Watch: Team India Gears Up For Asia Cup 2023 With Special Practise Session

29.08.2023 - 10:19 sports.ndtv.com

Team India is preparing for the Asia Cup 2023 campaign in the training camp organised at Alur on the outskirts of Bengaluru in Karnataka.

The Asia Cup is set to start on August 30 where Pakistan will take on Nepal in Multan, Pakistan. India will play their opening match against Pakistan on September 2 at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on their social media account on X posted a video of Indian players training hard for the upcoming tournament.

Prep mode ????Energy levels high ????Getting into the groove in Alur ????#TeamIndia | #AsiaCup2023 pic.twitter.com/rHBZzbf4WT In the video, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill, and Ravindra Jadeja and other batters were seen sweating it out in the nets.

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