Dharamsala: Indian cricket team, led
by skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni,
arrived here this evening, four days
before the tour-opener of the
Mahatma Gandhi-Mandela series
against against South Africa.
The team will undergo a rigorous
physical fitness training to prepare
for the first Twenty20 International,
scheduled for October 2.
It was Team Director Ravi Shastri's
idea to arrive here early so that the
players can work on endurance
enhancement at high altitude venue.
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Mohit Sood, Press Secretary of the
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association
(HPCA), said the players and the
coaching staff actually had planned
to reach Dharamshala only on
September 30.
Before reaching Dharamsala, the
Indian team had a skill conditioning
camp at the National Cricket
Academy in Bangalore.