The Indian cricketers are geared up
for the long season ahead and are both physically and mentally ready for the
packed calendar, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said here today.
"The team is all fit from the
physical and mental aspects. The one and a half month’s break (after last IPL)
was very good from the physical and mental aspect.
"Even on the tour of Sri Lanka
(where the team played five ODIs and a lone T20 game against the hosts) we had
breaks between each game. We are quite ready for the packed season ahead,"
said Dhoni at the launch of a new national T20 jersey by the Indian Cricket
Board's apparel sponsors Nike.
"Slowly we will get into the
Test format now and then the T20s. There is lot of cricket ahead ending with
the IPL. We have to look ahead every 15 days," he said.
Dhoni was referring to the start of
the first home series of the season - against New Zealand – beginning with the
Test match at Hyderabad on August 23. The visitors will play one more Test at
Bangalore before ending their tour with two T20 Internationals at Vizag and
Chennai.
This will be followed by the ICC
World T20 Championship in Sri Lanka from September 18 to October 7. The season
will continue with the visit by England and Australia before the IPL.
Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh,
Virat Kohli, Irfan Pathan, Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma were the other
Indian cricketers present at the launch of the new T20 jersey for Team India.
Keywords – Team mentally fit for
long season said Dhoni, slowly we will get into the test format now and then
the T20s said dhoni.
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