Dance, drums and fun! Team India lands in Colombo | Hardik Pandya with the arrival of Mahieka Sharmaindia-
India arrived in Colombo on Friday to a ceremonial welcome, with local dancers and drummers greeting the team at the airport. Arshdeep Singh grabbed everyone’s attention with his dance moves while head coach Gautam Gambhir remained focused and serious. The two teams will train separately on Saturday, with Pakistan training in the afternoon and India in the evening. The ICC confirmed: “Pakistan will have a training session at RPICS from 14:00 to 17:00 local time and will have a media interaction in the press conference room starting around 13:45.” As for India, “India will have a training session at RPICS from 18:00 to 21:00 local time and will have a media interaction in the press conference room starting around 17:30.”On the field, India will rely on key batsmen like Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma and either Abhishek Sharma or Sanju Samson. Abhishek is recovering from illness while Arshdeep and Hardik have strong records against Pakistan in the past. As the Sri Lankan pitching should help the spin, Varun Chakravarthy could play a vital role.Agha had earlier criticized India’s refusal to shake hands during the Asia Cup, calling such actions bad for the game and young fans. He said: “We don’t really feel hurt or anything. But yeah, the game is not good.” He also emphasized that the players are role models and should set the right example.