Ajinkya Rahane and Rishabh Pant train with Vinod Kambli, Mayank seeks grandmother's blessings for SA tour

Ajinkya Rahane and Rishabh Pant trained with Vinod Kambli in Mumbai while Mayank Agarwal sought blessings from his grandmother as India gear up for the tour of South Africa this month.

India Test veteran Ajinkya Rahane and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant on Monday took help from former cricketer Vinod Kambli in the nets in Mumbai during their preparation for the upcoming South Africa tour this month. Was a pleasure to help Ajinkya & Rishabh train for the upcoming South Africa series. Shared some valuable insights with them about the SA conditions. My best wishes to them for #SAvIND series.P.S. Christiano got some lessons as well pic.twitter.com/bi0aRuyJHj No tour starts without this. Grandmom’s teeka and blessings before every competition. It’s been so for as long as I can recall. Their blessings are the foundation on which I build myself.The emotions and the memories are priceless. pic.twitter.com/dglIVUf8pw

Kambli, who played 17 Tests for India from 1993 to 1995, gave some batting tips to Rahane, who has been struggling for runs in red-ball cricket for the last couple of years now.