Bengaluru, Aug. 28: Indians have traditionally been found wanting against the rising ball. Their weakness was once again exposed during the world T20 championships in England and it proved costly as they failed to make it to the knock-out stage.

Even though the Indian team have been playing it down, it looks like they have taken this issue seriously and are making attempts to plug the loophole. Proceedings on the second day of the preparatory, camp here on Friday clearly indicated so.

But it looks like it will take some time, as only Rahul Dravid was at ease in negotiating short-pitched deliveries, while his younger counterparts struggled to get it right.

After restricting themselves to an indoor session on Thursday, it was a gruelling day for the cricketers as the camp picked up pace.

After a brief warm up session, the players underwent a few fielding drills. While Sachin Tendulkar, Dravid, Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina practised slip catching, others were given the regular routine.

Later in the day — after a brief stint facing the bowlers — the batsmen worked on improving against the short ball. While one group included fielding coach Robin Singh throwing rising balls from a short distance, the other faced the bowling machine, which was firing high-bouncing tennis balls.

Coach Gary Kirsten concentrated on the batsmen facing the bowling machine giving advices whenever required. Skipper M.S. Dhoni was the first up and looked a bit uncomfortable. He was followed by Dravid, who showed how to negotiate the short deliveries.

But the real concern came in the form of Raina. The southpaw, who faced Robin Singh first, struggled with his technique. The saga continued even when he faced the bowling machine.

Kirsten made attempts to correct it and later Tendulkar joined in. But it looked like to have made little impact as Raina’s struggles continued. Such was the case with Yusuf Pathan and Abhishek Nayar.