Gaikwad to lead second-string India side in Asian Games

With the men’s ODI World Cup scheduled to begin in India on October 5, two days before the end of the Asian Games cricket competition, the BCCI has named a second-string men’s side, while the women’s squad for the competition in Hangzhou is at full strength.

Notably, this was the first India call-up for Uttar Pradesh batter Rinku, who had set the IPL alight with his power and finishing skills for Kolkata Knight Riders. Vidarbha and Punjab Kings finisher Jitesh also found a place in this squad after being omitted for the T20Is in the Caribbean and USA. This is also an opportunity for allrounder Washington Sundar and his Sunrisers Hyderabad team-mate Rahul Tripathi to prove their T20 chops again. Both players had been part of the home T20I series against New Zealand in February earlier this year, but they were also left out for the upcoming T20Is against West Indies.

Bengal and Royal Challengers Bangalore left-arm fingerspinner will work with Washington and Bishnoi in the spin attack. Shivam Dube is the only seam-bowling allrounder in the main squad although he didn’t bowl a single ball for champions Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2023.

Cricket has featured twice in the Asian Games before – in 2010 and 2014 – but India didn’t take part either time. As in the 2010 and 2014 editions, T20 will be the format of the cricket event in Hangzhou.

India men’s squad: Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt), 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)

Stand-bys: Yash Thakur, R Sai Kishore, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, B Sai Sudarsan

This article was originally published by Espncricinfo.com. Read the original article here.

Gaikwad to lead second-string India side in Asian Games

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