India vs Australia: Indian cricketers start training in Sydney

A couple of days after reaching Sydney, the Indian cricketers started training on Saturday in a bio-bubble.

Cheteshwar Pujara during a gym session in Sydney on Saturday.

A couple of days after reaching Sydney, the Indian cricketers started training on Saturday. As part of the health protocols, the team has to be under 14-day quarantine, but they have been allowed to train.

In a Twitter post, the BCCI shared pictures of the cricketers - including Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav - having some light training and gym sessions. The players were in a strict bubble and no outsiders were allowed inside the stadium.

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While the limited overs series will get underway later this month, the first tour game for the Test team will be held at the Drummoyne Oval in Sydney from December 6-8, followed by a day-night fixture from December 11-13.

Since the first game clashes with the T20I series, superstars Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah will not be available. But Australia A will have to deal with Cheteshwar Pujara, the man who scored 521 runs in India’s series-winning tour Down Under in 2018-19.