Asian Games 2023, Men’s Cricket: Schedule, Team India squad, venues, live streaming details

Men's cricket will return to the Asian Games after almost nine years in Hangzhou. 15 teams from Asia will participate in the men's cricket event. India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka have earned a direct entry into the quarterfinals because of their higher ranking.

Afghanistan will have to play a quarterfinal qualifier against Mongolia, while the nine other teams, namely Nepal, Cambodia, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Maldives, and Bahrain, have been divided into three groups of three teams each.

Cambodia, Japan and Nepal are in Group A. Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong form Group B, while Group C consists of Malaysia, Bahrain and Maldives.

Asian Games 2023 men's cricket full schedule (with timings in IST)

All matches of the Asian Games men's cricket tournament will take place at the Zhejiang University of Technology Pingfeng Cricket Field. Here is the full schedule:

September 27: Nepal vs Japan, 6:30 am IST

September 27: Hong Kong vs Singapore, 11:30 am IST

September 28: Malaysia vs Bahrain, 6:30 am IST

September 28: Cambodia vs Japan, 11:30 am IST

September 29: Maldives vs Malaysia, 6:30 am IST

September 29: Singapore vs Thailand, 11:30 am IST

October 1: Afghanistan vs Mongolia, 6:30 am IST

October 1: Cambodia vs Nepal, 11:30 am IST

October 2: Thailand vs Hong Kong, 6:30 am IST

October 2: Bahrain vs Maldives, 11:30 am IST

October 3: India vs TBA, Quarterfinal 1, 6:30 am IST

October 3: Pakistan vs TBA, Quarterfinal 2, 11:30 am IST

October 4: Sri Lanka vs TBA, Quarterfinal 3, 6:30 am IST

October 4: Bangladesh vs TBA, Quarterfinal 4, 11:30 am IST

October 6: Winner QF1 vs Winner QF4, Semifinal 1, 6:30 am IST

October 6: Winner QF2 vs Winner QF3, Semifinal 2, 11:30 am IST

October 7: Loser SF1 vs Loser SF2, Bronze Medal Match, 6:30 am IST

October 7: Winner SF1 vs Winner SF2, Gold Medal Match, 11:30 am IST

Asian Games 2023 India squad

The BCCI has named a second-string squad for the Asian Games 2023 men's cricket tournament. This will be the first time India participate in the cricket event of the continental competition. Ruturaj Gaikwad will lead India.

Here is the Indian squad:

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

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

Asian Games 2023 men's cricket venue

Only one venue will host the entire tournament. The Zhejiang University of Technology Pingfeng Cricket Field will host all the matches from September 27 to October 7. The start time for the matches are 9:30 am and 2:30 pm local time.

Asian Games 2023 live streaming details

The matches will be live on the Sony Sports Network. Live streaming will be available on the Sony LIV website and application. Fans will have to buy a subscription to watch the matches live.