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With KL Rahul being ruled out of group stages of the Asia Cup as he is recovering from a groin niggle, Team India’s latest experiment would be to make Ishan Kishan bat in the middle-order.

Team India head coach Rahul Dravid has hinted that Bumrah will be slowed and eased into full action.

As per the former skipper of the Indian team, fans will have to be more ‘understanding’ of the pressure situations that the team finds itself in.

The captain said that there are no personal preferences while selecting or dropping a cricketer from the side.

As head coach Rahul Dravid will be busy with the World Cup team, the onus will be on Laxman and Kanitkar to guide the team.

Shaw was pretty impressive during his short stint with Northamptonshire as he played some belligerent knocks.

As per Kapil, every player should be tested before the ODI World Cup to be played in India and Asia Cup is the perfect platform to test the fitness of a player.

The Men in Blue hold several records in Asia Cup. Let’s have a look at some of India’s records in the mega event.

The former southpaw was satisfied with the selectors preferring spinning all-rounder Axar Patel over Chahal for the continental tournament.

Former Indian cricket team’s strength and conditioning coach Shankar Basu had introduced the Yo-Yo test to the national side.

Earlier, the cricketers were asked by BCCI not to reveal their test scores from the yo-yo test. However, some of the cricketers did not oblige to the rule in place.

As per Madan Lal, Agarkar should have specified the new injury of KL Rahul.

Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden went to the extent of telling it as ‘big omission’.

Rahul and Shreyas have been included in the squad after recovering from a thigh and back injury respectively.

Manjrekar feels that all-rounder Hardik Pandya has to contribute a lot more with both bat and ball to increase India’s chance of lifting the 2023 World Cup trophy later this year.