"Champion of Champions" Chennai Super Kings

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Chennai Super Kings commence training for IPL V

Friday, Mar 30 2012

The training-cum-conditioning camp of the Chennai Super Kings kicked off at the franchise's home venue, the M A Chidambaram Stadium in the city today. The team's coach Stephen Fleming, bowling coach, Andy Bichel, fielding coach Steve Rixon and trainer Gregory King are supervising the camp. A large contingent of the home team was put through various fielding, batting and bowling drills for a solid three hours at the first camp.

The team began their training session with a series of physical workouts under the watchful eyes of their trainer, Gregory King. Post the warm-ups the team split into groups for fielding, bowling and batting practice. S Badrinath and Abhinav Mukund had an extensive session at the nets and both were in good nick, with Badrinath in particular practicing his lofted shots. Scott Styris, M Vijay, A Srikkanth and Wriddhiman Saha had their hits at the net as well.

Sudeep Tyagi, Yo Mahesh and Shadab Jakati bowled for over an hour under the watchful eyes of Andy Bichel.

Chennai Super Kings will take on Mumbai Indians in the inaugural match of IPL Season V on 4th April 2012 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.