Indian senior batter Shikhar Dhawan is prone to lead the Indian cricket group at Asian Video games 2023 whereas the Head of Cricket on the NCA, VVS Laxman is predicted to play the teaching function.

Dhawan to Lead India in Asian Video games 2023

In response to a report, there are indications that Shikhar Dhawan could make a comeback because the captain of the India ‘B’ group on the Asian Video games, whereas the principle group focuses on World Cup preparations.

The BCCI goes to take the choice over the Asian Video games squad on July 7 when the Annual Normal Assembly takes place. The Asian Video games is scheduled to stage from September 23-October 8, 2023.

Because the dates of the Asian Video games 2023 clashes with the ICC World Cup 2023, BCCI decides to ship the India B group underneath Dhawan to function within the Asia Video games 2023.

Dhawan has a improbable file in multi-nation tournaments, having scored 537 runs in 10 innings within the ICC ODI World Cup. Dhawan holds the file for the best run-scorer for India of their victorious ICC Champions Trophy 2013. Dhawan averages 44.11 with 17 centuries and 39 half-centuries in 163 ODI innings.

The rise of Shubman Gill within the Indian ODI squad pushed Dhawan out of the squad in latest outings. Dhawan performed his final ODI match on December 10, 2022 towards Bangladesh the place he scored simply 3 runs.

It’s value mentioning that, Indian wicketkeeper batter Ishan Kishan scored his maiden double hundred in the identical match the place India gained the sport by huge 227 runs.

Nonetheless, the Punjab Kings (PBKS) skipper has led India in 12 matches previously and gained 7 matches. Dhawan was named India’s captain for the primary time within the ODI and T20I matches towards Sri Lanka in June 2021.

Cricket was final staged within the Asian Video games within the 2014 version in Incheon. In Jakarta 2018, cricket was dropped from the roster. Indian groups had not taken half in that competitors 9 years in the past.

The Indian Ladies’s group beforehand completed as runners-up within the Commonwealth Video games 2022, narrowly shedding the Gold medal to Australia within the closing by 9 runs.

BCCI will ship the principle girls’s group, and the Males’s B group aspect to Hangzhou for the mega occasion.