In order to acclimatise to the swing bowling of Pakistan pacers, the Indian batsmen came up with a new and innovative technique, as they had a practice session with pink and yellow balls, which swing much more than the whiter one.

Team India was forced to have an indoor practice session due to rain in Birmingham. Whilst having the indoor session, Dinesh Karthik came up with an idea to face the pink and yellow ball, in order to get sufficient practice.

After few minutes, many other cricketers including MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma too opted to face the multi-coloured balls but the Indian skipper Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh chose to face the white one only.

This is not the first time when we have seen the Indian team coming up with innovative techniques as two years ago before the World Cup in Australia, the Indian team management found a suitable way to counter Mohammad Irfan by facing a throw down sent by a person standing on a table. This helped a batsman to get a proper sight of the delivery when bowled from a height of nearly eight ft.

Pakistan bowlers will be a big threat for Indian batsmen going into the game and this homework can have a big say in the defending champions finding success in the first game.

Meanwhile, Shikhar Dhawan was a notable absentee from the net sessions. He suffered a blow to his ribs during the practice session on Thursday and the move to skip the optional practice session can be seen as a precautionary measure, as he will be vital for team Indian going into the first game, who is all set to open the inning with his long time partner Rohit Sharma after a period of nearly seven months.

Not just India, there were injury concerns in Pakistan camp as well as there are doubts over the participation of Wahab Riaz in the game. Both the team face off each other in their first game of the tournament on June 4 at Edgbaston.