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A few Class of 2023 members arrived for the first training camp. They instantly hit the ground running to fine-tune their gears for the next three months of riveting cricket action.

Head coach Mark Boucher and his trusted coaching generals, with ‘Agent 007’ Shane Bond (bowling coach) and James Pamment (fielding coach) among them, undertook the first sessions of training.

In his first team address on the field prior to training, Boucher set context to what he expected the group to focus on, in the intial sessions, as the players and coaches get to know each other better.

“The first couple of days are more about knowing the teammates, understanding the playing style, level of fitness and creating a base to get into the technical training. We can’t do anything in cricket without a base, so the next set of training sessions will be to build a base and keep evaluating ourselves, have chats with the coaches and focus on technical training, cricketing skills and skill sets. There will some nervousness, and that is absolutely fine, its natural. I want us to enjoy ourselves.”

The first training session had Piyush Chawla, Tilak Varma, Hrithik Shokeen, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Mohd Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Arjun Tendulkar, Raghav Goyal, Vishnu Vinod, Akash Madhwal and Shams Mulani as well as the international duo of Dewald Brevis and Duan Jansen.

Paltan, our boys are training to bring you the best exhibition of cricket shots, wickets and jaw-dropping catches on the field. Shower your love in the comments; every word will only push them to a new limit.