“I have been in the squad for a while but not getting into the playing XI this is my chance to cement a place,” President’s XI skipper Jehan Mubarak said. “A good performance against the Indian team will help me do that.”
In the Indian context, the venue for the warm-up game is aptly named. It’s called the Nondescript ground — an ordinary outing, with no pressure for the Indians. Not so for the few fringe players in rival team.