A day and a half after their chastening defeat, some of India’s cricketers hit the nets at Eden Gardens for an optional training session on Tuesday, the scheduled final day of the first Test against South Africa.

Five batters/all-rounders — Washington Sundar, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel and Sai Sudharsan — were joined by Akash Deep as preparations for the second Test, in Guwahati from Saturday, took early shape.