Fielding well in Test series is important: Rahul Dravid

Nagpur: India head coach Rahul Dravid has said that fielding and catching have been the focus of the team’s preparatory camp ahead of the four-match Test series against Australia. He feels it will be crucial during the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Everyone looks to be in really good shape, he said. It is good to have the Test team back together. We’ve had a lot of white-ball cricket in the last one month. Some of those boys are shifting from white ball to red ball series. It is good for him that he is sweating it out a lot in the nets.

Fielding has also been really important in Test matches, Dravid said in a video posted by the BCCI on its social media accounts. Fielding is going to be a really important part of the series. There is a lot of emphasis on catching, slip fielding. India are currently practicing at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur ahead of the opening Test against Australia. Dravid further said that it is great for the Test team to have a week to prepare for an important series.

We’ve had some really good days, he said. We’ve had some really long sessions. I think as a coaching staff it’s exciting because the amount of cricket we play, you don’t get this kind of time. That said, you don’t really get time to do a camp or you get an extended period of time where you get a chance to work with the players and prepare for a Test series. India currently hold the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, having won the last three series against Australia in 2017, 2018-19 and 2020-21, while Australia last won a Test series in India in 2004.

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