India, Sept. 3 -- Director of Cricket at the BCCI's Centre of Excellence (CoE), VVS Laxman, will take charge of the Indian men's team at the upcoming Asian Games, which will be held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, later this month. Amol Muzumdar will continue as the head coach of the Indian women's team.

This will be the second time Laxman has served as coach of the Indian men's team at the Asian Games, following his involvement in 2022, in Hangzhou, China, when the nation won the gold medal.

Laxman will have Sunil Joshi, Hrishikesh Kanitkar and Subhadeep Ghosh as his support coaches during the Asiad, according to the release by the Sports Ministry.

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