Asian Games Indian Men and Women Cricket Team Schedule 2023: Complete Match Schedule, squads and Fixtures

Asian Games which is known as "Asiad" are coming back .The Asian Games is a multi-sport event held every four years, and is the second largest sporting event in the world after the Olympics. This year's Asian Games will be organized in Hangzhou, China, from September 23 to October 8.

This year Cricket will be returning to the field of Asian Games after five years .Cricket was part of the 2010 Guangzhou and 2014 Incheon Asian Games but was dropped from the continental multi-sport event at Jakarta 2018. In both Asian games Indian Cricket Team didn't participate in the event but this time Team India will be the part of event.

The addition of cricket in the Asian Games is a major boost for the sport. Cricket is already the most popular sport in India, and is also popular in other Asian countries such as Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh but some countries are not interested in it. This inclusion helps cricket to popularize itself all over the Asia.

In Asian Games 2023 Cricket will be played in the T20 format. Both men and women team will participate in upcoming edition.

Men's Cricket Events in Asian Games

In men's cricket event 15 team participate which starts from 27 September. The bronze and gold medal matches will be played on October 7. The four top ranked teams - India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are directly enters to the quarter-finals while the remaining 11 will start from the group stage. Winners teams of groups will meet top ranked teams in Quarter Finals.

Asian Games 2023 men’s cricket teams and groups

Group/Phase Teams

Group A Afghanistan, Mongolia Group B Cambodia, Japan, Nepal Group C Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand Group D Malaysia, Bahrain, Maldives Quarter-finals - direct entry India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh

The schedule for the cricket matches at the Asian Games for Men's team is as follows:

Date Match Time September 27, Wed Nepal vs Japan 6:30 AM September 27, Wed Hong Kong vs Singapore 11:30 AM September 28, Thu Malaysia vs Bahrain 6:30 AM September 28, Thu Japan vs Cambodia 11:30 AM September 29, Fri Maldives vs Malaysia 6:30 AM September 29, Fri Singapore vs Thailand 11:30 AM October 1, Sun Afghanistan vs Mongolia 6:30 AM October 1, Sun Cambodia vs Nepal 11:30 AM October 2, Mon Thailand vs Hong Kong 6:30 AM October 2, Mon Bahrain vs Maldives 11:30 AM October 3, Tues INDIA vs TBD 6:30 AM Quarter-final 1 October 3, Tues PAK vs TBD 11:30 AM Quarter-final 2 October 4, Wed SL vs TBD 6:30 AM Quarter-final 3 October 4, Wed BAN vs TBD 11:30 AM Quarter-final 4 October 6, Fri Winner QF 1 vs Winner QF 4 6:30 AM Semi-final 1 (SF1) October 6, Fri Winner QF 2 vs Winner QF 3 11:30 AM Semi-final 2 (SF2) October 7, Sat Loser SF 1 vs Loser SF 2 6:30 AM (Bronze medal playoff)

October 7, Sat Winner SF 1 vs Winner SF 2 11:30 AM (Gold medal match) Final

 Indian men’s cricket team full squad for Asian Games 

Team India: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rahul Tripathi, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wicket-keeper), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Shivam Dube, Prabhsimran Singh (wicket-keeper), Akash Deep ( replaced Shivam Mavi)

Standby players: Yash Thakur, Sai Kishore, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Sai Sudarsan

The Indian men's cricket team is one of the strongest in the world, and is expected to be among the favorites to win the gold medal at the Asian Games.

Women's Cricket Events in Asian Games

The women’s tournament, meanwhile, will run from September 19 to 25. A total of eight teams will compete for medals at Hangzhou 2023. Same as the men’s tournament, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will direct enters into the quarter-finals. The remaining four have been drawn into two groups. After round-robin matches and a quarter-final qualifier, the fixtures for the top eight will be set.

Asian Games 2023 women’s cricket teams and groups Group/Phase Team Group A Indonesia, Mongolia Group B Hong Kong, Malaysia Quarter-finals - direct entry India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh

Asian Games 2023 women’s cricket schedule

Date Match Time

September 19, Tue Indonesia vs Mongolia 6:30 AM

September 19, Tues Hong Kong vs Malaysia 11:30 AM

September 20, Wed Loser match 1 vs Loser match 2 6:30 AM Quarter-final qualifier

September 21, Thu India vs TBD 6:30 AM Quarter-final 1

September 21, Thu PAK vs TBD 11:30 AM Quarter-final 2

September 22, Fri SL vs TBD 6:30 AM Quarter-final 3

September 22, Fri BAN vs TBD 11:30 AM Quarter-final 4

September 24, Sun Winner QF 1 vs Winner QF 4 6:30 AM Semi-final 1

September 24, Sun Winner QF 2 vs Winner QF 3 11:30 AM Semi-final 2

September 25, Mon Loser SF 1 vs Loser SF 2 6:30 AM (Bronze medal playoff)

September 25, Mon Winner SF 1 vs Winner SF 2 11:30 AM Final (Gold medal match)

 Indian women’s cricket team full squad for Asian Games 

Team India: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wicket-keeper), Amanjot Kaur, Devika Vaidya, Pooja Vastrakar, Titas Sadhu, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Minnu Mani, Kanika Ahuja, Uma Chetry (wicket-keeper), Anusha Bareddy

Standby players: Harleen Deol, Kashvee Gautam, Sneh Rana, Saika Ishaque

The Indian women's cricket team is also one of the best in the world, and is ranked fourth in the ICC T20I rankings.

Last year Indian Women Team participate in Commonwealth Games and bagged silver medal as runner up.

Indian women's team has a good mix of experience and youth, and is led by one of the most experienced batsmen Harmanpreet Kaur, and also has world-class players such as Smriti Mandhana ,Deepti Sharma ,Shefali verma..

Venue of the Games

The venue for all matches, both men’s and women’s, will be the Zhejiang University of Technology Pingfeng Cricket Field.

Where to watch live?

Asian Games all events will be live streamed on Sony Liv and on television it will be telecast on Sony Sports Network.