Asia Cup: India’s preparations behind the scenes

India captain MS Dhoni and his Bangladeshi counterpart Mashrafe Mortaza during the trophy launch. (Source: BCCI)

With hours left for the Asia Cup to start with the opener to be played between India and Bangladesh in Dhaka, MS Dhoni and co. are in full flow to hit the ground running.

Hardik Pandya showed he can hit big ones during the second T20 against Sri Lanka. Let’s hope he can do that in Dhaka too. The net session seem to suggest so!

.@hardikpandya7 is sweating it out in the nets ahead of the #AsiaCup. #TeamIndia plays @BCBtigers on Feb 24thhttp://t.co/wXBQQf981A

— BCCI (@BCCI) February 22, 2016

While Shikhar Dhawan and Harbhajan Singh were involved in camaraderie building (or just jovial?) exercise as they arm wrestled.

Suresh Raina looked to be able to hit the ball cleanly as well..

Down the track and off she goes to the stands. @ImRaina hitting them clean #AsiaCuppic.twitter.com/CWMLVhsuzr

— BCCI (@BCCI) February 22, 2016

… As could Shikhar Dhawan. (Surely that’s destined to reach the boundary!)

Watch the @SDhawan25 signature drive in the nets #IndvBan#AsiaCuphttp://t.co/NxJSBMwiSi

— BCCI (@BCCI) February 23, 2016

They’re more likely to be useful with the bat but they can be handy with the ball too. First up – Virat Kohli.

How many of you would want to see @imVkohli bowl against @BCBtigers? Match starts at 7.00 PM IST tomorrow #AsiaCuphttp://t.co/6S9C6wuoAx

— BCCI (@BCCI) February 23, 2016

And then Yuvraj Singh.

.@YUVSTRONG12 rolls his arm over in the nets ahead of the match against @BCBtigers #AsiaCuphttp://t.co/FMFUAa4QfK

— BCCI (@BCCI) February 23, 2016

To wrap up…

Here’s how #TeamIndia spent their day in the nets on the eve of #IndvBan #AsiaCuphttp://t.co/pDrZu082ya

— BCCI (@BCCI) February 23, 2016