In a major development, Star India National cricket team wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson has faced some fitness issues before the Asia Cup 2025.
Apart from this, players of the India National Cricket Team have tested Bronco at the ICC Academy in Dubai before the start of the Marki tournament.
Sanju Samson gets injured?
Wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson was recently seen in action in the Kerala Cricket League (KCL), where he set the stage on fire with his explosive batting performance.
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Sanju Samson has been India’s first choice wicketkeeper-batsman and opener in T20I cricket for a long time, but now it will have to fight Gloveman Jeetash Sharma for a place in XI.
The reason for this is that Shubman Gill has returned to the T20I Cup to the Asia Cup and has been nominated as the vice-captain, who guaranteed him a place as a opener with Abhishek Sharma, which was confirmed by BCCI chief selector Ajit Egkar that he is India’s first choice T20I Opener.
Sanju Samson, who performed well as a opener for India and broke several T20i tons, may have to bat in the middle order, where he does not have a good number, compared to Jitesh Sharma, who thrives as a finisher.
Samson would have expected to impress the team management in the nets to strengthen their case for selection, but unfortunately, wicketkeeper-batsman has faced some fitness issues.
According to Revsportz, Sanju Samson was launched in pain during India’s practice session at the ICC Academy on Saturday, 6 September. He was in an inconvenience while taking the throdown, and it comes as a massive blow for wicketkeeper-batman.
Little lame and pain when he was taking Throdown
Sanju Samson did not look fit during practice pic.twitter.com/ziz6QSLD8F– Revsportz Global (@revsportzglobal) 6 September, 2025
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Sanju Samson is not fully fit? Pain during practice @rohitjuglan Reports #Asiacup2025 @Thumsupofficial
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– Revsportz Global (@revsportzglobal) 6 September, 2025
Indian players undergo Bronco Test in a practice session
Another notable development, coming out of India’s practice session, was a player pushing through the bronco drill as part of his warm-up preparations.
The Control Board for Cricket in India (BCCI) recently introduced the Bronco Test as a new fitness benchmark for Indian cricketers.
The Adrian Le Rukes occurred after joining as a new strength and conditioning coach. The Bronco Test will complement the current Yo-Yo test and 2-kilometer time test to assess the fitness of the Test players.
It is a high-spill aerobic endurance test designed for rugby originally and includes shuttle runs over 20 meters, 40 meters and 60 meters.
A set involves driving three distances, then the player repeats five consecutive times, with no comfort at a total of 1,200 meters.
Bronco is in ICC Academy pic.twitter.com/mieci2tvr4
– Revsportz Global (@revsportzglobal) 6 September, 2025
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Bronco Test during India’s practice session!@rohitjuglan Reports#Asiacup2025 @Thumsupofficial
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– Revsportz Global (@revsportzglobal) 6 September, 2025
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I think this is a great group – Shubman Gill
Speaking in a video shared on Bcci.TV, India National Cricket Team Test captain Shubman Gill said that he is excited to return to T20I setup and be part of the Great Group. He said:
“Clearly very excited, I think it is a great group and the way we are playing in T20 is just not less entertaining, terrible cricket, so it is very excited to join the group.”
Meanwhile, the premiere left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh said that the atmosphere is very vibrant in the setup. He said:
“This is a very vibrant atmosphere, having a lot of fun and it’s day 1, we will get it a little now, we will intensify the first match.”
