Tourists ban open training sessions

India have banned open training sessions for the rest of their Australian tour after up to 5000 spectators descended on Adelaide Oval for their run under lights on Tuesday night.

Plans for similar open sessions in Brisbane and Sydney – to be promoted on social media by Cricket Australia – will now not go ahead after India’s players felt uncomfortable preparing amid a carnival atmosphere at the ground. Australia’s training sessions will remain open to fans.

Indian fans at the training session. Credit: Getty Images

Training at the MCG is always open because the outdoor nets are located in public space outside the ground in Yarra Park.

Estimates for the attendance at training in Adelaide varied between 3000 and 5000 fans, who cheered loudly for their favourite stars, such as Virat Kohli, around the nets and fielding sessions on the oval.

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