The BCCI has refused to send Indian cricket teams to the Asian Games. The BCCI has refused to send Indian cricket teams to the Asian Games.
Despite the Indian Olympic Association’s (IOA) repeated appeals, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has opted not to send Indian cricket teams to the 2023 Asian Games. The Asian Games will now take place in Hangzhou, China, from September 23 to October 8. It is worth mentioning that India will not be represent at the Asiad in any sport other than cricket.
India’s chef de mission for the Asian Games, Bhupender Bajwa, announced that the country has entrants in all sports except cricket. According to Bajwa, the BCCI cited international duties as the rationale for not sending teams to the quadrennial event.
“With the exception of cricket (team), we have entries in all sports.” They stated that they are preoccupied. “We sent them three or four emails, but when it came time to send entries to the organisers, they said they wouldn’t go,” Bajwa told Indian Express.
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According to the article, a BCCI official stated that the IOA sent the email a day before the entry deadline.
He also stated that the BCCI had already finalized the FTP for women’s cricket at the time, adding that the women’s team will be unavailable for the Asian Games due to limited-overs series against South Africa and New Zealand, while the men’s team will be in action in October-November in the ODI World Cup at home.
“We received the IOA mail just one day before the deadline. Simultaneously, the BCCI has already finalized the FTP for women’s cricket. “Our team will not be available during the Asian Games because they will be competing in a tournament. ” A BCCI official cited as saying by Indian Express.
The BCCI has previously vetoed sending cricket teams to the Asian Games in 2010 and 2014, despite cricket being a part of the athletic event. Cricket, on the other hand, was left out of the 2018 Asian Games. The BCCI did, however, allow the women’s team to compete in last year’s Commonwealth Games, where they won a silver medal.
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