While the bulk of his Indian teammates rested, spinner Ravichandran Ashwin went to work on Monday.
Ashwin shunned the offer for a day off and trained in the Adelaide Oval nets ahead of the first Test against Australia starting on Thursday.
Ashwin trained in the knowledge he must reverse his poor record in Australia to live up to his hype as a potential trump card in the looming four-Test series.
The 32-year-old has played six Tests in Australia, taking 21 wickets at an average of 54.71 - a record that pales against his overall Test statistics of 336 wickets at 25.44.
But his teammate Cheteshwar Pujara says the current version of Ashwin is a different bowler than the version which has previously struggled on Australian soil.
"If you see his recent bowling, I think he has made a lot of changes," Pujara said on Monday.
"I can't describe what it is, not in front of the media. But he has made some adjustments which has helped him."
Pujara said Ashwin's alterations had been honed during stints with English county club Worcestershire.
"He has played enough cricket in England which is obviously different conditions, not much help for the spinner," Pujara said.
"So I think when he's playing in Australia, he knows what he has to do.
"He has also played a series in 2015 (here) so he's very confident now. And whatever adjustments he had to make, he has already done it."
