The Indian skipper, Virat Kohli along with Rohit Sharma, and the much-vaunted fast-bowling trio skipped training while some of the remaining Indian players practiced under lights on the center wicket of Holkar Stadium in Indore on Sunday, gearing up for India’s first Day/Night Test.

Besides Kohli and Rohit, the trio of Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, and Umesh Yadav was also given a break after scalping 14 of the 19 Bangladesh wickets in the opening Test in Indore, which India won by an innings and 130 runs.

The Day-Night Test is slated to be held from November 22 to 26 at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Also giving the training a miss was the Indian opener, Mayank Agarwal and wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha. Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja were the prominent figures to have trained from the whole squad.

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So were Rishabh Pant, Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill and Kuldeep Yadav. The support staff, comprising head coach Ravi Shastri, batting coach Vikram Rathour and fielding coach R Sridhar, were present at the field as the seven players went about their paces. 

Having won the first Test with plenty of time to spare as the game finished under three days, India extended their stay in Indore by two days for training under lights and get used to the “twilight” ahead of the pink-ball challenge.

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The Bangladesh team had also stayed back in Indore and utilized the time, which they have got because of an early finish to the opening match, training under lights. The teams will leave for Kolkata on November 19 and train at the Eden Gardens for two days.