India had an optional training session at the Eden Gardens on Tuesday ahead of the first Test match against South Africa

The Indian Test regulars had assembled in Kolkata over the weekend for the first match of the two-game home series against South Africa, which will get underway on Friday. Head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Shubman Gill , along with a few others who were part of the T20I series in Australia last week, travelled straight to the city without a day's rest and then attended the optional training session on Tuesday. Jasprit Bumrah , Sai Sudharsan , Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Washington Sundar and Nitish Kumar Reddy were the other players who took part in it.

According to a report in , Gambhir was the first to arrive at the ground and immediately walked to

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