After India’s semi-final exit from the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 against Australia on Sunday, the BCCI Women’s Selection Committee announced the 15-man squad for the 2026 Asian Games, to be held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, in September.Under the direction of Harmanpreet Kaurand Smriti Mandhana as vice-captain, India will enter the continental competition as the defending champions, after winning the gold medal in women’s cricket at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, held in 2023.India’s squad for the 2026 Asian Games: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (Vice-Captain), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (WK), G. Kamalini (WK), Bharti Fulmali, Sree Charani, Renuka Thakur, Kranti Gaud, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Shardamav, Rand YandamaIndia’s overall World Cup campaign fell short of expectations. Despite the team’s impressive victories over Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Netherlands, defeats to fellow rivals South Africa and Australia highlighted a number of weaknesses. even though Shreyanka Patil is included in the Asian Games team her participation is likely to be tough as she suffered a serious ankle injury during India’s match against the Netherlands on June 17.
Indian Men’s Team for Asian Games 2026
Earlier, the BCCI Men’s Selection Committee announced India’s 15-man squad for the 2026 Asian Games. Shreyas Iyer will lead the side, while Tilak Varma has been named vice-captain as India look to defend the gold medal they won in the previous edition in Hangzhou. Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (WK), Ishan Kishan (WK), Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma (Vice-Captain), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit BumrahHarshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.
