Asia Cup 2023: Recently during the IPL, Kohli got into a feud with Lucknow Super Giants mentor Gautam Gambhir.
Delhi: In an event on Monday, the Indian ODI squad for the Asia Cup was announced. While players like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are set to return to the side after a well-deserved break, the preparation for the Asia Cup would start. During the event, veteran India bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar was asked about Kohli’s possible alternative career option. To that, Bhuvneshwar revealed that it could be ‘WWE’. Recently during the IPL, Kohli got into a feud with Lucknow Super Giants mentor Gautam Gambhir.
“Virat Kohli thinks he’s the best bowler in the team, we’re always scared when he bowls that he doesn’t get injured due to his bowling action,” Bhuvneshwar also added in a humorous fashion.
Meanwhile, with a few players still in Dublin for the T20I series versus Ireland, the rest like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are reportedly going to reach Bangalore on August 23 for a five-day preparatory camp ahead of the Asia Cup. Both Rohit and Kohli were on a break and hence for them – they would rejoin the group. It is likely to be a conditioning camp where the fitness of a few players would also be monitored closely.
The squad features all predicted names, including Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul, who had missed a large chuck of India’s matches this year due to injury. The team made some bold calls and added young Tilak Varma to the Asia Cup squad. The team also retained Suryakumar Yadav despite his ordinary numbers in ODIs.
Squad: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, and Sanju Samson (back up).
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