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Team India will explore novel ways of training as the cricketers set off for a surprise destination outside Bangalore city…

Team India will explore novel ways of training as the cricketers set off for a surprise destination outside Bangalore city tomorrow to kick off the conditioning camp for next month’s tri-series in Sri Lanka.
“Tomorrow morning, the team will leave for a place outside Bangalore for teaming up and doing a lot of physical training. It will not be open to the media,” trainer Gregory King told reporters.
King said the team management favored adopting new techniques of training keeping in view its usefulness. “It is a team management decision to try out new techniques. In the past too, we tried out a few new things which produced positive results,” he said.
The conditioning camp will conclude on August 1 with outside activity. Coach Greg Chappell, who is currently holidaying in the US, will join the team on August 4. King made it clear that choosing a place outside Bangalore had nothing to do with the facilities at NCA.
“NCA is not lacking in anything. We are only trying to do something new which I am not able to elaborate,” he said. So far, Irfan Pathan, Suresh Raina, V V S Laxman, Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh have reported at the camp and the rest are expected to join in the evening. On Sachin Tendulkar’s fitness, King said the master batsman is perfectly all right. “John (Gloster) told me Sachin’s fitness level is normal. The man himself would not have been available if he was not fit. From my own perspective, I will be watching Sachin in action,” he said.