WATCH: Virat Kohli’s team triumphs in India’s intense fielding contest ahead of 1st Test at Chepauk

The Indian cricket team is in intensive training in Chennai ahead of their two-match Test series against Bangladesh. On Monday (September 16), they had a gruelling fielding session under the guidance of coach T Dilip. The entire team was divided into two separate sets, and two drills were organised. 

In a video released by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Dilip said that both teams took part in some mini-competitions in catching. He revealed that the winner was decided based on making less number of errors and it was the team led by Virat Kohli.

"Today the whole idea was to get everyone together as a team where we have done two segments - the competition drill, taking into consideration the humidity in Chennai, where the volume was less but the intensity was there. So we split into two groups and had some mini competitions in catching and the lowest number of errors in the team won. Today Virat's team won today," Dilip said.

In the near-two-minute-long video, Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja can be seen running around to take some incredible catches in the scorching heat of Chennai. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Kuldeep Yadav also grabbed some superb catches. Batting coach Abhishek Nayar assisted Dilip in the training.

"In the second drill we split two batches, the bowlers and all-rounders were split into two stations where outfield and infield catching was done with attacking ground fielding. Today the second group, which was the batters' group, was standing in the slip cordon and short-leg," he further added.

Watch the video below:

Intensity 🔛 point 😎🏃‍♂️



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The two-match Test series will begin on Thursday, September 19 at the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai. The Rohit Sharma-led side are looking at a whitewash to further cement their chances of qualifying for the World Test Championship (WTC) final for the third consecutive year.

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Notably, this is the first Test assignment for head coach Gautam Gambhir and his support staff. Fielding coach Dilip is the only staff member that India have retained from the Rahul Dravid era.