T20 World Cup 2021: Watch

Team India’s mentor at the T20 World Cup, MS Dhoni, was seen helping the young wicketkeeper, Rishabh Pant, with some field practice during India’s warm-up match against Australia on Wednesday.

The two sides will play their final warm-up match before the T20 World Cup begins. Rohit Sharma is the captain of the side with Virat Kohli choosing to sit out of the game. Dhoni was initially seen talking to the reserves on the sidelines.

He then gave Pant some “holding tips” just outside the boundary line. Dhoni tried to emulate a batter’s edge as he played the ball and developed Pant’s reflexes while standing against the stumps.

Watch MS Dhoni & Rishabh Pant’s mini session here:

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Team India looking for sixth bowling option

Stand-in skipper for the warm-up match against Australia, Rohit Sharma, has revealed that Hardik Pandya is still doing his best to recover from his injury and will not bowl until 100% fit. However, having a sixth bowling option is quite necessary in a fickle format like T20s.

Rohit also mentioned that he himself, Virat Kohli, and Suryakumar Yadavi do their best to contribute with the ball to fill the void left by Hardik’s inability to bowl.

“Myself, Virat, Surya. We’ll all go bowling and see if we can get involved with a sixth option. Even if we play with five bowlers, we have the quality. The sixth bowler just gives you an extra option in case someone is having a bad day‘ said Rohit.

India will play in the final warm-up game against Australia on Wednesday. Hereafter, India will play against Pakistan, while Australia will meet South Africa in the Super-12 stage.