Rahul’s health within the highlight as India start six-day conditioning camp
India’s Asia Cup-bound players have begun arriving in Bengaluru for a six-day conditioning camp that begins on Thursday on the Karnataka State Cricket Association’s (KSCA) Three Ovals campus in Alur.
While health parameters of gamers, significantly those that returned from the Caribbean earlier this month, can be a key focus space, the camp additionally goals to function an train in group bonding earlier than the main focus shifts to the ultimate levels of World Cup preparation.
Fifteen of the 18 gamers – the exceptions being Sanju Samson, Jasprit Bumrah and Prasidh Krishna (all of whom are set to reach in Bengaluru from Dublin late on Thursday) – will bear health assessments adopted by a number of indoor classes on the opening day. From Friday onwards, gamers can be divided into batches for the out of doors conditioning and skill-based programmes.
ESPNcricinfo understands the senior gamers, who did not participate within the T20Is within the Caribbean, got personalised health and weight loss program plans over the previous two weeks. While this apply is not distinctive, India have been particularly conscious of workloads maintaining in thoughts the slew of accidents to key gamers over the previous couple of years.
How KL Rahul pulls up can be of excessive curiosity. He has solely been deemed conditionally match for the Asia Cup. While he has absolutely recovered from a thigh harm for which he underwent surgical procedure adopted by a complete rehabilitation on the NCA, Rahul is believed to have picked up a minor niggle that makes him a uncertain starter for no less than the primary two Asia Cup video games. This was confirmed by chief selector Ajit Agarkar on the press convention to announce the squads on Monday.
As reported by ESPNcricinfo, the NCA’s medical group is believed to have been pleased with Rahul’s batting workload however is rigorously monitoring his wicketkeeping load; he’s understood to have complained of soreness after one of many apply matches organised by the NCA final week.
Shreyas Iyer, in the meantime, is absolutely match and able to go. The camp marks his return to the senior set-up for the primary time for the reason that residence Test sequence in opposition to Australia in March. Iyer has pulled up nicely after each apply video games and has additionally been batting in opposition to web bowlers from the India A squad, who’re on the NCA for a skill-based camp for rising gamers.
The group is predicted to depart for Colombo from Bengaluru on August 30. India, who open their marketing campaign in opposition to Pakistan in Pallekele on September 2, can play a most of six matches in the event that they attain the ultimate. The Asia Cup can be adopted by three ODIs at residence in opposition to Australia earlier than India start their World Cup marketing campaign.
On Wednesday, the ICC introduced the warm-up fixtures for the match, with India enjoying England and Netherlands on September 30 and October 3 respectively, earlier than flying out to Chennai the place they tackle Australia of their tournament-opener on October 8.