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Border-Gavaskar Trophy: India express preference for training sessions being closed for crowd | Cricket News

Border-Gavaskar Trophy: India express preference for training sessions being closed for crowd | Cricket News

A day after more than 5000 spectators watched the Rohit Sharma led Indian team practice at the Adelaide Oval ahead of the second Pink Ball Test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy starting December 6, it has emerged that the Indian team management has requested for such open training sessions to be stopped. As per a report in The Age, the Indian management have requested Cricket Australia to not allow spectators during their training sessions further in the tour. “India have expressed a preference for their remaining training sessions not to be open to the public to minimise potential noise or distractions,” a CA spokesperson told The Age on Wednesday. While the Indian team had their practice sessions at WACA at Perth for some days before training at the Optus Stadium at Perth ahead of the opening Test, the Indian team had arrived in Adelaide after the PM XI match at Canberra. Cricket Australia had earlier shared about similar open sessions as Tuesday for the Test matches at Brisbane and Sydney and these plans seem …