No Rohit, Kohli, Hardik, Jadeja in India's Asian Games squad; BCCI

After the historic announcement of clearing India's men's and women's cricket teams' participation in the Asian Games 2023 set to take place in Hangzhou, Chinna in September-October, BCCI on Saturday

After the historic announcement of clearing India's men's and women's cricket teams' participation in the Asian Games 2023 set to take place in Hangzhou, Chinna in September-October, BCCI on Saturday, confirmed that no World Cup-bound cricketers will be considered for selection in the men's team for Asian Games.

This effectively means that India's first-ever men's cricket team for the Asian Games will be without regular captain Rohit Sharma, vice-captain Hardik Pandya, star batter Virat Kohli, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, keeper-batter KL Rahul, pacers Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj among other regulars in ODIs.

"BCCI will send both men’s and women’s teams to the Asian Games scheduled to be held in September 2023 at Hangzhou, China. However, considering the overlap of schedule of the Asian Games with ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, BCCI will select from the players not participating in the World Cup to play in the Asian Games," BCCI secretary Jay Shah said after the 19th Apex Council meeting that took place in Mumbai on Friday (July 7).