Kohli reached Chennai 7 days before the first test: Captain Rohit, Bumrah, Rahul and Pant were also seen; Match against Bangladesh from 19 September

Veteran batsman Virat Kohli has reached Chennai 7 days before the Test series against Bangladesh. Kohli reached Chennai on a 4 am flight on Friday. A video of him leaving the Chennai airport has surfaced, in which Kohli is seen leaving the airport amid tight security.

On Thursday night, captain Rohit Sharma, fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah, KL Rahul and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant were seen boarding the team bus. Kohli is part of the Indian Test team against Bangladesh. Team India has to play the first Test here from September 19. In such a situation, Virat has arrived here for pre-series practice. See photos

Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah at Chennai airport. He has been given a break from the Duleep Trophy.

KL Rahul coming out of Chennai airport. He scored a fifty for India A in the Duleep Trophy.

Wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant coming out of the airport. Pant also scored a fifty against India B.

India-Bangladesh Test Series Schedule

Kohli will play Test after January Virat Kohli will play Test matches after January 2024. He played his last match against South Africa in Cape Town. Talking about home grounds, Kohli played his last match against Australia in Ahmedabad in March 2023. After that, he went on a break for personal reasons due to the birth of his son Akay.

Kohli during the last Test in India. He scored 186 runs against Australia.

Indian team for the first Test against Bangladesh

Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah and Yash Dayal.

Bangladesh squad for Test series

Nazmul Hasan Shanto (captain), Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Zakir Hasan, Shadman Islam, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das, Mehdi Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Nayeem Hasan, Nahid Rana, Hasan Mahmud, Taskin Ahmed, Syed Khaled Ahmed and Zakir Ali Anik.