India's Check staff, together with skipper Rohit Sharma hit the nets on the Leicestershire County Floor on Monday forward of the rescheduled fifth and remaining Check in opposition to England, beginning in Birmingham on July 1.
Rohit is prone to open the batting alongside Shubman Gill who additionally had a contact within the nets alongside the skipper on the facility.
The pair was aiming to settle into the groove throughout the apply session on the Leicestershire County Floor. Whereas Rohit final featured in whites throughout India's residence collection in opposition to Sri Lanka, Gill performed in opposition to New Zealand in December 2021 earlier than lacking the following South Africa tour resulting from harm.
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The 22-year-old Gill has since solely performed one red-ball match - a Ranji Trophy quarterfinal outing for Punjab the place he registered 28 runs from two innings earlier this month.
India will likely be based mostly within the metropolis for every week and is about to play Leicestershire in a four-day warm-up match from June 24.
Rohit, alongside the now-injured KL Rahul was key in India incomes a 2-1 lead within the Check collection in Engand final yr earlier than the ultimate match was postponed resulting from COVID-19 considerations.
Rohit had racked up 368 runs in 4 Assessments, together with his maiden abroad hundred and two fifties, whereas Rahul registered 315 runs, with 100 and a half-century.
Gill, who had performed an important function in India's iconic Check collection win on Australian soil in 2020-21, will likely be eager to substantiate his case in India's red-ball setup with a strong efficiency.
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In the meantime, England, led by Ben Stokes, has been in spectacular type, having just lately gained 2-0 in opposition to reigning World Check Championship champion New Zealand.
India's tour of England additionally includes three T20Is and as many ODIs. Rohit and Co. will play two warm-up matches in opposition to Derbyshire and Northamptonshire earlier than the white-ball collection.
Senior India gamers corresponding to Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravindra Jedaja, who weren't a part of the South Africa collection, had their first coaching session in England final week.
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