The residents of Chennai have endured a terrible 10 days with the death of the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa Jayaram, followed by Cyclone Vardah, which has caused havoc in a city now striving hard to get back to normal.
The arrival of the India and England Test teams in Chennai cannot possibly change much but the fact the Test is going ahead at Chepauk may be regarded as an indication that some sort of normal service is being resumed.
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The pitch being dried in an unusual fashion in Chennai after the cyclone. I could have lent them @GeoffreyBoycott #plentyofhotair pic.twitter.com/x62Zedxmm0
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