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ASIA CUP 2023

Kohli, Krishna and Bumrah

to boost India’s batting and

bowling strength

India will open their Asia Cup campaign with an iconic clash against Pakistan on

September 2 in Kandy, Sri Lanka

OUR BUREAU
Kandy/New Delhi
he Asia Cup to be held in
Pakistan and Sri Lanka will
Tstart from August 30 with the
match between arch-rivals India and
Pakistan on September 2 at the Pal-
likal International Cricket Stadium
in Kandy set to serve as the Men in
Blue’s campaign opener.
The squad also marks the return
of Jasprit Umrah to ODI cricket af-
ter a gap of more than one year. Af-
ter proving his fitness in the ongoing
T20I series against Ireland, Umrah
is set to test himself in the 50-over
format heading into the World Cup.
India’s pace attack will be boosted by
the return of Mohammed Siraj, who
was not in the team for some time
due to a sore ankle.
The Board of Control for Crick-
et in India (BCCI) on Monday an-
nounced a strong 17-member squad
for the upcoming Asia Cup 2023
which will begin on August 30 with
Jasprit Umrah, Shreyas Iyer, KL Jasprit Bumrah (ANI)
Rahul returning to the squad and
Tilak Verma also getting a place in ed cones”. The test goes on till the participant is He also had a good IPL 2023.
the team. The 2023 Asia Cup will be The Yo-Yo Test was introduced not able to keep up with the required Though his team Royal Challengers
co-hosted by Pakistan and Sri Lanka during Virat Kohli’s reign as cap- pace of running. Bangalore (RCB) could not reach
with the tournament running from tain and is considered as one of the Virat will be seen in action the playoffs, he scored 639 runs in 14
August 30 to September 17. biggest positives of his captaincy. It during the Asia Cup 2023. innings at an average of 53.25, with a
Asia Cup will serve as an import- was developed by Denmark football strike rate of 139.25 and scored two
ant benchmark for India’s prepara- physiologist Jens Bangsbo and is a irat has been in good form this centuries and six fifties in his 14 in-
tions for the World Cup starting in maximal aerobic endurance fitness year. In 10 ODIs this year, he nings. He ended the tournament as
October and will also help selectors test, which involves running between Vhas scored 427 runs at an aver- the fourth-highest run-getter.
make choices for the marquee event. markers placed 20 metres apart, at age of 53.37, with two tons and a fifty Tilak Varma made it to India’s
Meanwhile, star Indian batter increasing speeds, until exhaustion. and a best of 166 against Sri Lanka. Asia Cup squad on the back of his
Virat Kohli revealed that he has Audio cues dictate the required In 17 matches across formats this strong performance against West In-
passed his Yo-Yo Test ahead of the running speed. A participant is giv- year in 19 innings, he has scored 984 dies during the tour that ended this
Asia Cup 2023, which will start on en 10 seconds break after he runs 40 runs at an average of 54.66 with four month.
August 30. Virat took to Instagram metres and he runs the same distance centuries and two fifties. His best Bowling all-rounders Kuldeep
and shared his happiness at having once again. At regular intervals, the score is 186 against Australia in the Yadav and Azar Patel are also in the
passed the test “between the dread- required speed of running increases. Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Continued on next page... >>

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