With Kohli being rested following the England tour, Rohit will lead the Indian team which starts its Asia Cup campaign on September 18.

There are very high chances that KL Rahul will sit out at the Oval Test as visitors will like to experiment with young players like Prithvi Shaw or Hanuma Vihari.

The skipper has had issues with his back and with another six Test matches lined in the next three months, the selectors will be cautious while monitoring Kohli's workload.

Sam Curran rescued England after their latest top-order collapse by scoring a career-high 78 to push the team to a potentially competitive 246 all out on Day 1.

Kohli dropped to second place after India's defeat at the Lord's but a stupendous performance has again put him at the top.

Rohit Sharma, who opens the innings for his team in the shorter formats, has said that he will not mind taking a shot at it in Test matches too.

With 1404 runs so far this calendar year, the skipper has left behind Jonny Bairstow of England in the second spot.

Former fast bowler Ashish Nehra also echoed with Gavaskar's thoughts and said that Dhawan should get a long rope. Dhawan was dropped as Cheteshwar Puajara was brought in for the 2nd Test.

Dropping Cheteshwar Pujara from the 1st Test in Birmingham brought Kohli plenty of flak and with them losing the match, the onslaught turned worse.

The Team India opener vowed to comeback stronger in the next match but in the meanwhile, Dhawan took out time to spend some quality time with his family on friendship day.

Be it in South Africa earlier this year or this week's Edgbaston Test, Kohli has been, more often than not, found shouldering his team's batting on his own in the past few months.

India last won a Test series in England in 2007 under Rahul Dravid, and it will be no easy task ahead of the Virat Kohli-led side to duplicate that feat.

The opener was trolled on social media after bagging a pair in the practice match against Essex.

Ahead of the opening Test starting in Birmingham on Wednesday, he also said that as per the skill-set, both teams are at par.

While former India captain outrightly excluded Dhawan from his playing eleven for the first Test, Sehwag still sees some hope in the left-handed batsman.

Considering the sublime form that Rahul has shown since the IPL started, the Karnataka batsman is now making a strong case for a permanent place in the playing XI.

Kohli, Vijay, Rahul scored their respective fifties to help India build momentum and it was Dinesh Karthik who leads the way for the visitors after the top order crumbled early on Day 1.

Since that ill-fated tour of England in 2014, Virat Kohli has confirmed his seat among the bests of the modern-day batsmen, and the 29-year-old will be desperate to remove the only thorn on his throne this time around.

Taking reference from popular cartoon series Tom & Jerry and 20th-century heroic rebel 'Jagga Jatt', Dhawan described the picture in the best way possible.

As the Men in Blue gear up for the three-match T20Is, after a hectic net session, the two decided to relieve their stress by dancing. Take a look.