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JE Sports Desk: A maiden call-up to play for the country is a huge honour for a sportsperson. Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) middle order sensation Rinku Singh finally earned that call-up after being named in the Asian Games 2023 squad scheduled to be played in China starting September 19.

Notably, Rinku missed out on an opportunity when the squad for the 5-match T20I series againt West Indies was announced. However, the 25-year-old finally got his due after being named in the 15-member squad for Asian Games. His IPL franchise posted a congratulatory tweet in which they displayed him in an Indian jersey. The tweet got viral instantly. Check out the tweet here:

A list of stand-by players has also been declared, which includes Yash Thakur, Sai Kishore, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Sai Sudarsan.

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Notably, cricket has featured twice in the Asian Games before -- in 2010 and 2014 -- but India didn't take part either time. As in the 2010 and 2014 editions, T20 will be the format of the cricket event in Hangzhou.

Team India (Senior Men) squad for Asian Games: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rahul Tripathi, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Shivam Mavi, Shivam Dube and Prabhsimran Singh (wk).

Standby list of players: Yash Thakur, Sai Kishore, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda and Sai Sudarsan.