T. Dilip, India’s fielding coach, has introduced an innovative fielding practice session for the Indian team before the Test Series against Bangladesh in Chennai. On Monday, BCCI posted a video where Dilip said - 

“Today's whole session's idea was to get everyone together as a team drill, where we have two segments to it, the first segment was the competition drill, taking into consideration the humidity at Chennai. We made sure that the volume is less, but the intensity is taken care of. So we split it into two groups and had some little competition among catching, and the less number of errors is the team which won, and today it was Virat's team which has won today” 

The technique is used because of the humidity of Chennai, the drill is not excessive but intensive. The fielding coach further stated- 

“Later on, we split two batches, the bowlers and all-rounders split into two stations - where outfield and infield catching were taken care of, along with attacking ground fielding. The second group, which is the batter's group, had slip cordon, standard slip cordon catching, and also short-leg, silly point with some reflexes were taken care of.”

“Overall, I would say it was a fantastic session, considering the conditions, especially in the hot sun, got used to it. But one great part of this team was, irrespective of the conditions and weather, throughout all three stations, the intensity was top-notch.”

India is scheduled to play against Bangladesh from 19-23rd September, in the Test series opener at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium. This series is a part of the ongoing 2023-2025 World Test Championship cycle.