Asia Cup 2023: Team India To Have Week-Long Preparatory Camp Ahead Of Continental Championship- Reports
Published - 26 Jul 2023, 01:13 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:15 AM
Team India will have a preparatory camp in Bengaluru just ahead of the upcoming Asia Cup 2023 to prepare for the continental championship.
The sixteenth edition of the competition is scheduled to be played from August 30 to September 17 in Sri Lanka and Pakistan. While Pakistan will host four games of the competition, Sri Lanka will be hosting the remaining nine games.
Team India will be playing all of their games in the Asia Cup 2023 in Sri Lanka. Two days after Asia Cup 2023 gets underway, Rohit Sharma & Co. will open their campaign on September 2 against arch-rivals Pakistan in Kandy. India and Pakistan are placed in Group A with Nepal while Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan are in Group B.
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Team India’s preparatory camp ahead of Asia Cup 2023:
Before flying to Sri Lanka for Asia Cup 2023, the Indian team will have a preparatory camp in Bengaluru. According to a report in the Indian Express, the Indian team management along with the National Cricket Academy (NCA) has planned a week-long camp just before the continental championship. The camp is likely to begin on August 24-25.
The preparatory camp means no player picked for Asia Cup 2023 will be a part of the Indian squad for the three-match T20I series in Ireland. The series between India and Ireland is scheduled to be played from August 18 to 23. The selectors are likely to name a second-string team for the tour. Recent reports have also suggested that India could have a new T20I captain for the series.
The news outlet further reported that the Indian board in a discussion with selectors and team management has requested that players be preserved for the ICC World Cup. The highly-anticipated marquee event is scheduled to begin on October 5.
