The BCCI on Friday announced a second-string Indian men’s team for the 19th Asian Games, to be held in Hangzhou, China, from September 19 to October 8. Since the senior players will focus on the 50-over World Cup at home, the Indian cricket board have named a team full of youngsters which will be led by Ruturaj Gaikwad. The likes of Rinku Singh and Prabhsimran Singh have been handed maiden call-ups while Avesh Khan, Rahul Tripathi and Shivam Dube have returned to the side.
While the fans were happy for Gaikwad getting the captaincy of the Indian team, some of them were taken aback after not finding Shikhar Dhawan in the squad. The out-of-favour Indian batter was expected to lead the side in the absence of the senior players but his non-selection is no less than an indication that he is no more in BCCI’s scheme of things across formats.
Dhawan had led India’s B teams on overseas assignments but his continuous snub this year seems to be the end of the road for the veteran batter. Meanwhile, the netizens took to Twitter and reacted to the experienced southpaw’s absence from the Indian squad for the Asiad.
I thought Shikhar Dhawan was Gonna lead. But maybe it’s time for New Blood.— Abhay (@abhaysrivastavv) July 14, 2023
Shikhar Dhawan??? BCCI Politics #BCCI #shikhardhawan https://t.co/quB6KW916w— Sanu Panjiyara (@PanjiyaraSanu) July 14, 2023
Shikhar Dhawan??? He also Deserve Respect— Shreesh Dubey (@shreeshdubey1) July 14, 2023
Very sad for Shikhar DhawanHe has not selected for #AsianGames #ShikharDhawan #India pic.twitter.com/IoPJ2GzyTW— Dhivakar G (@Dhivakar_25) July 14, 2023
BCCI has not only announced Asian games squad but also has given a sort of statement that Shikhar Dhawan is no more in plan!— Not So Funny Aadi (@NotSoFunnyAadi) July 14, 2023
After all those hypes about Shikhar Dhawan leading India in the Asian Games with the likes of Ravi Ashwin in the team, @BCCI have just announced the squad and suprisingly none of the two veterans find a place in the squad. #AsianGames #cricket— Tito Sebastian (@tito281) July 14, 2023
Happy retirement button for shikhar dhawan— MSD!!that’s » it..♡ (@MrinmoyK07MsD) July 14, 2023
Few expected names that are missing from Asian Games squad –Men’s Squad –
Shikhar Dhawan, Bhuvi, Nitish Rana, V Chakravarthy, Krunal Pandya, Harshit Rana, Khaleel Ahmed!
Women’s squad –
Renuka Singh, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Yastika Bhatia, Shikha Pandey!#AsianGames pic.twitter.com/LOTXsTjNIx
— Nilesh G (@oye_nilesh) July 14, 2023
No Shikhar Dhawan for India at the Asian Games!In search of Gold, we lost our kohinur #AsianAthletics2023 #IndianCricket pic.twitter.com/BuJj2UcwY0
— Rick Ghosh (@Rick_Ghosh45) July 14, 2023
No Shikhar Dhawan, they have moved away from him.— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) July 14, 2023
Shikhar Dhawan still has a BCCI central contract. We might see him as a backup opener in the world cup.— Yash Agrawal (@im_yashag) July 14, 2023
Shikhar Dhawan not in the Asian Games squad only means one thing. He might be in the World Cup plans.Am I right? #SabJawaabMilenge @JioCinema— P’rashant kumar (@prasy088) July 14, 2023
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The 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 will b be held from 19th September to 8th October 2023 at Zhejiang University of Technology Pingfeng Cricket Field. The men’s cricket competition will take place from 28th September to 8th October in a T20 format.
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Team India (Senior Men) squad for 19th Asian Games: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rahul Tripathi, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Shivam Mavi, Shivam Dube, Prabhsimran Singh (wk).
Standby list of players: Yash Thakur, Sai Kishore, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Sai Sudharsan.
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