• India batsman Shikhar Dhawan plays football with a teammate on Monday at the team's training session ahead of the Test against Bangladesh. Munir uz Zaman / AFP
    India batsman Shikhar Dhawan plays football with a teammate on Monday at the team's training session ahead of the Test against Bangladesh. Munir uz Zaman / AFP
  • India bowler Harbhajan Singh gestures during Monday's practice session ahead of the Bangladesh Test starting on Wednesday. Munir uz Zaman / AFP
    India bowler Harbhajan Singh gestures during Monday's practice session ahead of the Bangladesh Test starting on Wednesday. Munir uz Zaman / AFP
  • Indian cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara stretches during a team training session on Monday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka. Munir uz Zaman / AFP
    Indian cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara stretches during a team training session on Monday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka. Munir uz Zaman / AFP
  • India cricketer Ajinkya Rahane prepares to take a catch during a fielding practice session ahead of their Test match against Bangladesh starting Wednesday. AM Ahad / AP
    India cricketer Ajinkya Rahane prepares to take a catch during a fielding practice session ahead of their Test match against Bangladesh starting Wednesday. AM Ahad / AP
  • India cricketers, from left, Varun Aaron, Shikhar Dhawan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ajinkya Rahane warm up at a training session on Monday ahead of the one-off Bangladesh Test. AM Ahad / AP
    India cricketers, from left, Varun Aaron, Shikhar Dhawan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ajinkya Rahane warm up at a training session on Monday ahead of the one-off Bangladesh Test. AM Ahad / AP
  • India cricketer Shikhar Dhawan stretches during a team training session on Monday before their first Test of the summer starts on Wednesday against Bangladesh. AM Ahad / AP
    India cricketer Shikhar Dhawan stretches during a team training session on Monday before their first Test of the summer starts on Wednesday against Bangladesh. AM Ahad / AP
  • India's interim coach Ravi Shastri walks to the field for Monday's training session ahead of the Test against Bangladesh starting on Wednesday. Ashikur Rahmam / Reuters
    India's interim coach Ravi Shastri walks to the field for Monday's training session ahead of the Test against Bangladesh starting on Wednesday. Ashikur Rahmam / Reuters
  • India captain Virat Kohli holds a football during Monday's training session for the first Test of the summer against Bangladesh starting Wednesday in Dhaka. AM Ahad / AP
    India captain Virat Kohli holds a football during Monday's training session for the first Test of the summer against Bangladesh starting Wednesday in Dhaka. AM Ahad / AP

Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan show off footwork as India prepare for summer’s first Test – in pictures


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Images from India’s training session on Monday, which Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan and others used to flash some footy skills, ahead of their first Test of the summer, a one-off match against Bangladesh in Dhaka starting on Wednesday. Click the arrows below to scroll through the photos.

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