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'Isme toh run hi barsenge'- Fans react as cricket stadium for Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou gets revealed

The Asian Games 2023 men's cricket event will be played in at the Pingfeng Cricket Field at Zhejiang University of Technology.

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The Asian Games 2023 men's cricket event will be played in the T20 format, from September 28 to October 8. All matches will be held at the Pingfeng Cricket Field at Zhejiang University of Technology. It has a capacity of 12,000 people and is China's largest cricket ground. Seven matches have been played here so far in which 4 have won batting first while 3 chasing. The average first innings score is 99 and the second innings is 78.

The Indian Cricket Board revealed on Friday a 15-man Indian men's cricket squad for the forthcoming Asian Games 2023, which will be held in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China, from September 23 to October 8.

India will look to win gold in this category

The Hangzhou-bound group, on the other hand, will include a number of potential young players, the majority of whom have excelled in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Ruturaj Gaikwad, of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will captain the Indian squad in the Hangzhou Asian Games.

Arshdeep Singh, the best wicket-taker for Punjab Kings in the IPL 2023, has been included in the squad. Yashasvi Jaiswal of Rajasthan Royals, who produced a century on debut in the present Test against the West Indies, was also named.

Rinku Singh, whose brilliant innings for Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) in Indian IPL 2023 grabbed headlines this season, was also named to his first India squad. For the first time, India has named men's and women's teams for the Asian Games cricket competition.

Cricket has previously been played at the Asian Games in Guangzhou in 2010 and Incheon in 2014. Bangladesh won the first tournament, while Sri Lanka is the reigning champion. Afghanistan finished second on both occasions.

This is the men's cricket team's second appearance in a multi-sport tournament. The Indian men's cricket squad competed in a 50-over format at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. However, the matches were not given international status and were recorded as List A games.

Team India: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rahul Tripathi, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wicket-keeper), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Shivam Mavi, Shivam Dube, Prabhsimran Singh (wicket-keeper)

Standby players: Yash Thakur, Sai Kishore, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Sai Sudarsan

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