Shaping up for the season

Former India captain and coach Kapil Dev watches as Ashish Nehra (left) and Laxmipathy Balaji (centre) use the pitch roller to stretch before bowling practice on the second day of a combined fitness camp at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore on Monday.

Twenty-six cricketers are attending the week-long camp, being conducted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, ahead of the upcoming Asia Cup tournament scheduled to be held next month in Sri Lanka.

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