Team India prepares with yoga for the West Indies tour

Team India is currently training at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru ahead of its tour of the West Indies. The first couple of days saw team members getting involved in various practice drills. A couple of new methods including Yoga is a part of its training regime under new coach Anil Kumble. The BCCI on Saturday tweeted images of players spreading their yoga mats to practice the traditional art of keeping fit and focused.

The Indian team is currently undergoing a preparatory camp at the National Cricket Academy (NCA), Bangalore under newly appointed coach Anil Kumble for the upcoming West Indies Tour. The camp began on June 29 and will end on July 4th.

This would be India’s first series under new coach Anil Kumble, who was named India’s new head coach on June 23 for a year’s term. The Indian team will tour to West Indies in July and August, where they are scheduled to play four Tests. The seven-week long tour will have four Tests and two practice matches. The Tests will be played in Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica, St Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago.

The tour under the helm of Virat Kohli will start with a two-day practice match from July 9 in St Kitts followed by a three-day warm-up match from July 14 at the same venue. The first Test will begin on July 21, the second on July 30, the third on August 9 and the last one on August 18. The last time India toured the West Indies was in June 2011 for a three-Test series, which India won 1-0.

The Indian Cricket team took part in a yoga session. #TeamIndia #WIvIND pic.twitter.com/m6SzIgojz7

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 2, 2016