Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma test out their football skills before first India v England T20 clash – in pictures

The hosts are on a high after their 3-1 Test-series victory over Root's men

India captain Virat Kohli tests out his football skills during a warm-up session ahead of the first T20 match against England that takes place on March 12, at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. PA

Virat Kohli playing football with India teammates during training on March 8. AP

India's Virat Kohli warms-up with a football. PA

India's Shreyas Iyer, left and Shikhar Dhawan during training. AP

India batsman Rohit Sharma playing football at training. AP

India's Yuzvendra Chahal takes a fall. PA

India captain Virat Kohli, right with teammates. AP

India's Shreyas Iyer passes a football during training. AP

India's Virat Kohli takes a breather. AP

India captain Virat Kohli. PA

India's Rahul Tewatia, left, and Shreyas Iyer. AP

India's Virat Kohli goes for a jog during training. AP

India captain Virat Kohli arrives at training. AP

England's Jonny Bairstow arriving at training in Ahmedabad. AP

England's Jos Buttler, right along-with support staff arriving at training. AP

England's Sam Curran. AP

England batsman Jason Roy. AP

England fast-bowler Jofra Archer arrives for some batting practice. AP

England's Moeen Ali, center, arrives at training. AP

England captain Eoin Morgan gives the thumbs up. Getty

Fresh from their convincing Test series victory over England, India's players were back on the training pitch before the upcoming T20 matches.

And home captain Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Co were testing out their football skills as part of their warm-up in Ahmedabad.

The first T20 match against Eoin Morgan's England takes place the Narendra Modi Stadium on Friday, the scene of where India clinched a 3-1 series win in cricket's traditional format.

In the fourth and final Test on Saturday, India thrashed the tourists by an innings and 25 runs inside three days.

The previous match at the same venue ended after just two days with Kohli's men sealing a 10-wicket win when England managed to score a paltry 193 runs over their two innings in a day-night Test.

The second Test in Chennai also finished with a crushing win for India. Ravichandran Ashwin's eight wickets and a century in the second innings earned him the man-of-the-match award in a 317-run win.

Those heavy defeats for England make it easy to forget that they opened the series with a devastating win of their own, when Root's 218 in the first innings put his team on the way to a 227-run victory.

Coming up in the game's short formats this month are five T20 internationals in Ahmedabad, followed by three one-dayers in Pune.