For a change, the trend-setting Indian men’s cricketing team will be looking to ape their female counterparts. A few days ago, the Harmanpreet Kaur-led women’s team beat Sri Lanka to win the gold medal. Now, it’s the turn of the Ruturaj Gaikwad-led men’s side to strike gold.

On the eve of their quarter-final against Nepal at the Pingfeng Cricket Field here, India head coach and former batsman, VVS Laxman said that he was hoping for the same kind of support that the Indian eves received here. “The Asian Games organisers have made a huge effort in creating some decent infrastructure here and we are hoping that there will be support for us once we start playing our matches. When the women’s team played here, they had a lot of support and they realised their potential and won gold. We are expecting the same when we start to play,” said Laxman, 48, after a team training session.