India vs New Zealand will be up in the fourth ODI match on Friday, at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. Ahead of the game India National Cricket Team had a training session, where there was an intense battle between Virat Kohli, Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar, and Mohammed Siraj. The battle was a funny one between the cricketers.

The Men in Blue are already leading the series 0-2, and there is no chance they could lose the series after the third match was washed out. There are only two possibilities: either India wins the series, or the home side ties the series. Shubman Gill and KL Rahul have joined the Test squad due to the busy schedule of the series.

Virat Kohli and Arshdeep Singh involved in heated battle

Ahead of the fourth match, as reported by The Times of India, Virat Kohli was in the nets and had an intense session with the pace bowlers. He was speaking with the bowlers as he faced the trio of Gurnoor Brar, Mohammed Siraj, and Arshdeep Singh and asked them about the fielding setup in Punjabi and smacked Brar and Arshdeep as per the field.

Despite smacking the left-arm pacer, he came back strong and dismissed Virat Kohli in the nets. It was an eventful battle to watch between the two, as they had an intense 20-minute session. The friendly banter turned into a fiery exchange after Arshdeep dismissed Kohli, which left the former India captain shocked as he chopped it onto the stumps.

Virat Kohli is in a no-nonsense mood

As per the same report, Virat Kohli went to the other end and thought about the dismissal and punched his gloves together as he was livid with himself. After that, the battle went into full intensity. Virat, on the very next ball, charged down the track against the left-arm seamer as the ball sliced up in the air.

The bowler was also in the mood as he finished his run-up in front of the former India captain, keeping his hand behind his head. The banter continued between the two cricketers in Punjabi for some time as then Kohli came out of the pacers' nets and went on to face the spinners in other nets. These battles keep the net sessions charged up.

The battle did not stop; it continued in the spinners’ nets as well, with Virat now involved with veteran spinner Kuldeep Yadav. They exchanged some words; Kuldeep celebrated, and Kohli played it down: “Ye koi ball thi wicket ki?”, as the batter was forced to play one ball late behind the stumps.

India will have some changes in top 5

Kohli has been in a fresh and joyful mood throughout the series; he has been enjoying his cricket since retiring from the Test and T20I formats. He has been one of India’s leading run-scorers in this calendar year and looks to pile on some runs in the next ODI matches.

India will have some changes in the squad with Gill and Rahul out; Shreyas Iyer will be leading the squad, with Ishan Kishan as deputy, and probably Ruturaj Gaikwad will open with Rohit Sharma.

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