Ahead of Team India's second Test match against England, spinner Harpreet Brar was seen bowling during the visitors' net session. He also stated that a text message from skipper Shubman Gill got him to bowl in Birmingham.

Speaking about the message, Brar said, "I was talking to Shubman yesterday and he sent me a text. I thought, let's go and practice there (in Birmingham). It’s a different feeling, it feels like we have come together as a family".

"I met my friends on foreign soil. My wife is from Swindon. It's quite close, a one and a half hour drive from Birmingham," he added.