T20 World Cup: ‘Gonna be fun,’ says Ravindra Jadeja on playing cricket in New York for first time

Team India prepares for ICC T20 World Cup in New York, aiming to end ICC trophy drought. Excitement and hope abound.

Following Team India's first training session ahead of their ICC T20 World Cup opening clash, star allrounder Ravindra Jadeja said it will be fun playing cricket in New York.

The ICC T20 World Cup will be played in the West Indies and the USA from June 1 to 29. Men in Blue will also play Bangladesh in their only warm-up game on June 1 at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) took to their official social media handle and shared and shared a glimpse of their first training session in the US. In the video, Jadeja sounded hopeful before the start of the mega tournament.

"First time we gonna play cricket in New York, it's gonna be fun," Jadeja said in the video.The strength and conditioning coach of Team India Soham Desai said the players have eased their routines after reaching New York.

"We came in the day before yesterday and we just eased into our routines here, the players are just getting used to the time zone. Today we are having our first ground session...," Soham said.

Meanwhile, India pacer Jasprit Bumrah said, "we have not yet played cricket, came here for a team activity today. Hopefully, it will be good. The weather is really good, so we are looking forward to it."

The Men in Blue vice-captain and allrounder Hardik Pandya said, "very exciting to be here in New York, has a good vibe, bright sun out."