Practice Wednesday, July 18

Attendees : Rishabh, Tilak, Paul, Subbu, Giri, Sri, Bharat, Prateek.

Catching and fielding sessions were shorter than usual, due to injuries and late arrivals.

Tilak looked safe and Paul looked good in the deep.

There isnt much to say about bowling due to the nature of the pitch. It is good to see Giri back as he is able to hit line and length. Tilak produced a couple of good deliveries and Sri looked like he has been practicing and pitched it right more than a few times.

Batting :
Prateek had a good outing, after judging the pitch, I was able to gt on top of most deliveries and play them where I wanted to. I was seeing the ball well and it should play out well for the IU game.

Tilak also had a good aggressive session. The only negative is that this is not how he would be playing in the game. I think Tilak has better temperament than trying to air every stroke. My advice will be to practice the way you will bat in the game.

Rishabh looked pretty shaky when it came to coming in terms with the pitch. He could not handle the slowness of the track very effectively. Rish, get used to these type of pitches, there are plenty of these down here.

Paul was very edgy to begin with but got better when he got his eye in. He looks a shadow of a batsman, with some knicks in his technique that need to be ironed out. I think a couple more practice sessions will do him a lot of good.

Subbu looked pretty good with his drives. He was able to take care of anything that was pitched up. The pitch did not provide an opportunity to test him with the shorter stuff, but there was some visible discomfort when the ball was pitched on length.

Sri tried to be too aggressive with his strokes. It looks like Sri either wants to smudge the ball right under him or go for a boundary. I think we should try to help him develop the mid range strokes so that he can rotate the strike to the other batsman without creating chances.

Giri looked good on his return. He seems to be getting back at a good pace. He was caught jumping back on a few length deliveries, but looked good when he came forward.

Special thanks for Bharat bhai and Giri for showing up and helping the team out at practice.

Thanks also to Tilak for arranging the permit and obtaining it. It was very impressive, the speed and efficiency with which he did this job. There was some problem with the soccer players which disrupted us for a short while, but they eventually moved on to the other side of the ground and there was no further trouble.

All in all a decent session, not the best we have had, but alright, good to see Paul make it to this one. I would like to see us work a little more on our ground fielding in the next session.