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
Here’s how fans reacted:
You’ll also score a century on this Mufa 😀
— Sumit Agarwal 🇮🇳 (@sumitagarwal_IN) July 15, 2023
He scored on Chepauk pitch, so he doesn't have to prove anything…👋🏻
— ‼️ रवि राजपूत ‼️ 🇮🇳🚩 (@ravi_tweets__) July 15, 2023
Definitely make 100 if Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 playing in this stadium 😂😂😂and sikndar drops 😂catch in every over because Babar never make a century without chance
— the outsider (@MeRayeen) July 15, 2023
Haan Babar century maar leee gaa aur Kohli triple century maar leee gaa 😂😂😂
— Bilal MeHmOOd🇵🇰 (@BiLaLMe47) July 15, 2023
I think they are counted as official runs/wkts ( earlier they didn’t have intl status, but now I think they do)
— Karthik Rao (@Cric_Karthikk) July 15, 2023
Arshdeep ki speed me agar edge ya miss-hit bhi hua toh japan wale bhi 6 maar denge.
Yaha bhuvi tehelka macha deta. Pura open ground. Slow + swing. 4-3-1-7 stats hota— मंद बुद्धि (@IamRo94) July 15, 2023
They might hv thought its hockey with the forwards in the centre of the ground
— Ramkrishna Iyer (@KannanK51531500) July 16, 2023
We need few more balls for sure
— Rajesh Bengrodi (@RBengrodi) July 15, 2023
