India Announces Squads for 2026 Asian Games Cricket Tournaments
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- Following their T20 World Cup semi-final exit, India announced their women's squad for the 2026 Asian Games, led by Harmanpreet Kaur.
- The men's squad will be captained by Shreyas Iyer.
- Both teams aim to defend their gold medals from the previous edition.
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Why It Matters
Following India's semi-final exit from the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026, the BCCI announced squads for the 2026 Asian Games. Both the men's and women's teams are defending champions.
Following India's semi-final exit from the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 against Australia on Sunday, the BCCI Women's Selection Committee announced a 15-member squad for the upcoming 2026 Asian Games, set to be held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, in September.
Led by Harmanpreet Kaur, with Smriti Mandhana serving as vice-captain, India will enter the continental event as the defending champions, having clinched the historic gold medal in women's cricket at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, held in 2023.
India's squad for the 2026 Asian Games: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (Vice-Captain), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (WK), G. Kamalini (WK), Bharti Fulmali, Sree Charani, Renuka Thakur, Kranti Gaud, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil*, Radha Yadav, Nandni Sharma. India's overall World Cup campaign fell short of expectations. Although the team registered comfortable wins over Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Netherlands, defeats to fellow semifinal contenders South Africa and Australia exposed several weaknesses. although Shreyanka Patil is in the included in the squad for Asian Games her participation is subject to the fitness as she suffered a severe right ankle ligament injury on India's group stage match against Netherlands on June 17.
India's Men squad for Asian Games 2026
Earlier, The BCCI Men's Selection Committee announced India's 15-member squad for the 2026 Asian Games. Shreyas Iyer will lead the side, while Tilak Varma has been named vice-captain as India aim to defend the historic gold medal they won at the previous edition in Hangzhou.
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Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (WK), Ishan Kishan (WK), Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma (Vice-Captain), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.
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India's women's cricket team will attempt to defend their gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games.
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Open Questions
- Will Shreyanka Patil be fit for the Asian Games?
- Can India successfully defend both gold medals?