The Asian Games 2022 will probably be held this yr from September 23 to October 8. The mega occasion was postponed final yr on account of Covid-19. Among varied Olympic sports activities, cricket can be part of the roster. But Indian cricket groups will not characteristic on the showpiece occasion. BCCI will probably be unable to ship a staff for Asian Games on account of packed schedule of each the lads’s and girls’s sides. India’s chief de mission for the Asian Games, Bhupender Bajwa, confirmed to Indian Express that BCCI usually are not going to ship any staff to Hangzhou in China the place the Games are to happen. “We have entries in all sports activities besides one – cricket (staff) isn’t going. They stated they’re preoccupied. We despatched 3-4 emails to them however once we needed to ship entries to the organisers, they stated they received’t go,” stated Bajwa.
Why Indian males’s cricket staff just isn’t going to Asian Games?
India are internet hosting Men’s ODI World Cup this yr which begins in October with the ultimate happening in November. BCCI could not wish to ship Rohit Sharma and Co for Asia Games simply earlier than a World Cup. For Team India, a World Cup trophy continues to be larger than an Asian Games medal as of now.
And girls’s cricket staff? Why are they not going?
A BCCI official stated that even girls’s cricket staff can not journey to China for Asian Games because the board has already finalised their FTP. “We had received the mail from IOA just one day before the deadline. At the same time, the BCCI already has finalised the FTP for women’s cricket. During the Asian Games, our team won’t be available as they will be playing in a tournament,” the BCCI official stated was quoted as saying in Indian Express. Indian girls are scheduled to play South Africa and New Zealand in restricted overs sequence on the time of Asian Games.
Who are India’s greatest wager at Asian Games?
India do properly traditionally at Asian Games. The final version was held in Indonesia and India returned with as many as 70 medals, together with 16 gold, 23 silver and 31 bronze. This yr, all eyes will probably be on Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu in weightlifting, Olympic champion in males’s javelin throw Neeraj Chopra and our hockey groups. All eyes will probably be on PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen within the mega occasion whereas World champion boxer Nikhat Zareen, Lovlina Borgohain can even intention for glory in China. Not to neglect, E sports activities can be a part of Asian Games this yr and India’s 16-member contingent was chosen by the National Esports Championships and can compete throughout 5 video games – FIFA22, Street Fighter V, League of Legends and DOTA 2.Â
