Thrilled about captaining India, the proficient 26-year-old stated that the intention can be to win the gold medal and guarantee India’s nationwide anthem is performed on the podium.
The boys’s cricket occasion on the Asian Video games will run from 28-October eight and shall be in T20 format.
“The dream shall be to win a gold medal, stand on the rostrum and take heed to the Nationwide anthem for the nation,” Gaikwad stated in a video posted by the BCCI.
The 26-year-old, who’s presently a part of the Check squad within the West Indies tour, has been a part of India’s white-ball arrange and performed one ODI and 9 T20Is.
With Asian Video games coinciding with the ODI World Cup, the BCCI has named a second-string Indian crew for the continental occasion in Hangzhou.
“I believe this chance is one thing particular and we are going to play a model of cricket that will make everybody again residence proud,” he stated.
“It wil be actually thrilling to be a part of to characterize the nation within the Asian Video games and win the medal for the nation.
“It is one thing that we at all times grew up watching on TV, seeing athletes win it for the nation. To get he alternative, go on the market and win the medal shall be actually, actually particular.”
“Taking part in for India itself can be a proud feeling, and main the aspect in such an enormous occasion, shall be an important alternative for me personally, and likewise all of the crew members who’re alongside me.”
With India in a transition part, it will likely be an enormous alternative for the Maharashtra ‘run-machine’ to point out his mettle.
Cricket is being performed on the Asian Video games for the primary time since 2014 when India didn’t participate. This time, India shall be fielding each males’s and girls’s groups.
(With inputs from PTI)
