India, July 31 -- As India prepare for a must-win clash in the final Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, a familiar figure was seen joining the team's training session: India's pace bowler, Deepak Chahar. The pace-bowling allrounder, who hasn't made a Test appearance for India so far, joined the squad at The Oval on Wednesday and rolled his arm over in the nets, helping the batters gear up for the England pace attack.

This isn't the first time Chahar has stepped up behind the scenes during this series. During the third Test at Lord's, also held in London, Chahar had joined the squad in non-India training gear, informally helping the side train. He bowled long spells to the Indian top-order batters, providing crucial practice ahead of ...