Published 17:58 IST, February 3rd 2021

Team India look to rediscover rhythm by getting match ready against England at Chepauk

Team India players look to rediscover their rhythm by getting match ready ahead of the 1st Test against England at Chennai's Chepauk Stadium starting Friday

Reported by: Karthik Nair
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After ir historic Test series triumph against Australia Down Under a couple of weeks ago, Team India players are trying to rediscover ir rhythm by getting match rey ahe of first Test match against England at Chepauk Stium in Chennai starting Friday.

' hustle never stops'

In a video posted by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on ir official Twitter handle, Indian players were seen warming up at Chepauk Stium after which he coach Ravi Shastri, and, skipper Virat Kohli were seen giving m some instructions. 

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players n begin ir train session with throwdowns after which y hit nets. Once inside nets, both batsmen and bowlers are focused as y keenly work on ir cricketing techniques. Post net session, fielding coach R Sridhar gives fielding practice to players with a key focus on slip fielding. Rohit Sharma mans to move to his right and complete a good catch even before Ajinkya Rahane could attempt it. 

However, what really stood out here is that captain Kohli ended up taking a one-handed catch by plucking one even before an alert Rahane could attempt to go for it. 

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video ends with Kohli giving a thumbs up after having packed his bags as players supposedly he back to team hotel. 

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India Vs England: Test series

four-match Test series will also constitute a major part of ongoing inaugural ICC World Test Championship. tour kicks off with first Test that will be played in Chennai's M.A. Chidambaram Stium. second Test match will also be played at same venue between February 13-17. newly revated Motera Stium in Ahmedab will be contesting final two games (Feb 24-28) & (March 4-8) respectively.

Both teams he into this series after having registered away Test wins. While Team India created history with a 2-1 win at Gabba to retain Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia a couple of weeks ago, England handed a 2-0 whitewash to Sri Lanka in ir own backyard last week. 

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Meanwhile, visitors would be hoping to repeat heroics of 2012/13 season where y h registered a 2-1 win in (four-match series) under leership of former iconic opener Alastair Cook. That remains England's last Test series win on Indian soil to date.

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Kohli on or hand looks to le India to a second straight Test series win against England on home soil. At same time, four-match Test series will also constitute a major part of ongoing inaugural ICC World Test Championship.

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17:58 IST, February 3rd 2021