Indian men’s and women’s cricket teams to participate in Asian Games

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Mumbai . The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will send both men’s and women’s teams to the Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou, China in September this year.

The Asian Games are to be held at a time when the Men’s Cricket World Cup will be underway in India. In such a situation, after the main team, the players for the Asian Games will be selected from the remaining players.

BCCI Secretary Jay Shah said in a statement on Saturday, “Considering the overlap of the schedule of the Asian Games with the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, the BCCI will consider the selection of players not participating in the World Cup to play in the Asian Games.” Will choose for.

The decision was taken at the BCCI’s 19th Apex Council meeting here on Friday.

The BCCI also decided that it will frame a policy for its players (including retired players) regarding their participation in overseas T20 leagues.

The statement further read, “The BCCI will continue with the concept of impact player in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy next season with two changes from the last season and the Indian Premier League – teams will be required to replace their playing XI with 4 substitutes before the toss.” have to choose; And teams can use an impact player at any time during the match. In the last season of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a team could only use an impact player before the 14th over of the innings.

“The BCCI has decided to allow two bouncers per over in the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy to balance the competition between bat and ball.”

The BCCI will work towards the upgradation of stadiums in the country in two phases.

“In the first phase the venues of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 will be upgraded. The work for this will be completed before the start of the World Cup. The second phase will involve upgradation of the rest of the locations.(IANS)

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