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Three India pacers to help prepare for New Zealand Test series
India is preparing for a two-match Test series against New Zealand, due to begin on November 19.
Fast bowlers Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar and Auqib Nabi are expected to help the Test squad as reserve and net bowlers.
None of the three has made a Test debut for India, but they have played in the current ODI series against New Zealand.
The team plans to hold a preparation camp in Wellington, where coaches and players from the India A set-up are also expected to join.
Recent ODI matches in New Zealand have featured swing, seam movement and bounce, conditions that may also challenge batters in the Tests.
Accounts differ on when the players and staff will move between the ODI and Test groups, and the final arrangements are still being made.
India is preparing a camp in Wellington ahead of its two-Test series against New Zealand.
Shubman Gill and other Test-squad members are expected to travel from Hamilton to Wellington, with India A players also joining the group.
Fast bowlers Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar and Auqib Nabi are expected to help as net bowlers, though one report said arrangements were not yet final.
Reports differ on when the three bowlers will join the camp, with one saying November 16 after the ODI series and another describing them as staying back for Tests.
- Who
- India’s Test squad, with India A players joining and Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar and Auqib Nabi expected to assist.
- What
- India is planning a Wellington camp to prepare for a two-Test series against New Zealand.
- When
- The camp is expected to begin on November 11. The ODI series ends on November 15.
- Where
- Wellington, New Zealand.
- Why
- To prepare the Test squad, including its fitness, workload and practice, for the series.
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The Test-bound players are expected to begin a Wellington camp, with 5-6 sessions planned, according to Kotak.
India’s ODI series against New Zealand is scheduled to conclude.
News18 reported that Brar, Nabi and Arshdeep would join the India squad in Wellington.
- Test series
- Two matches against New Zealand
- Camp location
- Wellington
- Camp start
- November 11
- Expected net bowlers
- Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar and Auqib Nabi
- ODI series conclusion
- November 15
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What people are saying
We will just try and see that their (Test squad's) loading, their fitness and their practice are adequate, and that they get enough preparation, as much as the conditions permit us.
I think three bowlers. Gurnoor, maybe Nabi, and I think Arsh is also staying back,
Fingers crossed, we should be ready for the Test series as well