Asia Cup 2022: Finally Some Good News For Virat Kohli Fans

The Board of Control for Cricket in India recently announced the much-awaited 15-member squad of the Indian cricket team for the upcoming Asia Cup 2022 and as expected, former Indian captain Virat Kohli is back in the Indian team. Virat Kohli, who rested for the last 3 weeks and didn’t play in the just concluded tour of the West Indies. He is rested for the upcoming series against Zimbabwe as well.

Virat’s current form has been a topic of discussion after a poor IPL season, which was followed by a dry run with the bat as he struggled to score runs in the series against England.

In the Asia Cup, the Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team will kickstart their campaign with a high-octane game against the arch-rivals Pakistan in their opening match on August 28th. Virat will complete a unique century. Kohli will become only the second player to have played 100 matches in all the formats of the game. The first player to have achieved this feat is former New Zealand cricketer Ross Taylor, who recently announced his retirement.

Virat Kohli To Begin His Training For Asia Cup 2022 Soon

Meanwhile, according to information coming from sources close to Kohli, he will begin net practice this week in Mumbai to get ready for the Asia Cup 2022.

Yes, as per the updates, Kohli will begin practice in MCA Indoor Academy in Bandra Kurla Complex this week. Notably, Kohli’s residence in Mumbai is in Worli Omkar Building which is just 20 mins away from MCA Academy in BKC. This might be one of the reasons why Kohli has decided to practice at the academy in BKC.

The source further added that Kohli is already following his physical training regime at his gym housed in his own apartment.

India’s 15-member squad for the Asia Cup 2022

“#TeamIndia squad for Asia Cup 2022 – Rohit Sharma (Capt ), KL Rahul (VC), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, R Pant (wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, R Jadeja, R Ashwin, Y Chahal, R Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan.”

Notes –
Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal Patel were not available for selection owing to injuries. They are currently undergoing rehab at the NCA in Bengaluru.
Three players – Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel and Deepak Chahar have been named as standbys.
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 8, 2022