Colombo, August 30th
The Indian men’s cricket team came to Colombo on Wednesday for the start of the Asia Cup 2023. They will be playing against Pakistan on September 2nd.
The Indian team came to the Colombo airport on Wednesday. They got on a bus and Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya were talking to each other.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Shami, and India’s head coach Rahul Dravid were talking and laughing together while sitting on the bus.
The Indian team will be playing against Pakistan, but their star player KL Rahul will not be able to participate. He is recovering from an injury and will be supervised by the National Cricket Academy until September 4, as confirmed by Dravid in a press conference.
KL Rahul had a successful week with us and is making good progress in the direction we want. However, he won’t be available for the first part of the Kandy leg of the trip. The NCA will take care of him while we are away. We will check on him again on September 4th and then decide what to do next. Dravid said that things are looking positive and he is making great progress.
Pakistan, India, and Nepal are in Group A, while Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Sri Lanka are in Group B. The tournament will have two countries hosting the games. Pakistan will host four matches in two locations and Sri Lanka will host the rest of the games.
The first six matches will be followed by the Super Fours starting on September 6th.
The last game will be played by the two best teams at the end of the Super Fours on September 17 in Colombo.
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