Team India coach Rahul Dravid
India played a four-day warm-up match against Leicestershire before playing the final Test match against England starting on 1st July. The fifth match of a five-match Test series was rescheduled owing to Covid-19. In the series, India is in lead 2-1.
India ticked all the required boxes during the against Leicestershire and will look to hit the ground running when they face England in the rescheduled one-off Test beginning Friday, said head coach Rahul Dravid.
Shreyas Iyer, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, and Ravindra Jadeja, all hit half-centuries during the drawn warm-up game.
"I think whatever we needed to achieve and whatever boxes we needed to tick in terms of our preparation leading into the Test match on Friday, I think we are very satisfied and happy, we have been able to do that this week," Dravid said in a video shared by Leicestershire Foxes.
Talking about the challenges of playing in English conditions, Dravid said: "When you have got just one game or one-off game in a series, its not really a lot of time, you've got to hit the ground running hard and you've got to be able to hopefully get your act together right from the first day of the Test match.
"There is not lot of room to maneuver or things to go wrong. So having said that it has been a good week. I thought the match wicket was challenging on first couple of days and settle down in the last two so, it was good, it was a great week."
Dravid also praised the facilities and atmosphere at Leicestershire.
"I thought you know everyone's really looked after us really well. It's been great crowds you know, it's really lovely to see so many people come to watch the game like this and just the atmosphere and the vibe have been excellent," he said.
(Inputs from PTI)
