Asian Games 2023: Akash Deep replaces Shivam Mavi in India’s cricket squad; Vastrakar added to girls’s group

Bengal seamer Akash Deep was added to India’s males’s cricket squad for the upcoming Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou, China.

The BCCI on Saturday introduced Akash’s inclusion on the expense of Shivam Mavi, who has been dominated out of the event. “Mavi is suffering from a back injury and is ruled out of the tournament. The men’s cricket competition will take place from 28th September to 8th October in a T20 format.,” the BCCI said.

Meanwhile, the Women’s Selection Committee additionally named Pooja Vastrakar, who was earlier part of the standbys, as substitute for Anjali Sarvani within the girls’s squad.

The left-arm pacer Sarvani suffered a knee damage and has been dominated out of the occasion. The girls’s cricket competitors will happen from September 19 to twenty-eight within the T20 format.

India (Senior Men) squad for 19 th 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 checklist of gamers: Yash Thakur, Sai Kishore, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Sai Sudarsan.

India (Senior Women) squad for 19 th 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 checklist of gamers: Harleen Deol, Kashvee Gautam, Sneh Rana, Saika Ishaque.

Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com

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