Following India’s gold medal win in men’s cricket, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Devajit Saikia hailed the team’s talent pool and dominance in limited-overs cricket, saying that India has become a superpower in white-ball cricket.
Team India made history, delivering a double gold in cricket. With this, India has secured its 81st Asian Games medal, including 19th gold to the tally. After the women’s team, the men’s team beat Pakistan in the gold medal clash by 19 runs at the ongoing Asian Games on Saturday, on the back of heroic efforts from Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma and Axar Patel. India has also won 26 silver medals and 36 bronze medals already. Earlier, the Harmanpreet Kaur-led women’s team had beaten Sri Lanka by 147 runs to win a gold medal in women’s cricket.
I think at the same time, our team played in ODIs against the West Indies, and today, here in the Asian Games as well. India has now become a superpower in world white-ball cricket. We are winning every tournament. This shows how strong our reserve bench is right now in white-ball cricket. Saikia hailed the team, saying that after winning the Asia Cup in men’s and women’s cricket, they have also secured Asian Games gold medals to assert their dominance. Currently, besides all the Asian level prizes, Team India holds the ICC Champions Trophy and the T20 World Cup title in men’s cricket and the ICC U19 World Cup and ICC Women’s U19 T20 World Cup in age-group cricket.
Speaking to ANI, Saikia said, “Very wonderful.
In women’s cricket, India sealed their landmark ICC Women’s World Cup title win last year.
