If you thought the Indian men’s cricket team, taking part in its maiden Asian Games, would not be recognised in Hangzhou, think again. Just as the team wrapped up its net session ahead of its quarterfinal match against Nepal on Tuesday, a member of the medical staff at the training venue walked up to Rinku Singh and asked him for an autograph on the back of his volunteer shirt.
Fu Qinghui didn’t know about cricket till last year. But since Zhejiang University, where he works in the medical department, was chosen as the venue for cricket, he has been fine-tuning his cricket vocabulary. “I have tried to learn the rules and some players of the world. I know Australia, New Zealand and India like this game. In 2011, India won the World Cup,” said Fu, pleased after securing a handful of signatures.
