Watch: Team India arrive in Chennai for first Test against Bangladesh, begin training at Chepauk

The countdown for the upcoming Test series against Bangladesh has well and truly begun after the Indian team’s arrival in Chennai followed by their first training session.

Members of the Indian team arrived in the Tamil Nadu capital on Thursday, a week before the first of two Tests against the ‘Tigers’ gets underway at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on 19 September.

In one video shared by news agency PTI on X on Thursday evening, batter KL Rahul is seen exiting the airport and proceeding towards the team bus along with wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant and pacer Jasprit Bumrah.

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VIDEO | Tamil Nadu: Indian cricket team arrives at Chennai Airport to participate in the upcoming Test match against Bangladesh, which will start from September 19.

(Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/n147TvqRQz) pic.twitter.com/WJWt7ZrOO5

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) September 12, 2024

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A separate video showed captain Rohit Sharma entering a private car instead of the team bus, obliging a selfie request from a fan heading to the team hotel.

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VIDEO | Team India captain Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) arrived in #Chennai late last night ahead of the Test match against Bangladesh.

The two-match Test series between India and Bangladesh will begin on September 19 in Chennai. The second Test will be played in Kanpur from… pic.twitter.com/if7A87Eb7f

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) September 13, 2024

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The BCCI’s official account on X would post images from the team’s first training session at Chepauk the following morning.

The countdown starts as #TeamIndia begin their preps for an exciting home season.#INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/VlIvau5AfD

— BCCI (@BCCI) September 13, 2024

“The countdown starts as #TeamIndia begin their preps for an exciting home seasonm,” read the caption of the post.

The Ajit Agarkar-led senior selection committee has so far announced the squad only for the first Test, in which Rahul and Pant make a comeback, the latter set to make his first Test appearance since December 2022. The squad, however, did not include senior pacer Mohammed Shami, who is yet to recover completely after undergoing an ankle surgery, with left-arm pacer Yash Dayal included in his place.

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Bangladesh, meanwhile, unveiled their 16-man squad for the upcoming Test series on Thursday, making just one change to the side that whitewashed Pakistan 2-0 earlier this month — uncapped Jaker Ali replacing the injured Shoriful Islam.

The second Test takes place at Kanpur’s Green Park starting 27 September, which will be followed by a T20I series in which the matches take place in Gwalior (6 October), Delhi (9 October) and Hyderabad (12 October) respectively.