
Virat Kohli gave a “passionate team talk” to the Indian players in Leicestershire.© Instagram
Team India lead the series 2-1 and have already started preparations for the upcoming rescheduled fifth against England, starting July 1 at Edgbaston in Birmingham. The visitors will take on Leicestershire in a four-day tour match from June 24-27, ahead of the game. While the BCCI shared several photos and videos of the Indian players sweating in the nets, the Leicestershire Foxes shared a video of former India skipper Virat Kohli giving a “passionate team talk” to the players ahead of the tour match, which starts on Friday. . at the Uptonsteel County Ground.
“Game Mode = Activated! Virat Kohli gives a passionate team talk ahead of a busy day of preparations for India’s Tour Match vs LCCC,” the video read on Instagram.
The rescheduled fifth test concludes the five-match test series that was postponed last year following a COVID-19 outbreak in the Indian camp.
Interestingly, both teams will see new faces lead in the final game. While Rohit Sharma will step into Kohli’s shoes after being named as the Test captain, Ben Stokes will do the same for England after Joe Root resigned earlier this year.
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On the other hand, the Irish squad under VVS Laxman will leave for Dublin on June 23 or 24, as the team members have been given three days of rest, after the end of the T20I series against South Africa
India will play two T20Is against Ireland on June 26 and 28.
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