Within hours of arriving from Brisbane, where their second official warm-up game against New Zealand on Wednesday was washed out without a ball being bowled, around half-a-dozen India cricketers hit the nets at an optional session on Friday morning.

Skipper Rohit Sharma and senior statesman Dinesh Karthik were among those who went through their paces at the outdoor nets of the Melbourne Cricket Ground, where India will kick off their T20 World Cup campaign against Pakistan on Sunday.