Asian Games 2023: Men’s Cricket – All You Need To Know About, Schedule, Teams, India’s Squad, Telecast Details

The Asian Games Men’s Cricketing Event will take place from September 27th to 7th October 2023. It will be played in T20I format at Zhejiang University of Technology Pingfield Cricket Field, Hangzhou.

India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Pakistan have made it into the quarterfinals directly because of their rankings. India will be sending both teams for the first time. A total of 3 teams in each group is there with the top two teams qualifying for the knockout stage.

Group A

Nepal

Mongolia

Maldives

Schedule

1. Nepal vs Mongolia (Pingfeng Cricket Field, Hangzhou)- 27^th September
2. Mongolia vs Maldives (Pingfeng Cricket Field, Hangzhou)- 28th September
3. Maldives vs Nepal (Pingfeng Cricket Field, Hangzhou)- 1^st October

Group B

Japan

Cambodia

Hong Kong

1. Japan vs Cambodia (Pingfeng Cricket Field, Hangzhou)- 28^th September
2. Cambodia vs. Hong Kong (Pingfeng Cricket Field, Hangzhou)- 29th September
3. Hong Kong vs Japan (Pingfeng Cricket Field, Hangzhou)- 1^st October

Group C

Malaysia

Singapore

Thailand

1. Malaysia vs Singapore (Pingfeng Cricket Field, Hangzhou)- 28^th September
2. Singapore vs Thailand (Pingfeng Cricket Field, Hangzhou)- 29th September
3. Thailand vs Malaysia (Pingfeng Cricket Field, Hangzhou)- 2^nd October

Quarterfinals

1. India vs TBC (Pingfeng Cricket Field, Hangzhou)- 3^rd October
2. Pakistan vs. TBC (Pingfeng Cricket Field, Hangzhou)- 3^rd October
3. Sri Lanka vs. TBC (Pingfeng Cricket Field, Hangzhou)- 4^th October
4. Bangladesh vs TBC (Pingfeng Cricket Field, Hangzhou)- 4th October

The semi-finals will be held on 6^th October while the bronze medal and gold medal match will take place on 7^th October. The Indian team will take part in the Asian Games cricketing tournament for the first time. The BCCI sent a second-string side with Ruturaj Gaikwad named as the captain. It promises to be an exciting tournament as they would look to perform to their abilities helping Men in Blue clinch the gold medal.

Asian Games 2023: India Squad

Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Yashavi Jaiswal, Shivam Dube, Mukesh Kumar, Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Rahul Tripathi, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Akash deep Singh

Standby Players– Sai Kishore, Yash Thakur, Venetaksh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Sai Sudharsan.

Telecast Details– The matches will shown on Sony Sports Network.

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