Banter erupts from Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant as Indian team conducts net practice in a rather relaxed Environment

The usually mobbed Indian cricket team likes training in a relaxed atmosphere and that was evident in their body language as the players went about their business in their only practice session at the Kent County Cricket Ground before the fourth Test in Manchester.

Three days after the loss at Lord’s, the Indian players looked jaded as they deboarded from the team bus after an hour’s ride from London but the quaint setting of the facility in Beckenham lifted their spirits instantly. The variety of music played in the dressing room – ranging from Hanuman Chalisa, English pop to popular Punjabi numbers – also put the players at ease.

From the dressing room upstairs, the likes of Rishabh Pant and Jasprit Bumrah were involved in a friendly banter with the travelling mediapersons who tracked the training session from the ground level.

Both Rishabh Pant and Jasprit Bumrah were only part of the warm-up routine and also spent some time in the gym. It is worth mentioning that Pant is nursing a finger injury but is expected to regain full fitness for the Manchester game.

Bumrah, on the other hand, did not have a bowl and neither did Mohammed Siraj as part of workload management. It remains to be seen if either of them is rested in the next Test with the series on the line. Apart from KL Rahul, all squad members made the trip to Beckenham.