Indian cricket team led by Rohit Sharma and featuring ace batter Virat Kohli, reached Colombo on Wednesday ahead of the Asia Cup 2023 campaign opener against Pakistan on September 2.
The Indian team arrived at Colombo airport on Wednesday and after boarding the bus, experienced batter Virat Kohli and allrounder Hardik Pandya were seen having a conversation.
While Indian skipper Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Shami and India head coach Rahul Dravid were seen chatting and sharing laughs while sitting in the bus.
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However, one member of the Indian squad, KL Rahul has not traveled to Sri Lanka with the rest of the unit, as he is still being monitored by the NCA staff after suffering a fresh niggle.
He will miss both the Asia Cup group matches against Pakistan on September 2nd and Nepal on September 4th, both to be played in Kandy, Sri Lanka.
"He (KL Rahul) had a good week with us, he is progressing really well on the route that we want to take, but he will be unavailable for the first part of the Kandy leg of the trip. The NCA will be looking after him while we are travelling. We will reassess him on the fourth (September 4) and we will take it from there. The signs are good and he is progressing really well," Dravid said.
Indian Squad:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna.
(ANI inputs)
