Team India is preparing vigorously for the Melbourne Test. At present the Test series is tied at 1-1 and now Team India is gearing up to take the lead in the series in Melbourne. However, amidst these preparations, a different kind of competition is going on among the players of Team India. Fielding coach T Dilip divided the Indian players into three groups and bet 300 dollars, which is more than 25000 Indian rupees. The interesting thing is that even in this fielding drill, the team of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli could not win, in this the team of Dhruv Jurel won.

Shooting competition between Team India

The Indian team was divided into three groups at the historic ground of Melbourne. Sarfaraz Khan was the captain of the first group which included Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Harshit Rana and Yashasvi Jaiswal. Mohammad Siraj became the captain of the second group, who got the support of Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Akash Deep and Nitish Kumar Reddy. The captain of the third group was Dhruv Jurel, whose team included Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Ravindra Jadeja, Shubman Gill and Washington Sundar.

Target hitting with points system

3 groups led by young captains

Cash reward online

Fun, energy and intensity – #TeamIndia gears up for the Melbourne Test with a lively fielding drill with Fielding coach T Dilip #AUSvIND

— BCCI (@BCCI) December 23, 2024

This is how Dhruv Jurel's team won

All three teams were given three targets. In which one point was to be awarded for hitting a direct throw on big wickets. Two points were to be awarded for direct throw on small wickets. Four points were to be awarded for throwing on a small black marker. Padikkal's team won in this match. Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna gave amazing performance for them. Krishna targeted the four-figure mark. At the same time, Bumrah also hit the target of 2 points several times, as a result Dhruv Jurel got 300 dollars in the end. Click here to watch full video

Virat Kohli and Rohit lost this match but they will be expected to score runs in Melbourne. Virat Kohli's record in Melbourne is good, it is a good thing. It will be difficult for Rohit Sharma to make a comeback, because he has been in bad form for a long time.