The veteran will be the head coach of Team India in the Asian Games, his entry in the support staff as well

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Dt. 27 August 2023, Sunday

The Asian Games will be played between the Asia Cup and the ODI World Cup. The Indian men's and women's cricket team are going to participate for the first time in this Asian Games, which will be played from September 23 to October 8 in Hongzhou, China. The players who could not go to China for the Asian Games have been selected in the World Cup squad to be held in India. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has already announced the men's and women's team squads for the Asian Games 2022-23.

VVS Laxman has been given the responsibility of the head coach of the men's cricket team for the Asian Games

While Harmanpreet Kor will be the captain of the women's team, Rituraj Gaekwad has been selected as the captain of the men's team. Because Indian men's team head coach Rahul Dravid will be busy with the World Cup. That is why VVS Laxman has been given the responsibility of the head coach of the men's cricket team for the Asian Games. Apart from this, Sairaj Bahutule will be the bowling coach and Manish Bali will be the fielding coach.

Indian men's cricket team for the Asian Games

Rituraj Gaikwad (capt), Yashshwi Jaiswal, Rahul Tripathi, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Shivam Mavi, Shivam Dubey, Prabhasimran Singh (wicket keeper).

Indian women's cricket team for the Asian Games

Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (Vice Captain), Shefali Verma, Jemima Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Amanjot Kaur, Devika Vaidya, Anjali Sarvani, Titas Sadhu, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Minu Mani, Kanika Ahuja, Uma Chitri (wicket-keeper), Anusha Baredi.

Standby Players: Harleen Deol, Kashvi Gautam, Sneh Rana, Saika Ishaq, Pooja Vastrakar.