Please click on the images for glimpses of the Indian cricketers sweating it out ahead of the day night Test against Sri Lanka at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru, which begins on Saturday, March 12, 2022.
IMAGE: Virat Kohli inspects the pitch.
Photograph: Shailendra Bhojak/PTI Photo
IMAGE: Ravichandran Ashwin, Rohit Sharma, reserve wicket-keeper Kona Srikar Bharat and other team members during a practice session.
Photograph: Shailendra Bhojak/PTI Photo
IMAGE: Coach Rahul Dravid, Batting Coach Vikram Rathour, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah in conversation during the session.
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IMAGE: Kohli studies the pitch, where fingers crossed, he will score a century after more than two years. In the background, Dravid, Rathour, Rohit and Bumrah discuss a likely game plan for the pink ball test.
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IMAGE: Kohli plays football while Dravid and Rohit chat with Shubman Gill.
Photograph: Shailendra Bhojak/PTI Photo
IMAGE: Mohammad Siraj and Hanuma Vihari, who are both likely to play the second Test, sweat it out.
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IMAGE: Rishabh Pant seems to like footsie as much as he likes slamming bowlers for one handed sixes.
Photograph: ANI Photo
IMAGE: Mayank Agarwal, Rohit, Kohli and Pant during slip catching practice.
Photograph: Shailendra Bhojak/PTI Photo
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