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Mumbai Indians start training for the UAE leg of IPL 2021

By Mumbai Indians

IPL 2021 has officially resumed in the Mumbai Indians camp with the players undergoing their first training session on Friday, August 19th. After a mandatory 7-day quarantine, the happy bunch took to the field on Day 1 of the training.

During their stay here, the team will be training at The Oval - Sheikh Zayed Facility in Abu Dhabi for the first time since their victorious IPL 2020 campaign in November last year. The first session was an evening one, starting off at 6.30 PM local time (8 PM IST) and training into the time when the lights came on.

The team got into the groove with players like Ishan Kishan, Saurabh Tiwary and Anmolpreet Singh batting away in the nets, and Dhawal Kulkarni, Jayant Yadav and Piyush Chawla rolling their arms.

Mumbai Indians’ Director of Cricket Operations, Zaheer Khan, was very much present at the training session. He was seen interacting with youngsters and handing them a tip or two. Fielding coach James “Commander” Pamment was in full swing too, taking charge of the training and beginning with a motivational speech.

“One thing that’s non-negotiable is the fielding. I’ve got a loaded plan for you guys for the next six sessions which will get you to where you need to be. If you do not come and see me tonight if you’re scheduled to do some fielding, I’ll be following you and we’ll be doing it downstairs when we get back,” Pamment said.

Newest One Family members, who are now a part of the Talent Scout team, Parthiv Patel and Vinay Kumar, were also seen with the team during the training. Parthiv spent some time on wicket-keeping drills with Aditya Tare while Vinay Kumar was spotted bowling in the nets.

Anukul Roy, Arjun Tendulkar, Mohsin Khan and Yudhvir Singh were among the other players who were a part of MI's first IPL 2021 training at Abu Dhabi.

Captain Rohit Sharma, Yorker King Jasprit Bumrah and first-time Test player Suryakumar Yadav are in England on national duty, Rahul Chahar is under quarantine and the other Indians are yet to join the team at Abu Dhabi.

None of the foreign players have joined the bubble yet, except for Nathan Coulter-Nile and Marco Jansen, both of whom are undergoing quarantine and will shortly start training with the team.

IPL 2021 is scheduled to resume from September 19th, where MI will meet CSK in the first game.