Asia Cup 2023: When Will Rohit Sharma-Led Team India Leave For Sri Lanka?
Bangalore: The Indian cricket team is currently at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore for a camp ahead of the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka. While players like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli joined the camp three days back, the rest who were returning from Ireland will join the camp today. So, when is the Indian cricket team heading off to Sri Lanka for the marquee event. The Indian team play their tournament opener on September 2 against arch-rivals Pakistan at Kandy. As per a report on InsideSport, the Rohit-led side will leave for Sri Lanka on August 29.
The Asia Cup begins on Wednesday with Pakistan taking on Nepal in the tournament-opener in Multan. Bumrah and the rest returning from Dublin will have a session or two before heading off to Sri Lanka. India will certainly be one of the frontrunners to clinch the title.
Asia Cup 2023 Squads
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumraj, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna.
Pakistan – Babar Azam (c), Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Rizwan, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-haq, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah
Sri Lanka – Mahela Jayawardene, Kusal Mendis, Dasun Shanaka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Angelo Mathews, Charith Asalanka, W. Hasaranga
Bangladesh- Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal, Mustafizur Rahman, Litton Das, Mominul Haque, Mominul Haque, and Others.
Afghanistan- Rashid Khan, M. Nabi, Ibrahim Zadran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Najibullah Zadran, R.Gurbaz, Fareed Rahmad
Nepal– Sandeep Lamichhane, Rohit Paudel, Gulsan Jha, Kushal Malla, Aarif Sheikh, Arjun Saud, Karan KC, Gyanendra Malla, Dev Khanal.
Asia Cup 2023: Full Schedule
30 August- Pakistan vs. Nepal in Multan, Pakistan
31 August- Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka in Kandy, Sri Lanka
2 September- Pakistan vs. India in Kandy, Sri Lanka
3 September- Bangladesh vs. Afghanistan in Lahore, Pakistan
4 September- India vs. Nepal in Kandy, Sri Lanka
5 September- Afghanistan vs. Sri Lanka in Lahore, Pakistan
6 September- A1 vs B2 in Lahore, Pakistan
9 September- B1 vs B2 in Colombo, Sri Lanka
10 September- A1 vs A2 in Colombo, Sri Lanka
12 September- A2 vs B1 in Colombo, Sri Lanka
14 September- A1 vs B1 in Colombo, Sri Lanka
15 September- A2 vs B2 in Colombo, Sri Lanka
17 September- Final in Colombo, Sri Lanka