As the countdown begins for subsequent month’s Asia Cup (September 9) in the United Arab Emirates, prime Indian cricketers, together with Shubman Gill and Jasprit Bumrah, touched down on the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru on Saturday (August 30, 2025) for obligatory fitness and pre-season assessments.
Rohit Sharma, the ODI skipper, and Mohammed Siraj additionally flew down to the sprawling campus although they don’t seem to be half of the T20 squad for the continental occasion.
Test chief Gill was initially named because the North Zone captain for the continued Duleep Trophy – additionally being performed on the CoE – however didn’t characteristic in the quarterfinal in opposition to East Zone as a result of of an sickness.
A couple of Asia Cup-bound gamers like Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh and Kuldeep Yadav are taking part in in the Duleep Trophy for his or her respective zones whereas wicketkeeper-batter Jitesh Sharma has been on the Centre for the previous three days.
The likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shardul Thakur and Sarfaraz Khan, all of whom are set to play for West Zone in the Duleep semifinal subsequent week, are additionally on the CoE. Jaiswal, in reality, is in the checklist of standbys for Asia Cup.
Meanwhile, South Zone may have to title a brand new skipper for the Duleep Trophy semifinals (September 4-7) as Tilak Varma has been included in the Asia Cup squad.
Kerala’s Mohammed Azharuddeen is the vice-captain, and he may very well be promoted to the management position or they’ve extra skilled candidates in R Sai Kishore, Devdutt Padikkal or N Jagadeesan.
Injury fear for Mukesh
East Zone suffered a setback as pacer Mukesh Kumar was not bowling in the second innings, presumably owing to a niggle that he sustained in the course of the first innings right here.
The Bengal pacer sat out for 9 overs in the primary innings to have a tendency to his thigh/groin earlier than resuming the bowling. Mukesh additionally got here out to bat in East Zone’s first innings.
However, he was not obtainable to bowl in the second innings on the third day of the Duleep Trophy quarterfinals.
(with inputs from PTI)
