Virat Kohli (left) together with his fan.© Instagram/@touseef_ahmedd
The Indian cricket workforce on Friday gathered at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium to organize for the primary Take a look at in opposition to Bangladesh, beginning September 19. Will probably be a two-match sequence between the perimeters with the second Take a look at set to begin on September 27. The Indian cricket workforce arrived on the Chennai Airport on Thursday evening, whereas gamers took the bottom on the very subsequent day with head of Gautam Gambhir and bowling coach Morne Morkel additionally in attendance. Some followers additionally made their technique to the bottom to get a glimpse of the gamers and two of them even shared a heartwarming second with Virat Kohli.
The fan shared his expertise of assembly Virat by means of his Instagram story, which has gone viral on social media. Other than getting a chance to click on image with the Indian star, the fan additionally had a ‘7 minute dialog’ with the batter, he revealed on Instagram. The fan praised Virat’s humility and known as him a person with “0 % angle”.
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Rohit Sharma will proceed to steer the Take a look at facet. Pacers Akash Deep and Yash Dayal obtained maiden call-ups, whereas dynamic wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant has returned to Take a look at cricket for the primary time since his life-threatening accident in December 2022.
Notably, Kohli will even return to Take a look at format for the primary time since that includes for India throughout the South Africa tour in January this yr. He missed out on India’s dwelling Take a look at sequence in opposition to England because of the delivery of his son Akaay. Since then, he has gone by means of an underwhelming T20 World Cup and Sri Lanka tour and can be eager to return to seek out his wealthy vein of type.
KL Rahul has additionally made his return to the Take a look at set-up after lacking out on the majority of the England Take a look at sequence resulting from an damage. Together with Rahul, Jasprit Bumrah has additionally returned to the Indian workforce for the primary time since T20 World Cup 2024 remaining.
The spin quartet of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, and Kuldeep Yadav will present the workforce with each the bat and ball. Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, and Yash Dayal will make India’s tempo line-up.
(With ANI Inputs)
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