The Indian team could not play against Canada due to the last match of the group stage being cancelled due to rain. However, the team had performed brilliantly before this and made its place in the Super-8 by winning 3 consecutive matches. Now the Super-8 matches are starting from Wednesday, June 19. Team India will play its first match in this round against Afghanistan in Barbados on June 20.

For this, all the players including Rohit Sharma have reached there and are practicing hard. All the players of the team were present in the practice session held on Tuesday, June 18, but Rishabh Pant was not seen during this time.

Why did Pant not come to the practice session?

Only one day is left for the India-Afghanistan match. Earlier, an optional practice session was held for the Indian team in Barbados. That is, it was not necessary for every player to attend it. Despite this, the entire team sweated it out in the nets. The players did not want to leave any stone unturned, so almost all the players participated in it.

Even the team's two great batsmen Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli practiced hard in the nets. Rishabh Pant, who batted the best during the group stage, was missing during this practice session.

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According to reports, Rohit and Virat spent more time than the other players.

Despite the presence of all the players, the reason for Pant's absence could not be known, but his presence was not necessary. As we have already told you, this was an optional practice session.

Kohli-Jadeja practiced big shots

Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja have not been able to leave their mark in this tournament yet. Kohli has been able to score only 5 runs in 3 matches. Jadeja has been quiet with both bat and ball, but both players are eager to contribute in the Super-8. Both players were seen sweating in the nets. Virat practiced lofted drives and extra cover shots to score runs during the powerplay.

He was also seen practicing pull shots on Jasprit Bumrah's ball.

Afghanistan's team has top class wrist spinners like captain Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmed. Jadeja was seen practicing for this. He practiced a lot of slog sweep and inside out shots in the nets. Apart from this, Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav were also seen hitting big shots all around the ground.

Rohit inspected the pitch

While the Indian team sweated it out in the nets, captain Rohit Sharma also inspected the pitch along with practice.

He inspected the pitch along with coach Rahul Dravid. Rohit not only saw the pitch himself, he also asked the team's veteran bowler Jaspreet Bumrah for his opinion about the pitch. He asked Bumrah how the pitch was.