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NOTTINGHAM: There's a sudden lack of interest around the Indian team. The fans who were clamouring for tickets have gone quiet. A sense of resignation seems to be creeping in, even among those who were optimistic even a few days back.Captain Virat Kohli was probably trying to lift the spirits of these fans when he wrote on his social page: "Sometimes we win and other times we learn. You never give up on us and we promise to never give up on you either. Onwards and upwards." Kohli, even though struggling with a bad back, probably has the wherewithal to deliver on the promise, but it's a matter of conjecture whether the rest of his teammates are up to it.Tuesday was the second day since the Lord's Test ended, but the Indian team still hasn't hit the nets. The team is supposed to travel to Nottingham from London only on Wednesday, which means they will get back to training only on Thursday. So the likes of KL Rahul, M Vijay, Ajinkya Rahane and others - who have looked clueless against the moving ball - will get only two sessions to work on their deficiencies.Sources close to the team insist that "practice sessions at this stage don't make a significant difference". "Coaches talk to the team, try to tell the players where they are going wrong and then work on that in the nets. Extra practice doesn't make any difference at this stage of the tour," a source said. There's also an issue of the itinerary that gets decided before the start of a series.But there are strong voices which feel India are short of practice against the red ball in England. Sunil Gavaskar , not too long ago, was furious about India's lack of preparation before the Birmingham Test."It was no preparation at all. I can understand that you need to switch off after a series but that can't be five days at a stretch. It can be three plus three-day breaks between matches, but not five days," Gavaskar said, criticizing India's decision to curtail their practice game.Former England great Geoffrey Boycott , too, in his column in the Daily Telegraph, lashed out at the way India have played so far. "They have not sat down, talked or practised in the nets and got their heads around how they are going to bat differently in England," Boycott wrote in his column.While the criticism is getting stronger, one would have liked to see some of the struggling stars take a few net bowlers along and head to practice. But that hasn't been the case so far and the players have stayed indoors, keeping to themselves.Former India captain Sourav Ganguly , though, feels it's "intelligent practice" that holds the key. "Obviously, the more you practise the better you get. But it's important to practise intelligently and address the issues in the right manner," Ganguly said after the second Test debacle.While the greats insist there are a few technical issues that need to be dealt with, Kohli himself believes it's more a case of the mind. "I don't see any technical deficiency. If a batsman is clear in the head and he's clear about the plans he's making, he should be in a position to counter the moving ball. As a batsman, I've experienced in the past if my head's clouded then I feel like the ball can do this, or that, or even that. You know there are three-four scenarios that run in your head," Kohli said, trying to explain that it's the battle of the mind that needs to be won to make a match of England in this series.That's probably the reason why the team has gone into introspection mode post Lord's. But one hopes that the Nottingham weather stays clear, as it was on Tuesday, so that Kohli's boys get some vital preparation before launching a comeback bid in the series.