Good news followed Team India as their head coach Rahul Dravid, who has recovered from Covid-19, has re-joined the team right ahead of the Asia Cup 2022's high-octane clash against arch-rivals Pakistan on Sunday (August 28).
Dravid tested positive for Covid-19 a few days ago and was under home isolation in Bangalore. The Indian cricket board had decided to appoint VVS Laxman as interim coach until Dravid joined the team after landing in Dubai.
His symptoms were mild and it is learnt that his test report came negative on August 27. India begin their Asia Cup campaign on August 28 with a game against arch-rivals Pakistan.
VVS Laxman also coached the team for the tour of Ireland and then their tour of Zimbabwe — both limited-overs series — and had travelled to Dubai with the squad ahead of the Asia Cup.
India's Asia Cup squad: Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan.
Standby: Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, Deepak Chahar.
Pakistan's Asia Cup squad: Babar Azam (C), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir.
