India cricket squad for Asian Games 2026 — Full list of athletes travelling to Aichi-Nagoya

Shreyas Iyer will lead the Indian men’s squad for cricket in Asian Games 2026. | Photo Credit: AP

The 20th edition of the Asian Games will officially begin on September 19, 2026 at Aichi and Nagoya in Japan.

India will take part in 35 disciplines with cricket being one of them.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) are sending 30 athletes for the cricket event in Asian Games 2026.

Both men’s and women’s teams won gold medal in the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.

Shreyas Iyer will lead the men’s squad this year while Harmanpreet Kaur will captain the women’s team.

Cricket will be played in a T20I format at the Asian Games.

Men’s squad: Shreyas Iyer (C), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (WK), Ishan Kishan (WK), Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma (VC), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yash Thakur

Women’s squad: Renuka Thakur, Arundhati Reddy, Shafali Verma, Harmanpreet Kaur, Bharti Fulmali, Kranti Gaud, Richa Ghosh, G Kamalini, Smriti Mandhana, Sree Charani, Shreyanka Patil, Pratika Rawal, Deepti Sharma, Nandani Sharma, Radha Yadav