Around 45 minutes into India's training session, head coach Ravi Shastri and bowling coach Bharat Arun had to rush back to the Sydney Cricket Ground dressing room. News had arrived at the nets session that India had suffered a dramatic batting collapse. It was then that Virat Kohli almost took over as the nets coach.

Earlier, Kohli had batted for close to half an hour after opting not to play in the tour match. During his stint the Indian skipper was very vocal, offering plenty of advice and tips to the likes of Kuldeep Yadav. 'Thoda fast daal sakta hain,' he said a couple of times before facing the quicker bowlers with the new pink ball. Satisfied with his own hit-out, Kohli shifted his attention to Mayank Agarwal.