Kolkata, May 4: Ahead of the Bangladesh tour, the Indian team had a yoga session coupled with a regular fitness regime and extensive net practice at the conditioning camp in Kolkata on Friday.

Yoga guru Sukhdev Kumar, who flew in from Singapore on Wednesday evening, worked extensively with the cricketers. But the focus was mainly on stretching and other fitness regimes. The players did sit for a meditation session in batches, but that was for 15 minutes.

Once again Sukhdev gave special attention to Sachin Tendulkar, helping him with his stretching to see that the master blaster regained his complete fitness. Sachin Tendulkar, who hurt his ankle on the opening day of the conditioning camp, did not take part in the fitness drills on Thursday.

Sukhdev has worked with athletes in different sports, including the likes of Jyoti Randhawa and Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore.

Sukhdev stressed the relaxation factor and performed various methods of pranayam. The players were reminded about the importance of taking care of the mind along with the body.

It is believed the players were impressed with his methods and felt it would help in improving their focus and concentration.

Sourav Ganguly has requested him to show a few stretching and cooling down techniques after the nets and Sukhdev happily obliged, spending some good 15 minutes with him.

All the players actively took part in the nets. From Virender Sehwag to Robin Uthappa, Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh, all batted at the nets and enjoyed their stay at the centre pitch.

The players had quite a stint with left-arm spinners as they are bound to meet them in Bangladesh team once they set out for the tour.

Towards the end of the nets, Sachin Tendulkar walked in and knocked about the ball for about 20 minutes.

Cricket board secretary Niranjan Shah feigned ignorance over a reported indirect approach made by the BCCI to Australia`s World Cup winning coach John Buchanan to take over the reins of the Indian team prior to the latter`s departure for the Caribbean.

"I don`t know anything about any such approach having been made. This is the first time I am hearing about it," Shah said.

He was reacting to a report in an Australian newspaper quoting Buchanan that he was "indirectly" approached before leaving for the Caribbean World Cup by Indian officials, who were keen to gauge his interest in succeeding Greg Chappell as their coach after the mega event.

The BCCI secretary was in the West Indies along with BCCI`s chief administrative officer Ratnakar Shetty to witness the closing stages of cricket`s quadrennial showpiece event.