Focus on batting in India's training

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	Ashish Nehra and Zaheer Khan at a training session in Bangalore © AFP Enlarge
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India had a three-hour nets session with the focus mainly on batting at the National Cricket Academy grounds in Bangalore. Sachin Tendulkar, who underwent a MRI Scan at a Mumbai hospital on Sunday after feeling uneasiness in his knees, had light weight training at the gym and didn't bat or bowl.

Ashish Nehra, who did not play the game against Bangladesh due to a back spasm, joined the team late and opted for some light weight training. Yuvraj Singh did not bat and opted for some stretching exercises. Virender Sehwag, Sreesanth and R Ashwin didn't come to the training on Tuesday.

Bulk of the attention was devoted to batting, though Piyush Chawla, Yusuf Pathan and Munaf Patel did have a bowl. Gautam Gambhir faced the seamers, including the local net bowlers, for the longest time while MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, and Virat Kohli shared the spinners' nets, each tackling a few balls each.

Interestingly, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan didn't bowl but to chose to face throwdowns from the coach Gary Kirsten. For the entire duration of the training session, Harbhajan and Zaheer faced only Kirsten. They started playing the drives before they practiced pulling against the short-pitched deliveries. The session was punctuated by Kirsten offering them advice, especially against the bouncers. India have another practice session on Wednesday morning.