England-Asia Indoor Cricket Cup tournament begins in Sri Lanka Indian Men's and Men's Masters (40+) Team Announced

 

England-Asia Indoor Cricket Cup tournament begins in Sri Lanka

Indian Men's and Men's Masters (40+) Team Announced

Colombo, April 14: The England-Asia Cup (2024) Indoor Cricket Tournament has started under the initiative of Ceylon Indoor Cricket Association with the approval of World Indoor Cricket Federation (WICF). Hiran de Mel has been selected as the tournament director for this tournament. The tournament started at the Indoor Arena of Austasia Sports Club, Thalawathugoda, Colombo, Sri Lanka today. In this tournament along with hosts Sri Lanka, India, Singapore and England have participated. The finals of this tournament will be played on April 18.

 

Dhanush Bhaskar has been named as the captain of the Indian men's team and Daivik Rai as the vice-captain (both from Karnataka). Jayesh Salgaonkar from Mumbai, Maharashtra has been selected as the coach of this team. Jayesh Salgaonkar has previously performed brilliantly as a player for Singapore in international tournaments. Other players in this team are as follows. Vijay Gowda, Suraj Reddy, Afroz Pasha, Karthik Subramanian, M. Mallikarjuna, Vaibhav Gurudatta, Jash Joshi, Amar Singh Verma, Adhiraj Johri & Ashik Christy. All these players have been selected for this tournament from various selection test tournaments / trials.

 

Prasanna Kumar (Karnataka) will be representing as the captain of the Indian team in men's master’s category (40+) and Prashant Karia (Maharashtra) as the vice-captain. In the form of Prashant Karia, Maharashtra has got India's vice-captain post for the first time. Prakash Rathod has been selected as the coach of this team. Other players in this team are as follows. Naresh Khurana, Prof. Chiranthana Nanjappa, Anshul Sharma, Abishek Wesley, Keshav Reddy, Samir Shah, Rakesh Chavan, Gaurav Kambli, Zubin Hakim, Dr. Sunil Murthy have been selected.

 

Seven players from Maharashtra (Prashant Karia, Naresh Khurana, Anshul Sharma, Samir Shah, Rakesh Chavan, Gaurav Kambli, Zubin Hakim) are playing in the men's masters group (40+) teams and it is special that Jayesh Salgaonkar of Maharashtra has been selected as the coach of the Indian men's team.

 

The Indian team was announced by Indian Indoor Sports Foundation (IISF) President Ajay Naik and Secretary Milind Punja.