Team India Head Coach Rahul Dravid Turns Throwdown Specialist For Virat Kohli - Watch

Virat Kohli was away from action on Monday, but he found a way to keep himself busy by practicing throwdowns with head coach Rahul Dravid.

Video of Rahul Dravid passing throwdowns and advice to Virat Kohli in nets went viral on social media.

Source : Screengrab taken from Twitter

India vs Western Australia XI: The Indian cricket team, which has been training at the WACA for the past three days, began its T20 World Cup 2022 preparations by defeating a second string Western Australia by 13 runs on Monday in its first practice game in Perth. India will face the same opposition in their next practice match on October 13 in Perth before arriving in Brisbane for their two official warm-up games against England and New Zealand.

Notably, Virat, who is in superb form, was rested for Monday's warm up game as the team management wants to give young players a chance to adapt to Australia weather, pitch conditions ahead of T20 WC. The star batter was away from action on Monday, but he found a way to keep himself busy by practicing throwdowns with head coach Rahul Dravid. The video of Dravid passing throwdowns and advice to Kohli in nets went viral on social media.

Throw downs from Rahul Dravid for Virat Kohli#Cricket #INDvAUS #INDvWA #IndianCricket #TeamIndia #T20WorldCup #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/kKG99TYqX4

— CRICKETNMORE (@cricketnmore) October 10, 2022

After India won the match against Western Australia, Virat and KL Rahul arrived on the playing field for practice. Many spectators who were about to leave the stadium decided to delay their exit so that they could watch the batting practice of the star batters.

Virat kohli and KL Rahul Practicing after Practice match against Western Australia.#TeamIndia #ViratKohli #KLRahul #T20WorldCup2022 pic.twitter.com/cTd4ZoH55A

— Cricket Apna l Indian cricket (@cricketapna1) October 10, 2022

Still thousands of Indian fans hanging around to catch a glimpse of superstar Virat Kohli having a hit in the middle post-match alongside KL Rahul. India won by 13 runs after WA young gun Sam Fanning gave them a scare with a quickfire 59. pic.twitter.com/3v66bXUVsC

— Jordan McArdle (@jordan_mc12) October 10, 2022

Talking about India vs Western Australia XI warm up match, the Indian team scored 158 for six in their stipulated 20 overs. In reply, WACA XI managed only 145 in their 20 overs.

Brief Scores: India 158 for 6 in 20 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 52 off 35 balls, Hardik Pandya 29 off 20 balls, Deepak Hooda 22 off 14 balls) vs WACA XI 145 (Arshdeep Singh 3/6, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2/26, Yuzvendra Chahal 2/10).