<p class="title">The 'red ball boys' are still savouring the sweet aftertaste of a maiden Test series win in Australia but for the 'white ball specialists', including veteran MS Dhoni, it was business as usual as they hit the straps at SCG on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With the 2019 ODI World Cup on the horizon, focus has firmly shifted to white-ball cricket with the arrival of limited-overs’ specialists here on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India have a long white-ball season lined up ahead of the marquee tournament in England this summer, with three ODIs in Australia and another five ODIs in New Zealand along with a three-match T20I series there as well.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Australia then visit India for a return leg of five ODIs and two T20Is, before the 2019 Indian Premier League season gets underway on March 23.</p>.<p class="bodytext">MS Dhoni, along with other white-ball specialists including Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Dinesh Karthik and Khaleel Ahmed, have joined up with the Indian team here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Wednesday, four members of the newly arrived bunch trained at the SCG. Dhoni, Dhawan, Jadhav and Rayudu went through the paces ahead of the first ODI in Sydney on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The preparations will kick off in earnest from Thursday when the full squad holds its first training session together since the home series against West Indies in November.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The quartet primarily took throwdowns as no specialist bowlers from the squad were present for this optional session.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While Dhawan and Rayudu prepared with both the right and left arm throwdown specialists, Dhoni worked in the indoor nets with assistant coach Sanjay Bangar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jadhav alternated between the two nets' options.</p>
<p class="title">The 'red ball boys' are still savouring the sweet aftertaste of a maiden Test series win in Australia but for the 'white ball specialists', including veteran MS Dhoni, it was business as usual as they hit the straps at SCG on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With the 2019 ODI World Cup on the horizon, focus has firmly shifted to white-ball cricket with the arrival of limited-overs’ specialists here on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India have a long white-ball season lined up ahead of the marquee tournament in England this summer, with three ODIs in Australia and another five ODIs in New Zealand along with a three-match T20I series there as well.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Australia then visit India for a return leg of five ODIs and two T20Is, before the 2019 Indian Premier League season gets underway on March 23.</p>.<p class="bodytext">MS Dhoni, along with other white-ball specialists including Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Dinesh Karthik and Khaleel Ahmed, have joined up with the Indian team here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Wednesday, four members of the newly arrived bunch trained at the SCG. Dhoni, Dhawan, Jadhav and Rayudu went through the paces ahead of the first ODI in Sydney on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The preparations will kick off in earnest from Thursday when the full squad holds its first training session together since the home series against West Indies in November.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The quartet primarily took throwdowns as no specialist bowlers from the squad were present for this optional session.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While Dhawan and Rayudu prepared with both the right and left arm throwdown specialists, Dhoni worked in the indoor nets with assistant coach Sanjay Bangar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jadhav alternated between the two nets' options.</p>