Asian Games: BCCI Confirm India’s Participation in Both Men’s & Women’s Cricket

The cricket matches in Asian Games 2023 will be played in the T20I format.

Asian Games 2023: India will participate in both men's and women's cricket events.

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will send both men’s and women’s teams to the Asian Games 2023, which is scheduled to be held in September 2023 at Hangzhou, China.

However, considering the overlap of schedule of the Asian Games with ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, BCCI will select the Asian Games' men's team from players who are not in consideration for the World Cup, BCCI secretary Jay Shah said in a statement on Saturday, 8 July. The decision was taken at the 19th Apex Council meeting of the BCCI on Friday, 7 July.

The BCCI also decided that they will formulate a policy for its players (including retired players) with respect to their participation in overseas T20 leagues.

“BCCI shall continue with the concept of impact player in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in the next season with two variations from previous season and the Indian Premier League – the teams will have to select their playing XI along with 4 substitute players before the toss; and the teams can use the Impact Player at any time during the match. In the previous season of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a team could only use the Impact Player before the 14th over of an innings,” the statement further read.

It was also announced that from the upcoming edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, bowlers will be allowed to bowl two bouncers in an over, in a bid to ensure a more even contest between the bowlers and the batters.

World Cup Venues Will Be Upgraded in Two Phases

The board has also announced that ahead of the World Cup, the ten stadiums hosting the grand event will undergo upgradation. The updates have been planned in two phases.

“The first phase will deal with the upgradation of the venues of ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, work for which shall be completed before the commencement of the World Cup; and the second phase will involve upgradation of rest of the venues," the statement read.