Ahead of India’s crucial semi-final match against Bangladesh, the Men in Blue were spotted in a cheerful mood. The Indian Cricket Team was spotted playing cricket with a bunch of volunteers in China. After comfortably beating Nepal in the quarter-finals, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Co will once again target an easy victory to seal their spot in the Asian Games 2023 Finals.
The Men in Blue began their Asian Games journey on a splendid note. They inflicted a 23-run defeat against Nepal to secure their place in the semis where they face their neighbours Bangladesh. But ahead of the vital encounter, the Indian camp is in a relaxed mood.
Just a day before the match, the Indian Cricket Team engaged in a quick cricket match with the local volunteers, much to the delight of the fans in China.
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The Indian Cricket Team took to social media to post a video of the team playing with the young kids. The short video showed a young Chinese boy playing cricket with the Men in Blue. In the final ball, when the kid went to hit a good shot, ace pacer Arshdeep Singh and the others congratulated the kid.
Up next, India will aim for another dominant victory against Bangladesh to secure their spot in the finals. The Men in Blue are already eyeing the Gold and will be keen to replicate the same after the Indian Women’s Cricket team won the finals.
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India men’s cricket squad for the 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 Dube, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Akash Deep.
Standby list of players: Yash Thakur, Sai Kishore, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Sai Sudarsan.
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