James Anderson is likely to return to the side for the first Test of the four-match series against South Africa, starting on Boxing Day at Centurion.
Australia's Bureau of Meteorology had forecast temperatures of 43 degree centigrade in the city for Friday combined with hot north-westerly winds.
Both Pakistan and Sri Lankan teams stayed in their hotel and only match officials came to the ground on Saturday to witness the gloomy weather conditions.
Virat Kohli thanked the fans and said the Kolkata crowd was amazing and they set the right kind of example for Test cricket.
BJ Watling hit a double century while Mitchell Santner got his maiden Test ton as England trail New Zealand by 207 runs in their second innings.
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At Stumps on Day 3, New Zealand were 394/6 with BJ Watling and Mitchell Santner batting on 119 and 31 respectively at the Bay Oval.
Nassem Shah, 16, lost his mother a week back and on Wednesday, he became the youngest player to make his Test debut Down Under in the Gabba Test.
The Eden Gardens is set to host India's first-ever Pink Ball Test when India take on Bangladesh in the second and final Test of the two-match series, starting November 22.
Indian pace battery bundled Bangladesh for 150 as Mohammed Shami picked 3 wickets for the hosts.
The five players will be practising under lights with the pink ball under the watchful eyes of NCA head Rahul Dravid in Bengaluru.
Kane Williamson is not part of the ongoing five-match T20I series because of a hip injury and Tim Southee is leading New Zealand in his absence.
Jonny Bairstow was left out of original Test squad after poor performances in the Ashes, where he averaged just 23.77 from five matches.
Faf du Plessis said toss in away Tests should be scrapped after India continued to pile on the runs batting first and put immense pressure on South Africa.
Ian Chappell said that Test cricket needs to be competitive and other team's need to follow India's quest for excellence to achieve that.
Team India skipper Virat Kohli said that Test cricket in India should only be played in five venues while limited-overs cricket can be rotated across several venues in the country.
Faf du Plessis's record in Tests now went from bad to worse in the last seven Tests as he lost the last six while Bavuma called wrong in Ranchi.
Michael Vaughan was of the view that Test match pitches in India offer lop-sided contests.
With the century, Virat Kohli surpassed the legendary Sunil Gavaskar to become fourth-fastest to score 26 Test tons.
Mayank Agarwal scored his second century in Test cricket with a battling innings against South Africa at the MCA Stadium in Pune.
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