Overview
- Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Rinku Singh and Ravi Bishnoi visited Pench Tiger Reserve on a private safari.
- Forest officials said the group reached Seoni the previous night, toured the reserve on Monday morning and returned to Nagpur around noon.
- Players spotted leopards and other wildlife but no tiger, traveled in an open jeep and paused to greet fans and pose for photos.
- Samson posted a video of the excursion on Instagram featuring the quartet with the captain, drawing wide attention on social media.
- The five-match T20I series starts January 21 at VCA Stadium in Nagpur, with selections fine-tuned as Tilak Varma misses at least three games, Shreyas Iyer steps in, Washington Sundar remains out, Ravi Bishnoi is included and Jasprit Bumrah with Hardik Pandya return.