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PICS: Yoga for India ahead of West Indies series

July 03, 2016 02:43 IST

IMAGE: India's Test captain Virat Kohli (right) and pacer Umesh Yadav during the yoga session. Photograph: BCCI.

The Indian team is training hard ahead of their departure for the series in the West Indies. Led by skipper Virat Kohli, India will be playing a 4-match Test series in the Caribbean. 

IMAGE: Batsman Ajinkya Rahane and assistant coach Sanjay Bangar try yoga at the NCA training camp. Photograph: BCCI.

As part of their training regime, the Indian players took part in early morning yoga sessions to achieve mental and physical fitness.

IMAGE: Batsman Cheteshwar Pujara. Photograph: BCCI.

Overseen by the newly appointed coach Anil Kumble, the players are part of a training camp at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. 

Skipper Kohli and his teammates Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Shami were seen practising quite a few poses at the camp on Saturday.