India captain Virat Kohli hit the nets on Wednesday at Riverside, Durham an equivalent time as|while|when|as”> whilst Indians played a warm-up match at against County Select XI at the same venue. Durham Cricket shared a video where Kohli was seen batting within the nets during the lunch break on Day 2 of the warm-up game. “Hi @imVkohli! A lunch time net session for the @BCCI captain at Emirates Riverside,” Durham Cricket tweeted. Later, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) also shared a video on their Twitter handle of captain Kohli practicing within the nets at Durham. “Captain @imVkohli batting = Pure bliss #TeamIndia,” tweeted BCCI.
Kohli wasn’t included within the Indian XI for the warm-up match as he experienced stiffness in his back on Day 1. Virat’s deputy within the Test team Ajinkya Rahane too wasn’t the a part of Indian XI after he had “mild swelling around his left upper hamstring”, BCCI said on Tuesday.
Both players are expected to regain full fitness before the primary match game against England starting August 4 In the absence of the regular captain and vice-captain Rohit Sharma captained the Indians, who were all-out for 311 within the first innings.
Only KL Rahul (101) and Ravindra Jadeja (75) converted their good start to big scores while Mayank Agarwal (28), Hanuma Vihari (24), and Cheteshwar Pujara (21) did not go big after spending a while at the crease.
Rahul went on to attain an excellent hundred and made his case stronger for the spot in playing XI within the England Test series The first Test of the five-match Test series between India-England will start on August 4 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
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