"Great fielders don't dive," Hardik Pandya quipped after he plucked a screamer that fielding coach T Dilip had drilled to his left. Behind him was a makeshift goalpost he was meant to protect. Each player got five attempts before the next man stepped up. It was a penalty shootout of sorts pretending to be fielding drill.

Things changed quickly after that. Three rockets came his way low and flat and were all dropped; not even dives could help his cause. Dilip read out his score with mock seriousness as Tilak Varma came out to "keep goal".

Soon the chatter switched to Telugu, with Arshdeep Singh turning part-time commentator with his chants of " chala bagundi " (well done) every time Tilak hurled himself around to pull off a save.

Then came Jasprit Bumrah 's turn. As he walked u

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