The 2026 Asia Games shall be organised in Japan, specifically in Aichi-Nagoya Prefecture. The Indian men’s cricket team shall begin its games on 28 September. Ten teams will participate in the men’s tournament and directly qualify for the quarterfinal rounds, which will include India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Pakistan will play the first quarterfinal, and India will play the second.
The semifinal matches of men’s cricket at the Asia Games shall be conducted on 1 October, and the matches for the bronze, silver, and gold medals will be played on 3 October. The below-mentioned analysis highlights three Indian players who are not performing well in the lead-up to the Asia Games 2026.
Here are the 3 Indian players who are out of form ahead of the Asian Games 2026:
- Ravi Bishnoi
Formerly, Ravi Bishnoi was known to be the highest-ranked bowler in the T20I cricket league. However, the former has had to undergo a prolonged phase of form instability. Despite being brought back to the Indian team during the 13 T20Is that he played in the years 2025 and 2026, he has managed to get 12 wickets at an estimated economy of 8.0. In his last four T20Is, he has gotten just 4 wickets.
- Shivam Dube
Shivam Dube had played a big role in India’s T20 World Cup 2026 win, playing important cameos down the order. He has a good record in T20Is, with 1141 runs in 77 games, with a strike rate of 151.72. However, in the last five T20Is, Dube has failed to get much game time and hence is not in the kind of form he would’ve liked for the upcoming Asian Games 2026.
- Washington Sundar
Washington Sundar has not played any T20 International since the England series. He did not make the cut to play the T20I matches against Zimbabwe and the Tests against Sri Lanka after suffering from a hamstring problem. Sundar had undergone treatment at the Centre of Excellence (CoE), and he did not feature in the playing eleven in the first two T20 matches against Afghanistan. Later on, he bowled two overs in the one-off T20 match against Japan, taking two wickets in India’s win, but he was not up to the mark.
