The Cricket Club of India (CCI) today felicitated M.S. Dhoni before the start of the first practice game between India A and England at CCI club. This is the last time when M.S. Dhoni is leading a team in his career as the former Indian skipper of India relinquished captaincy last week. –

Felicitations in order for @msdhoni. He was felicitated by The Cricket Club of India before the start of game today #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/EqOCpcxwwK

— BCCI (@BCCI) January 10, 2017

This is the first of the two practice games to be played between India A and England, giving visitors a chance to assimilate to the conditions before the stat of the international fixtures. Yuvraj Singh, Hardik Pandya will also participate in the game.

The limited overs series between India and England starts from January 15 with the first ODI to be played at Pune.

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England team won the toss and decided to ball first, getting the advantage of dew during the evening.

India A playing XI: Shikhar Dhawan, Sanju Samson, Ambati Rayudu, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni(w/c), Mandeep Singh, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ashish Nehra

England Playing XI: Jason Roy, Alex Hales, Sam Billings, Eoin Morgan(c), Jos Buttler(w), Moeen Ali, Liam Dawson, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, David Willey, Jake Ball