The Indian men’s cricket team will be playing in its first Asian Games at Hangzhou as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced a 15-member squad and five standby players.
The event will be played in the T20 format, from September 28 to October 8, with all matches scheduled to take place at the Zhejiang University of Technology Pingfeng Cricket Field.
The India men’s cricket squad. will be captained by the 26-year-old Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh, leading wicket-taker for Punjab Kings in IPL 2023 and Rajasthan Royal’s Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored a century on Test debut against the West Indies, also made the cut. Also in India’s ranks will be Rinku Singh, who became a household name after his campaign with the Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2023 due to his swashbuckling knocks.
Before Hangzhou, cricket was played at the Asian Games twice – at Guangzhou, in 2010 and Incheon, in 2014. Bangladesh won the first edition, while Sri Lanka is the defending champion. Afghanistan was runner-up on both occasions.
Before this, the Indian men’s cricket team played in just one multi-sport event- at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur in a 50-over format.
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