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R Ashwin To Shikhar Dhawan: Cricketers Who Can Captain India In Asian Games 2023 - In Pics

BCCI will send a second string squad of India to the Asian Games in 2023 as the first team will be busy with ODI World Cup schedule. Take a look at some of the captaincy options in this collection of pictures.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is another senior played who lead the team as he has not made an appearance in the ODI team since January 2022. (Image source: Twitter)

 

R Ashwin

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R Ashwin

Dinesh Karthik has suggested that R Ashwin can be the number 1 pick for captaincy in the Asian Games 2023 given his experience and smart cricket brain. (Image source: Twitter)

 

Shikhar Dhawan

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Shikhar Dhawan

Dhawan has already led Team India on multiple occasions and his record as the captain has been impressive. Recently, he has led India in ODI series against West Indies, South Africa and New Zealand. (Image source: Twitter)

 

Dinesh Karthik

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Dinesh Karthik

Karthik himself is another senior player who can be an option for the Asian Games 2023 captaincy given the experiece he has as the KKR captain for more than two season. (Image source: Twitter)

 

Ruturaj Gaikwad

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Ruturaj Gaikwad

Gaikwad is young blood and perfect choice for the Asian Games captaincy. He is also likely to replace MS Dhoni as CSK skipper when the legendary wicket-keeper calls it time from the league. (Image source: Twitter)

 

Nitish Rana

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Nitish Rana

Rana is the captain of Delhi domestic cricket team and he replaced Gautam Gambhir in that role. He has been playing IPL for a long time and has led KKR in the 2023 season very well. (Image source: Twitter)

 

Ajinkya Rahane

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Ajinkya Rahane

Rahane is the vice-captain of India's Test team and he has not played a T20I for India since 2016. His last ODI outing was in 2018. (Image source: Twitter)