Asian Games 2023 Cricket
19th Asian Games 2023 has started. Indian women’s cricket team won gold by defeating Sri Lanka in the final match and created history. Now the Men in Blue have also reached China to participate in the Asian Games, where the players of Team India are warmly welcomed. In this blog post get to know about Asian Games 2023 Cricket | know the complete schedule, team, live streaming, see all the information related to Asian Games here.
Asian Games 2023 Cricket for the third time
This will be the third time that cricket will be a part of the Asian Games 2023. Earlier in 2010 and 2014, India had not sent its men’s or women’s teams to the Asian Games. In men’s cricket competitions, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have won one gold medal each and in women’s cricket, Pakistan has been successful both times.
More players who performed well in the IPL were chosen for the Indian men’s team for the Asian Games. Due to other commitments, the BCCI did not send a team in 2010 and 2014 This time the men’s competition will coincide with India’s World Cup preparations, hence senior players are not being sent to this continental event.
India’s first match directly in the quarter finals of the Asian Games 2023
On October 5, the Indian men’s cricket team will play its first match in the form of quarterfinal. Following this, the semi-finals and final will be played on October 6 and October 7, respectively.There is every possibility that the quarter-final match of the Indian men’s team may be against Afghanistan and Bangladesh. If the Indian team is successful in reaching the finals then its matches will start at 12 noon Indian time.
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are the five teams on top in the ICC T20 International rankings. Because of which all these teams have been given special exemption. Actually, all these teams have directly qualified for the quarter-finals. This time Team India is being considered a strong contender to win the gold medal.
Ruturaj Gaikwad will lead the Indian team in Asian Games 2023
It is noteworthy that Ruturaj Gaikwad was made the captain of the Indian men’s cricket team for the Asian Games. Apart from him, young opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal has also got a place in the team. Shivam Dubey has returned to Team India. Whereas this time in IPL, Rinku Singh, who showed his strength with his bat, has also got a chance in the team. The Indian team looks very strong, and they will be seen playing their first match on 3rd September.
Indian squad for Asian Games 2023 Cricket
Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rahul Tripathi, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Shivam Mavi, Shivam Dubey and Prabhsimran Singh.
This is how you can watch the matches of the Indian men’s cricket team.
A total of 14 teams will feature in the men’s cricket competition at the Asian Games 2023. The final match of this tournament will be played on 7th October. Except for India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, the remaining 9 teams will compete in the group stage format, where they have been drawn into three groups of 3 teams each.
Asian Games 2023 Indian men’s cricket team schedule
5 October: Quarter-finals
6 October: Semi-finals (if qualified)
7 October: Final (if qualified)
Asian Games 2023 live telecast in india
All these matches will be telecast on Sony Sports Network TV channels in India. Live streaming of Asian Games 2023 cricket matches will also be available on Sony Liv app and website.