India’s Cricket Board (BCCI) released a video. In it, Team India prepares for their three-T20I series against Afghanistan. The series starts on Thursday, January 11, amid Mohali’s chilly weather.
Playing in Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, the temperature is near 13 degrees Celsius. The Indian players shared a vox pop video, describing the difficulties. Axar Patel, Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, and head coach Rahul Dravid were among those who remarked on the unusual chill.
Arshdeep Singh and Shubman Gill, two local youngsters, made light of the fact that they didn’t feel cold at all, while Washington Sundar, a man from Chennai, mockingly declared he was ‘habitual’ to it. The stadium was shrouded in thick fog when pacer Avesh Khan said that the only thing above him was dhuan (smoke) rather than aasman (sky).
View the video by clicking this link:
On Sunday, January 14, the series moves to the Holkar Stadium in Indore. The weather will still be cold. The last T20I happens at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on January 17, where it’ll be warmer.
England will come to India for a five-match Test series starting later in January. The initial two games happen in southeast India. The weather here isn’t as chilly or foggy as the north.
“In the cold, I am more scared of fielding” – India’s Ravi Bishnoi
Ravi Bishnoi said to the series broadcasters earlier in the day that fielding in the cold bothered him more than bowling.
“In the cold, I am more scared of fielding than bowling (gripping the ball) in these conditions. If you drop one, it’s done,” Bishnoi told broadcaster pSports18. “It’s a bit tough fielding here because of the low level of the floodlights. You have to keep this mind and before the match, you need to train.”
Ravi Bishnoi
