New Delhi, Feb 4 (PTI) Former India batter Suresh Raina is baffled by Australian team’s decision to opt for simulation training rather than play warm-up games ahead of the first Border-Gavaskar Test, starting February 9 in Nagpur.

The Australian team are currently training in Bengaluru and are practising on rank turners, having summoned little known Baroda spinner Mahesh Pithiya, whose bowling action resembles Ravichandran Ashwin.

But Raina, one of India’s finest white ball players, feels that Australia might have missed a trick.

“I have played practice matches (ahead of Tests) and they are really important. They (Australia) can understand the quality of pitches in India only if they play on them,” Raina told

Source: PTI News