Watch: Virat Kohli mimics Joe Root's 'bat magic' during the warm-up match

The Rohit Sharma-led Indian team is taking on Leicestershire in a much-anticipated four-match practice match. The game will provide the visiting team with some crucial game-time before the postponed test against England in Edgbaston. The series decider will begin on July 1.

Here’s the Indian team for the practice game: Rohit Sharma(C), Virat Kohli, Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, KS Bharat (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Mohammad Siraj, and Umesh Yadav.

The Mumbaikar elected to bat after calling it right at the toss. India got off to a solid start in the prior hour but suffered a humiliating collapse in the remainder of the session. The team lost multiple wickets including the wickets of skipper Rohit Sharma and former captain Virat Kohli during the phase.

As things stand, The Indian team’s scoreboard shows 214 for 8 with less than a session remaining before the conclusion of Day 1. The backup wicket keeper KS Bharat has managed to impress the team management and the fans with a half-century. He is the only Indian batter to cross the 50-run mark in the ongoing 1st innings.

Virat Kohli mimics Joe Root:

Meanwhile, A video of Virat Kohli mimicking the English batter Joe Root’s ‘bat magic’ has surfaced on social media. Root was caught balancing his bat at the non-striker’s end without touching it during a recent test match against Blackcaps. The visual surprised the netizens but later it was confirmed that the Englishman was using a ‘flat base’ bat while doing the act.

The marquee Indian batter failed while copying the act as he is using a different-shaped bat. However, He managed to get some limelight after the incident. The video of the incident has been shared and watched by multiple fans, and Twitter users.

Kohli played a decent inning of 32, including some fine shots before being caught behind by a half volley from the right-arm pacer Roman Walker. The middle-order batter managed to hit a six and multiple boundaries in his long stay at the crease.

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