6:00 pm. Ekana Stadium, Lucknow. The players of Lucknow Supergiants had started net practice. Coach Andy Flower, Vijay Dahiya started preparing for batting practice. The bowling coach was busy in his work. But, due to this, fielding coach Jonty Rhodes got two players of the team, Daniel Sem and Karan Sharma, engaged in fielding practice. During this, Jonty also used some Hindi words in between.

Jonty made the players practice for about two hours. During this, Jonty Rhodes of 53 got to see more fitness than any young man of 23 years. Players kept changing in two hours of practice, but Jonty did not feel tired even once.

Giving training to Jonty team’s star player Ayush Badhani.

first catch practice
Jonty first made the catch practice according to the position of the players inside the circle. In this, he used to give catch practice to Karan Sharma and Ayush Badhani continuously for about 45 minutes. As soon as the catch practice was over, he kept on making both the players practice the throw according to the field of point and gully. During this, he also kept a competition between the two. In this, saw who throws more accurately in six balls. Jonty gave tips on how to catch the ball touching the ground and how to catch the balls coming out of the top.

Ravi Bishnoi during catch practice.

five players came after two
Five players of Ayush Badhani and Karan Sharma came to practice. It also had big players like Ravi Bishnoi and Avesh Khan. These people were first made to practice catch of fielding nearby. After that, Jonty got all the players to practice catching on how to catch at the boundary.

Jonty giving training to Ayush Badhani and Karan Sharma.

Practice stopped for just 5 minutes
During two hours, Jonty stopped practice for just five minutes. When those players also went for batting and bowling practice, they were waiting for the new players. During this also a different passion for work was seen in him. He reached out to head coach Andy Flower and was seen discussing with him the practice of the players.

Jonty hitting the ball during practice.

Jonty making the players practice the throw.

Jonty making the players practice.

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