Indian cricket group undergoes first outside session forward of England Tests

The Indian group on Monday underwent its first outside session since arriving in Chennai, forward of the opening Test in opposition to England starting on Friday.
The Indian gamers, who accomplished their six-day quarantine interval within the metropolis on Monday, started preparations for the four-match Test sequence with an out of doors session, the group’s native media official stated.

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The first Test begins on Friday on the M A Chidambaram stadium right here whereas the second match may also be performed on the identical venue from February 13.
The Virat Kohli-led dwelling group will hit the bottom operating with internet classes from Tuesday (10am to 1pm).
The Indian group, contemporary from the Test sequence victory in Australia, entered the bio-bubble at a metropolis lodge on Wednesday.
The full England group is anticipated to coach for the primary time since arriving within the metropolis on Tuesday from 2pm, in response to an ECB spokesperson.
Members of each the Indian and England groups have returned three adverse assessments for COVID-19 throughout their quarantine interval.
“The Indian Cricket team completed their quarantine period today in Chennai. Three RT-PCR tests for Covid-19 were conducted at regular intervals and all tests have returned negative results,” the BCCI stated in an replace.
England gamers comparable to Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer and Rory Burns, who didn’t journey with the group to Sri Lanka for a Test sequence, accomplished their quarantine earlier and have been coaching.
“All PCR tests from yesterday’s test have returned negative results. The England party are now out of quarantine and will train for the first time as a full group at the stadium tomorrow afternoon 2pm-5pm (IST),” learn an replace from the England and Wales Cricket Board spokesperson.