Asian Games 2023: Indian debutants to be careful for at Hangzhou

The nineteenth version of the Asian Games is ready to be held in Hangzhou, China, from September 23 to October 8 this yr.

Here are the 5 Indian gamers/groups to be careful as they make their Asian Games debut:

Charanjot Singh – FIFA Online 4

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After being an illustration self-discipline 5 years in the past, Esports is ready to make its Asian Games debut this time as a correct medal occasion. India’s Charanjot Singh is the top-seeded athlete in FIFAe, one of many seven official Esports occasions at this version.

The Chandigarh-born athlete earned the best to be the highest seed after he registered commanding victories over Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in August.

Charanjot additionally represented India within the FIFAe Nations Cup 2023.

Jyothi Yarraji – Women’s 100m Hurdles, 200m

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Jyothi Yarraji, the nationwide report holder in ladies’s 100m hurdles, will make her Asian Games debut in Hangzhou. She is the primary Indian lady to run sub-13 seconds within the occasion.

This season, the 24-year-old from Visakhapatnam gained gold medal on the Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok. She additionally clinched silver on the identical match within the 200m occasion and can be in motion in each classes in China too.

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Jyothi, who has been coaching on the Reliance Foundation below coach James Hillier for the previous few years, recorded her private finest in 100m hurdles – 12.78s – on the World University Games in Chengdu final month.

While on her World Championships debut in Budapest, she might solely clock 13.05s and did not make it previous the heats, she can be one of many favourites for the gold medal within the 100m hurdles on the Asiad.

Anahat Singh – Squash

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A yr after being the youngest member of the Indian contingent on the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, 15-year-old Anahat Singh is all set to make her Asian Games debut.

The Delhi woman shot to prominence in 2019 when she gained the U-11 title through the British Junior Open Squash and the U-13 title within the Dutch Junior Open Squash. In 2021, she reached the quarterfinals of the Indian Open held at Noida, thus changing into part of the 2021-22 PSA World Tour.

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Earlier this yr, Anahat emerged winner within the U-15 class of the British Junior Open Squash, beating Sohaila Hazem of Egypt within the closing. Last month, she clinched the gold medal within the U-17 class of the Asian Junior Squash Individual Championships in China.

Nikhat Zareen – Boxing

India’s Nikhat Zareen after successful gold medal in 50kg class on the 2023 IBA Women’s Boxing World Championships in New Delhi.
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Boxer Nikhat Zareen is the reigning world and Commonwealth champion in ladies’s 50kg class. While she has by no means competed within the Asian Games earlier than, the 27-year-old from Nizamabad is anticipated to be the favorite for the gold medal.

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Win on the Asian Games may also take Nikhat nearer to her final dream of an Olympic medal because the Asiad can also be a qualifier for Paris Olympics 2024.

Indian males’s and girls’s cricket groups

Both Indian males’s and girls’s cricket groups will make their Asian Games debut in Hangzhou and can begin the occasion as heavy favourites for the gold medal.

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The 15-member males’s staff can be led by Ruturaj Gaikwad.

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The ladies’s staff can be captained by Smriti Mandhana. Harmanpreet Kaur was initially supposed to guide the staff. However, she’s going to miss two matches after being suspended by the International Cricket Council for her outburst in an ODI in opposition to Bangladesh. Harmanpreet can’t come again into the staff except it reaches the ultimate.

Both Indian males’s and girls’s groups will start their marketing campaign instantly from the quarterfinal stage.