The Indian cricket team is in New York City ahead of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 and the players are out and about in the city. The team began its light training on Tuesday, May 28 with strength and conditioning coach Soham Desai overseeing the proceedings. Apart from Virat Kohli, the rest of the squad has landed in the Big Apple and joined the team even the players who were involved in the IPL 2024 playoffs, except Rinku Singh, who flew on Tuesday.
Apart from the training sessions, the players are also enjoying the New York summers and roaming around the city. India's opening batter Yashasvi Jaiswal put out a post in the 'Garden City' New York as he walking in the Indian training kit and didn't expect what was coming his way despite the post being harmless.
"Sambhaal ke. Garden mein ghooma toh pata hai na (Be careful. If you roam around in the garden, you know what happens right...)," Suryakumar Yadav commented on Jaiswal's post referring to the iconic dialogue from Indian captain Rohit Sharma, who blasted his players during the Test series against England.
Rohit was caught on stump mic using not-so-great words and since that it has become a long-running joke with players like Surya, R Ashwin, IPL franchises and even the captain himself using it in several references.
This is Jaiswal's first T20 World Cup as he is set to open alongside captain Rohit Sharma. Jaiswal may not have had the greatest of the IPL season but with his intent and the ability to go hard from the top, seems like a sure-shot starter in India's XI. India begin their T20 World Cup campaign against Ireland on Wednesday, June 5 but before that, they have a warm-up game scheduled against Bangladesh on June 1 at the Nassau County Stadium in New York.
