Shivam Mavi in action during his debut for India, Pooja Vastrakar receives a player of the match memento at the 2022 ODI World Cup. (BCCI/ICC) The Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) announced changes to the initial Indian cricket squads, men and women, for the upcoming 2023 Asian Games.
Shivam Mavi, who’d been added to the initial squad is suffering from a back injury and hence 26-year-old Akash Deep has been added to the men’s squad.
In the women’s squad, Pooja Vastrakar has been named as replacement for Anjali Sarvani, who sustained a knee injury and has been ruled out of the Games. Vastrakar had initially been among the stand by players.
The upcoming Asian Games in Hangzhou will be a first instance of both, men’s and women’s cricket competitions being played in the multi nation tournament. Women’s cricket had been added as an event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
While the women’s tournament will start from September 19 to October 8, the men’s competition shall be played between September 28 and October 8.
India men’s cricket squad for 19th Asian Games: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rahul Tripathi, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Shivam Mavi, Shivam Dube, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Akash Deep.
Standby players: Yash Thakur, Sai Kishore, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Sai Sudarsan.
India women’s cricket squad for 19th Asian Games: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Amanjot Kaur, Devika Vaidya, Titas Sadhu, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Minnu Mani, Kanika Ahuja, Uma Chetry (wk), Anusha Bareddy, Pooja Vastrakar.
Standby players: Harleen Deol, Kashvee Gautam, Sneh Rana, Saika Ishaque.
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