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India’s rising batting star Yashasvi Jaiswal, who is gearing up for his second Test season after a memorable debut campaign, faced a tough challenge from teammate, Jasprit Bumrah. India, under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma is set to kick off their Test season, from September 19. The two-time WTC finalists will be up against Bangladesh for a two-match Test series before hosting New Zealand for a three matches at home. Following this, India will tour Australia for the five-match series, the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.
Before the beginning of the first Test, team India engaged in an intense training session, where youngster Yashasvi Jaiswal faced challenges from teammate, and star pacer Jasprit Bumrah. Regarded as probably the best pacer in the current scenario, Bumrah frequently dismissed Yashasvi, sending his off-stump cartwheeling multiple times. Not only him, but Jaiswal was even troubled by net bowlers Simarjeet Singh, Gurnoor Brar and Gurjanpreet Singh.
Virat Kohli steps in to assist troubled Yashasvi Jaiswal during practice session
As Jaiswal was seen struggling with all three aspects, pace, bounce and swing, legendary batter Virat Kohli stepped in and offered some advice to the young batter. The modern-day batting icon who will be making his comeback in the red-ball format in the upcoming match, pointed out the areas where Jaiswal went wrong. Both the batters then took turns and faced around 50 balls for almost an hour.
While things might look a bit sketchy for the young batter, Kohli was seen in his classic form during the training session. The 35-year-old pulled off his trademark cover drives and on-drives. Apart from them, Rishabh Pant, who will be seen donning whites for India for the first time since his accident, was seen handling left-arm spinners with ease.
