V V S Laxman, the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence chief, is set to coach the Indian men’s cricket team at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.
Key Points
- VVS Laxman will serve as head coach for the Indian men’s cricket team at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.
- Laxman previously coached the gold-winning Indian men’s team at the 2023 Asian Games.
- Gautam Gambhir will coach the senior team for the West Indies ODI series, while Amol Muzumdar leads the women’s team.
- Both Indian men’s and women’s cricket teams will defend their T20 Asian Games titles.
BCCI’s Centre of Excellence (CoE) chief V V S Laxman, is going to take charge of the Indian men’s team at the upcoming Asian Games 2026 to be held n Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, later this month.
Laxman will be assisted by Sunil Joshi, Hrishikesh Kanitkar and Subhadeep Ghosh, as per the list of coaches released by the Sports Ministry.
India’s Coaching Staff And Title Defence
The batting great had also coached the Indian men’s team at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, where India won the gold medal.
Regular head coach Gautam Gambhir will be with the senior team for the home ODI series against the West Indies, with the first ODI scheduled to be played on September 27.
The cricket competition at the Asian Games will begin on September 24, with India set to play its opening match four days later.
Amol Muzumdar will continue as the head coach of the Indian women’s team. He will be assisted by bowling coach Aavishkar Salvi and fielding coach Munish Bali.
The Indian women’s team will enter the competition at the quarter-final stage and face Japan, while the men’s team will take on the second-placed side from Group A, comprising Afghanistan, Japan and Nepal.
In cricket, India will defend its men’s T20 Asian Games title under captain Shreyas Iyer, with teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi also part of the squad. The Indian women’s team will also defend its title and will be led by Harmanpreet Kaur.
India’s cricket teams at Asian Games 2026:
India men’s team: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.
Indian women’s team: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh, Gunalan Kamalini, Bharti Fulmali, Sree Charani, Renuka Thakur, Kranti Gaud, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Radha Yadav, Nandani Sharma.
Source: www.rediff.com
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