India to leave for T20I series in Australia on October 6

NEW DELHI: The Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team is to leave for Australia on October 6, two days after the conclusion of the ongoing home T20I series against South Africa and will have a preparatory camp ahead of the much-anticipated T20 World Cup.

After landing in Australia, India will train in Perth till October 13, where they are also slated to play a practice game against Western Australia. Thereafter, they will move to Brisbane to take on Australia and New Zealand in two more warm-up games before the start of the proper tournament, an ESPNcricinfo report said.

At least five members of the T20 World Cup squad -- including the standbys -- have no experience of playing top-flight cricket in Australia. The likes of Suryakumar Yadav, Harshal Patel (who made one trip with the U-19s in 2009), Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Hooda (who made one trip with U-19s in 2013) and Ravi Bishnoi are those five cricketers. So these games will help them in acclimatising to Australian conditions before the mega event. IANS

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