chennai months since test cricket last played india wait long lot happened since screen eden gardens november indian team success australia consecrate country bit relief time trying deal lost times covid turmoil even out cricketer living inside discussing farmers protests raging across country break captain virat kohli cricket back home plausibly welcome distraction difficulties day day realities course lot stake two world test championship final contenders republic of india england gambol selective information laborious come many protocols place mind games played rival try keep guessing till last import eve nature monger loosely candid english master joe root forthright indian counterpart kohli seemed cagey eve kohli insists traditional chepauk pitch means turn bounce root says cubic yard question exactly pretty anybody guess means people know feel going turn bit grass coiffe doordie bid nurse soil together pitch crumble degenerate secrecy just about interpretation pitch also meant neither team discover playing xi kohli though said practice session thursday looking players contribute bat ball including rishabh pant on jasprit bumrah r ashwin certainties kohli seek players means hardik pandya shardul thakur axar patel washington sundar become potential prospect lack bowling clock time may finally preserve pandya time sources know assert ishant stands better chance onward shardul mohammad siraj delhi paceman extremely reproducible go conclusion triplet years case kohli players three thread maker ashwin axar washington three bat would mean chinaman kuldeep yadav seat kuldeep worked areas spirited well scheme things series kohli said thursday fact kohli try on recreate ravindra jadeja effect axar washington latter phenomenally well pressure brisbane bat ball may keep kuldeep england management hitherto enunciate playing xi jofra archer make it root aforementioned proficient practice may mean james carl anderson pace bowling partner ben stokes third pacer spinner jack leach certainty senior moeen ali good india handy drub whitethorn find place ahead dom bess bet sri lanka moeen play lanka covid recovered however england leave out opener zak crawley fracture hand wednesday dom sibley work hand second psychometric test sri lanka likely open rory burns though root said decide combinations