Chennai: India skipper Rohit Sharma and batting stalwart Virat Kohli arrived right here for the primary Test towards Bangladesh, scheduled to start on September 19.Wearing a yellow jersey, Rohit was seen rising from the airport escorted by safety personnel, in a PTI Video on Thursday evening, whereas Kohli got here on to Chennai from London in an early-morning flight.

The likes of India tempo spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul and wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant had earlier reached the town on Thursday.

The gamers are returning to the sector after a much-needed break of greater than a month and would look to place behind the frustration of dropping the ODI sequence towards Sri Lanka in August and get again to profitable methods rapidly below new coach Gautam Gambhir.

This will probably be India’s first Test below Gambhir and his new help employees, and it could be attention-grabbing to see how Rohit’s facet approaches the sport towards a Bangladesh workforce which is driving a wave following their 2-0 Test sequence win over Pakistan.

Vital World Test Championship (WTC) factors are at stake within the two-match sequence as India prepare for a a gruelling 10-match Test season, which additionally features a three-Test sequence at residence towards New Zealand and the five-match Border-Gavaskar sequence later this 12 months in Australia.

India are presently heading the desk with 68.52 proportion factors, whereas Australia are an in depth second with 62.50 proportion factors.

Bangladesh have jumped to fourth spot with 45.83 proportion factors following their 10-wicket win towards Pakistan within the opening Test and their superb fight-back within the second Test the place wicketkeeper-batter Litton Das scored a century to singlehandedly information the facet to a sequence triumph.

The second Test of the India-Bangladesh sequence will probably be performed in Kanpur from September 27.�