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Battered Indian team goes trekking to forget Pune humiliation

By Web Desk
February 28, 2017

WESTERN GHATS: The humiliating 333-run loss to Australia in the very first Test match certainly did a number on the Indian cricket team, as apparently the hosts took to trekking as part of a team effort to recover psychologically from the drubbing they were handed by the tourists a couple of days ago. 

A couple of Indian cricket commentators and analysts were full of praise for Virat Kohli and a former player had gone so far as to predict that the boys in blue would hammer Australia 3-0 or 4-0 in the four-match Test series between the two sides being currently played in India. However, Australia decimated India in the Pune Test match, beating India by 333 runs and finishing play in the first three days of the Test. 

Indian cricketers took to the mountains as part of a 'team activity' to clear their heads over the recent loss to Australia, in a bid to regroup ahead of the second Test match which will be held in Bengaluru. 

 

Indian batsman and skipper Virat Kohli posted a picture of himself, dressed in a tee and shorts overlooking a hill with the caption:-

"Everyday is a blessing and an opportunity. Be grateful and keep moving ahead."

 

The location tagged by Jadeja in his pictures was Tamhini Ghat trek, around 80km from Pune. He also used the hashtag 'team activity' which pointed out that it was a planned trek to take the players' mind off from the humiliating defeat at the hands of the Aussies.