Asia Cup 2023: Team India sweat it out in the gym, KL Rahul also joins (Video)

New Delhi: The Indian cricket team is right now in Colombo for their round 2 clash against Pakistan in Asia Cup 2023, Super 4.

Team India, on Thursday, after an indoor practice session, decided to take advantage of a day’s break and hit the gym.

In a video shared by BCCI on Thursday, Indian players can be seen sweating it out in the gym. Players like Kohli, Rohit, Hardik, Ishan and even injury-prone KL Rahul can be seen in the video.

The video was shared by BCCI on their page on the social media social media platform X (Formerly known as Twitter), which said, “Determined as ever, Getting Super 4 ready, ft. #TeamIndia.”

You can watch the video below:

Determined as ever 💪

Getting Super 4️⃣ ready, ft. #TeamIndia 👌👌 – By @RajalArora

WATCH 🔽 #AsiaCup2023

— BCCI (@BCCI) September 7, 2023

Several members of the Indian team also decided to give their take on this special gym session.

Indian southpaw Ishan Kishan said that these gym sessions are very important as sometimes, when we play regular matches and do not attend the gym, we can lose out on lots of muscles. He also emphasized on the importance of maintaining the routine on the rest days, as proper rest is just as important as proper exercise.

The pace-bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur said after playing constant cricket, this was their first proper gap between two matches in quite some time. He also said that these long gaps allow you to push your limits and work a little harder on your physical strength.

According to Kuldeep Yadav, they can push their limits today as their next cricket camp is scheduled for September 10. He also said that today’s day was rather hectic than any other day in this gap.

Notably, India is set to face Pakistan for the second time in Asia Cup 2023 on September 10, as their last match was washed out without a single ball being bowled in the second innings.