The Indian men's cricket team will commence their Asian Games 2023 journey with the quarterfinal tie against Nepal on Tuesday (October 3).
The Indian men's cricket team has taken part in the Asian Games for the first time and they will play in the continental tournament from the last 8 stages. India are up against Asian neighbours Nepal, who have been the force so far in this tournament.

India has sent a second-string side in the Asian Games, while Nepal have been the trailblazers with their full strength coming into this. VVS Laxman has been at the Indian team's helm and the Men in Blue will be hoping for the Gold medal without a doubt.
The Indian women's cricket team snatched the Gold medal in this edition, and now it is to be seen if the men's team can emulate the same.
Date: Tuesday, October 3
Time: 6:30 am IST / 9 am Local Time
Venue: Pingfeng Campus Cricket Field, Hangzhou
Format: T20 format
India: Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rahul Tripathi, Jitesh Sharma(w), Prabhsimran Singh, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Ravi Bishnoi, Akash Deep
Nepal: Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh, Binod Bhandari(w), Sundeep Jora, Gulsan Jha, Rohit Paudel(c), Kushal Malla, Dipendra Singh Airee, Sompal Kami, Abinash Bohara, Sandeep Lamichhane, Karan KC, Lalit Rajbanshi, Pratis GC, Bibek Yadav
India Playing 11 vs Nepal: Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rahul Tripathi, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Shivam Dube, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Ravi Bishnoi
Nepal Playing 11 vs India: Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh, Binod Bhandari, Sundeep Jora, Gulsan Jha, Rohit Paudel (C), Kushal Malla, Dipendra Singh, Sompal Kami, Abinash Bohara, Sandeep Lamichhane
The match will be telecast Live on Sony Ten network from 6:30 am IST on Tuesday. Indian viewers can also live stream the match on the Sony LIV app and website.