Sachin, Sourav make most of the indoors, practice hard

Chittagong, May 15 (UNI) A day after reaching the port city, Indian Test specialists today got down to business with a practice session at the indoor facility at the Bir Sreshta Shahid Nurul Amin stadium here.

The seven members, including former skippers Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly and veteran leggie Anil Kumble, headed for the indoor gymnasium at the stadium this morning and had a two-hour session.

V V S Laxman, Wasim Jaffer, V R V Singh and Rajesh Pawar -- the other members of the group -- also knocked around and used the bowling machine tuning up for the coming battles against Banlgadesh.

Closely watched by cricket manager Ravi Shastri, bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad and fielding coach Robin Singh, the players began with some stretching exercises and other fitness drills before working on their fielding.

Tendulkar seemed in a great mood, and apart from a long batting stint, turned his arm. Ganguly, who has a great fan following in this country, also did both batting and bowling.

The first of the two Tests would be played here from May 19-23.

The second Test is scheduled to be held in Dhaka from May 25-29.

UNI