New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- Former India cricketer and the current Director of Cricket at the BCCI's Centre of Excellence (CoE), VVS Laxman will take charge as the head coach of Indian men's cricket team at the Asian Games 2026, starting in Aichi-Nagoya in Japan, later this month. Indian are the defending champions in men's cricket competition at the Asian Games.

As per the list of coaches released by the Sports Ministry, reported by ANI, Laxman will be joined by Sunil Joshi, Hrishikesh Kanitkar and Subhadeep Ghosh in the backroom staff. Laxman was also the head coach of the Indian men's cricket team, that won gold medal in 2023 in Hangzhou, China.

The cricket competition at the Asian Games 2026 starts on September 24. The Indian men's cricke...