Team India all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who's returning to the Test side after more than two years, took to his Twitter account and shared pictures from Team India's training session in Chennai ahead of the Test series opener against England. 

England cricket team are set for a long tour against India starting from 5th February. They are slated to play 4 Tests, 3 ODIs and 5 T20Is matches against the hosts.

The flamboyant all-rounder Hardik Pandya was included in the 18-man Test squad for the first Two Tests against England, to be played in Chennai, after missing out on the recently concluded Test series in Australia.

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Battling back issues, Pandya has played as a pure batsman since returning to competitive cricket in IPL 2020. 

Pandya was in swashbuckling form as a batsman in the white-ball internationals in Australia finishing as India's leading run-scorer in the three-match ODI series and then later earned himself the Player of the Series award in T20I series. 

However, with only one day remaining for the first match of the four-match Test series between India and England, the 27-year-old all-rounder shared few pictures from Team India's training session in Chennai ahead of the Test series opener against England. 

In the pictures, Hardik can be seen batting in the nets as well as having a word with bowling coach Bharat Arun and fast bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Ishant Sharma 

"Back with #TeamIndia Back on home soil Back in red ball cricket," Hardik captioned the pictures.