Following India’s defeat in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 semi-finals against Australia on Sunday, the BCCI Women’s Selection Committee announced a 15-member squad for the upcoming 2026 Asian Games to be held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan in September.led by Harmanpreet Kaurwith Smriti Mandhana Serving as vice-captain, India will enter the continental competition as defending champions, having won a historic gold medal in women’s cricket at the 2022 Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou in 2023.India’s squad for 2026 Asian Games: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), G. Kamalini (wicketkeeper), Bharti Phulmali, Shree Charnani, Renuka Thakur, Kranti Gaur, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil*, Radha Yadav, Nandini Sharma.India’s overall World Cup campaign did not live up to expectations. Although the team recorded comfortable wins over Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Netherlands, losses to fellow semi-final contenders South Africa and Australia exposed several weaknesses. Although Shreyanka Patil has been included in the squad for the Asian Games, her participation is dependent on fitness as she suffered a serious tear to her right ankle ligament in India’s group stage match against the Netherlands on June 17.

India’s men’s team for Asian Games 2026

Earlier, the BCCI Men’s Selection Committee announced India’s 15-member squad for the 2026 Asian Games. Shreyas Iyer will lead the team while Tilak Verma has been named the vice-captain as India aim to defend the historic gold medal won in the last edition in Hangzhou. Shreyas Iyer (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Tilak Verma (vice-captain), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakraborty, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah.Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Vaibhav Suryavanshi.