With the Asia Cup 2025 set to get underway on September 9 in the UAE, the Indian cricket team is expected to leave no stone unturned in its preparation. The Men in Blue will reportedly undergo a fitness and training camp at the Centre of Excellence CoE in Bengaluru before flying out for the tournament. Notably, ahead of the Asia Cup 2023, India had organized a two-week conditioning camp at the National Cricket Academy NCA to sharpen their fitness and skills ahead of the competition.
The Asia Cup will be played from September 9 to 28 across Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Meanwhile, India are placed in Group A alongside Pakistan, Oman, and hosts UAE. Their campaign begins on September 10 against the UAE, followed by the much-anticipated clash against Pakistan on September 14.
Ahead of the squad announcement, several players, including Ishan Kishan, Riyan Parag, Hardik Pandya, Abhishek Sharma, and Shreyas Iyer, had reported to the CoE for fitness assessments. India's T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav, who recently recovered from a sports hernia surgery, also cleared his fitness test at the facility. These individual check-ins will further move into a full-squad preparation camp.