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The Indian men’s team will play its first match in the Asian Games from September 28. The women’s team will play its first match in the tournament to be played in Japan on September 18.
Both the Indian teams have been seeded and will directly enter the quarter-finals. The tournament will be held at Korogi Athletic Park near Nagoya.
The women’s cricket tournament will run from September 17 to 22, while the men’s cricket tournament will run from September 24 to October 1. The final in the women’s category will be held on September 22, while the final in the men’s category will be held on October 3.
India had won gold medals in men’s and women’s categories in the 2023 Asian Games.
Vaibhav in Indian team for Asian Games
India has announced the team for the Asian Games. Shreyas Iyer will be the captain and Tilak Verma will be the vice-captain. Vaibhav Suryavanshi has also been included in the team.
The captain of the Indian women’s team will be Harmanpreet Kaur. Smriti Mandhana has been made the vice-captain.
squads of both teams
Men’s Team: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Tilak Verma (vice-captain), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Shivam Dubey, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh.
Women’s team: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (Vice-Captain), Shefali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (Wicketkeeper), G. Kamalini (wicketkeeper), Bharti Phulmali, Sri Charani, Renuka Thakur, Kranti Gaur, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Radha Yadav, Nandini Sharma.
4 teams get direct entry into quarter finals
A total of 10 teams will participate in the men’s cricket tournament of the 2026 Asian Games. Apart from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have got direct place in the quarter finals.
Teams from Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal and Oman will play in the preliminary round. These 6 teams will be divided into 2 groups. Top 2-2 teams of both the groups i.e. total 4 teams will reach the quarter finals. Here they will compete with 4 teams that have already qualified.
India won gold in both categories in the 2023 Asian Games.
Earlier, in the 2023 Asian Games, India had won gold medals in both men’s and women’s categories. The final of the men’s category could not be completed due to rain. Afghanistan had scored 112/5 runs in 18.2 overs, after which the match could not be played further. India was given the gold medal on the basis of better seeding.
At the same time, in the final of women’s cricket, the Indian team won the gold medal by defeating Sri Lanka by 19 runs.
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