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India vs Sri Lanka ODI Series: India are all set for action in the ODI format after a few months, having played out the T20 World Cup followed by the T20I series against Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka.

India and Sri Lanka will face off in a three-match ODI series which begins on August 2 in Colombo.

Ahead of the series opener, the star batter was snapped alongside the new head coach Gautam Gambhir during India's training session.

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The sight of the RCB batter and the ex-KKR mentor sent shockwaves across the internet as the two fiery personalities came together again as a part of the same squad.

While Gambhir recently had a complete 3-0 whitewash in the T20I series, his first assignment as India's head coach, Kohli joined the Indian camp for the ODI series as he gears up for his first action after retiring from the T20I cricket.

In the Gambhir era, veterans Kohli and Rohit will continue to headline the longer formats in the lead-up to the forthcoming ICC events.

On Wednesday, batting maestro Kohli enjoyed his first training camp under the watchful eyes of Gambhir.

Kohli was even spotted laughing with Gambhir as the instance soon became the talk of the town on social media. "Started from the bottom, now we here Gautam Gambhir | Virat Kohli," Delhi Capitals captioned their post after recalling Gambhir's unforgettable gesture for a young Kohli.

Notably, the duo has had a few bitter face-offs in the past which are well-documented but the two seemed to have moved on from their past rivalry for the sake of Indian cricket.

With all the noise surrounding them, Gambhir, after taking up the new head coach role, declared that his relationship with the mainstay batter “is between the two of us and not for TRPs”.

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“My relationship with Virat Kohli is between the two of us and not for TRP,” Gambhir said during his first press conference after becoming the Team India head coach.

India defeated Sri Lanka 3-0 in the T20I series despite losing out on some of their star players such as Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja who retired after the T20 World Cup.

They are now all set to face Sri Lanka in a three-match ODI series scheduled to start on August 2.