India vs. New Zealand: “We’re here to play cricket”: KL Rahul on air pollution threat to first T20I | Cricket

“We’re here to play cricket,” said India’s T20 Vice Captain KL Rahul when asked about the city’s rising air pollution levels before the opening match of the series against New Zealand.

Like Delhi, Jaipur’s air pollution levels rose after Diwal earlier this month. Jaipur reported very poor AQI levels on Saturday and smog covered the city even on Monday morning.

“Actually, we haven’t stepped out yet. We just arrived at the stadium, so I don’t know, I have no answer to that. I’m not carrying a meter in my hand to say how bad the pollution is.

“I’m sure it’s not that bad. We’re all here playing cricket,” Rahul said before the Indian team’s first practice on Monday.

Meanwhile, the new head coach Rahul Dravid supervised his first training session with the national team in the presence of skipper Rohit Sharman, his colleagues and other support staff.

The team completed their first training after three days of quarantine.

India are scheduled to play three T20 Internationals against New Zealand on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, after which the teams will take part in a two-match test series.

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