RCB Pacer Replaces Injured Shivam Mavi in India Squad for Asia Games 2023
Shivam Mavi suffered a knee injury and ruled out of Asian Games 2023.
The Indian Men’s Selection Committee has announced Bengal pacer Akash Deep as a replacement for the injured Shivam Mavi in the Indian squad for the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou 2023.
Notably, Mavi is suffering from a back injury and is ruled out of the tournament. The men’s cricket competition will take place from 28th September to 8th October in a T20 format.
“The Men’s Selection Committee named Akash Deep as replacement for Shivam Mavi in the Indian squad for the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022. Mavi is suffering from a back injury and is ruled out of the tournament. The men’s cricket competition will take place from 28th September to 8th October in a T20 format,” a release from BCCI read.
Akash Deep Replaces Shivam Mavi in India Asian Games Squad
Team India (Senior Men) squad for 19th 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 Mavi, Shivam Dube, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Akash Deep.
Standby list of players: Yash Thakur, Sai Kishore, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Sai Sudarsan
