The recent practice pics revealed by BCCI featured Sai Sudharsan seemingly trying his hand at the slip catches while Dhruv Jurel and Jasprit Bumrah did the throwing practice in the Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium in Delhi. No change in the playing for 11 for 2nd Test vs WI During the press conference in Delhi on Wednesday, India assistant coach Ryan Doeschate said to the media, “I’d say we’re unlikely to change the combination. One of the sort of medium-term objectives is to develop a seam-bowling allrounder for India, because it’s very important when we go away on tours that we have that position covered.” The primary reason that Ryan cited was Nitish Reddy, in line to be India’s next seam all-rounder. Although he could not show much in the first Test apart from the flying catch that he took of WI Tagenarine Chanderpaul in the visitors’ second innings. He is expected to get better bowling time with batting position likely to come after Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja in the playing 11. Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja batted in the nets India’s spin all-rounders Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar, who have been in excellent form, also batted in the nets on Wednesday. Ryan Doeschate had mentioned that both of these batters are versatile enough to bat from sixth to eighth spot in the playing 11. Notably, Jadeja scored an unbeaten 104 in India’s first innings vs West Indies in 1st Test while taking four wickets in West Indies’ second innings. Meanwhile, Sundar could not contribute much with the bat, but he took one wicket each in the first and second innings with an economy of 3 or below against Windies batters.