Before the team selection, fans’ curiosity was at its peak, mainly because of the captaincy role. As per the previous claims and many reports, the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee had made up their minds to sack the 2026 ICC T20I World Cup captain, Suryakumar Yadav, and appoint Shreyas Iyer as the new leader of the team. There were multiple other names, like Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, in the speculations.
Ahead of the announcement, the board shared a photo from the meeting room, including top officials like the BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia and chief selector Ajit Agarkar.
Shreyas Iyer (C), Tilak Varma (VC), Ravi Bishnoi, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Jasprit Bumrah, Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Ishan Kishan, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Shivam Dube, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.
— BCCI (@BCCI) June 6, 2026
Who is India's captain for the Asian Games 2026?
Shreyas Iyer will lead the team in the event.
India Asian Games 2026 schedule and fixtures
September 24–26: Preliminary qualifiersSeptember 28–29: Quarter-finalsOctober 1: Semi-finalsOctober 3: Bronze medal match and gold medal match
The Men’s matches will be played in two daily slots at 5:30 AM IST and 10:30 AM IST.
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