Chennai Super Kings’ star opener Ruturaj Gaikwad was on Friday named the captain of the Indian males’s cricket staff for the Asian Games in Hangzhou in China. While earlier reviews had speculated that veteran India batter Shikhar Dhawan could lead on within the September 19 to to October 8 occasion, the BCCI selectors named Gaikwad, who has been doing fairly properly within the IPL. Talented middle-order batter Rinku Sigh bought his maiden call-up for the nationwide staff, whereas JItesh Sharma has been chosen on the wicketkeeper of the squad.

Clearly, the composition of the facet reveals that the BCCI selectors have gone with younger gamers. The continental video games coincides with the beginning of the ODI World Cup and that’s the reason a B staff has been named. Among the opposite huge names who have gotten an opportunity are Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored 171 on his Test debut in opposition to West Indies. Tilak Varma, Ravi Bishnoi, Shivam Dube, Avesh Khan and  Arshdeep Singh – all of whom are fashionable names within the IPL – are a part of the Asian Games squad.

Gaikwad, who will lead the facet in China, is at the moment with the Test squad within the Caribbean.

“The Men’s Selection Committee has picked India’s squad for the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 to be held from 19th September to 8th October 2023 at Zhejiang University of Technology Pingfeng Cricket Field. The men’s cricket competition will take place from 28th September to 8th October in a T20 format,” the BCCI mentioned in a launch.

Cricket was final performed the Asian Games in 2014 when India didn’t participate. The BCCI Apex Council cleared the participation of women and men groups earlier this month.

Team India (Senior Men) squad for nineteenth 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)

Standby checklist of gamers: Yash Thakur, Sai Kishore, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Sai Sudarsan.

With PTI inputs