AHMEDABAD: Skipper Shubman Gill had a long batting stint while the troika of Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel returned to action for India’s final training session here on Wednesday before the first Test against the West Indies.

With 754 runs in India’s last Test assignment in England, Gill was India’s most successful batter in his first assignment as full-time captain but the challenge for him would be to quickly switch from playing T20 cricket with the white ball to get into the Test match groove.

Among the batters named for the two-Test series against the West Indies starting on Thursday, Gill is the only one with no recent experience of playing with the red ball while the rest of the others have had their opportunities.

The other batters in this Indian camp including KL

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