Chennai: With their movements outside the hotel and ground expected to be severely curtailed, Team India will have to find interesting things to do on the evenings of the first Test in Chennai.

The entire plush Taj Coromandel hotel will be booked for the two teams. At least the two teams will be spared a packed lobby of fans lying in wait for autographs and pictures.

But this is a small consolation. Once away from the ground at 5pm after the day's play, each player will have to figure out how to utilise the remainder of the evening to ensure they are not bored to death in the confinement of their rooms.

Captain Mahinder Singh Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh will certainly not be able to hit the nightclub in the evening nor will the families of local boys Murali Vijay and Subramanium Badrinath be allowed to meet them.

Similar restriction will be placed on the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, who has an iconic following in the city following his triple century against South Africa in March this year.

Here's how each member of Team India could spend his evenings in the confines of his hotel room.

VIRENDER SEHWAG: Sehwag is a big-time fan of television serial Mahabharat, an Indian epic. He carries CDs of the television serial, as well as a few chosen ones of Laughter Challenge, a television stand-up comedy.

GAUTAM GAMBHIR: Gambhir is high on patriotic songs and films and carries a stock of the DVDs. He could get mushy watching them in his hotel room.

RAHUL DRAVID: A strong, silent type, Dravid will have his wife Vijeta and son Samit for company. He has also packed a few select books in his kit for his pleasure.

SACHIN TENDULKAR: A great fan of Kishore Kumar, Tendulkar is carrying a few select CDs of his favourite singer. He is also carrying DVDs of a few latest Bollywood flicks.

VVS LAXMAN: This man has plenty of DVDs of Bollywood flicks. He will greatly miss his wife as the couple have been blessed with a daughter, as recently as on November 28.

MAHINDER SINGH DHONI: The whiz kid of the block, the immensely successful Indian skipper is carrying his PSP (portable Playstation) to enjoy some games other than cricket in his free time. Dhoni is also a huge fan of Kishore Kumar so he is sure to have plenty of his music around.

HARBHAJAN SINGH: A fan of Laughter Challenge too, Harbhajan could as well exchange his CDs with Sehwag during his stay in Chennai. The crafty spinner is also a big-time visitor of Orkut and Facebook.

YUVRAJ SINGH: This hard-hitting batsman spends a great deal of time on Orkut and Facebook. With no nightclubs on the agenda in Chennai, he is sure to be online.

MUNAF PATEL: The bowlers loves watching television and sleeping. he will have lots of time for both in Chennai, more so if he is not picked in the playing eleven. He is also a big chatter on the phone.

ZAHEER KHAN: A fan of old Hindi songs, his Ipod is sure to be close to him during the evenings in Chennai. He also likes parking himself in front of the telly.

ISHANT SHARMA: The young pencil-slim fast bowler of the team is a big talker on the phone and a Facebook fan.

AMIT MISHRA: The young leg-spinner of the team, asked to fill the big boots of the retired Anil Kumble, likes listening to old Hindi film songs.