Former Indian cricketer and head of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) VVS Laxman will be the head coach of the Indian men’s cricket team in the upcoming Asian Games 2023. Hrishikesh Kanitkar has been named head coach for the India women’s team, the full staff of both the teams announced on Monday. , 11 September. Rajib Dutta, Subhadeep Ghosh, Sairaj Bahutule and Munish Bali will travel with the Indian teams for the 2022 Hangzhou Games.
The Asiad 2023 will begin on September 19, but the Indian men’s team will make their first appearance directly in the quarter-final round due to their team’s position in the ICC T20I rankings. They will play the quarter-final match on 3 October and if they win, they will take part in the semi-final game on 5 October. The final of the men’s competition is scheduled for October 7.
The women’s cricket team will play the quarter-final match on 21 September while the semi-final match is scheduled on 24 September. The final will be played on September 25 and all games will be held at the Zhejiang University of Technology Pingfeng Cricket Field (ZJUT). Cricket Ground), Hangzhou.
Sairaj Bahutule will be the bowling coach for the men, while Munish Bali will be their fielding coach. For the women’s team, Rajib Dutta will be the bowling coach and Subhdeep Ghosh will be the fielding coach. Laxman has previously led Indian teams on two occasions when head coach Rahul Dravid was rested.
The Indian women’s team is without a head coach after Ramesh Powar left for the NCA last year. Kanitkar was named interim chief during the T20 series against Australia in December last year, while former offspinner Nushin Al Khadeer led the team on the recent Bangladesh tour.
Meanwhile, Ruturaj Gaikwad is captaining India’s second-row side while the Women in Blue travel with a full-strength squad led by regular skipper Harmanpreet Kaur.
India’s men’s team for Asian Games 2023: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rahul Tripathi, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Shivam Mavi, Shivam Dubey, Prabhsimran Singh. (Week)
Standby player: Yash Thakur, Sai Kishore, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Sai Sudarshan
India women’s team for Asian Games 2023: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Amanjot Kaur, Devika Vaidya, Anjali Sarwani, Titas Sadhu, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Minnu Mani, Kanika Ahuja, Uma Chhetri (wicketkeeper), Anusha Bareddy.
standby player: Harleen Deol, Kashvi Gautam, Sneh Rana, Saika Ishaq, Pooja Vastrakar.
