Indian women's cricket team skipper Harmanpreet Kaur will be able to feature in the Asian Games if her side qualifies for the final of the continental event, starting September 23 in Hangzhou.

Four teams in both men's and women's events – India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh – will be directly playing from the last eight stage, courtesy the ICC T20I ranking on June 1. All the matches will have official T20I status.

Harmanpreet has been slapped with a two-match ban for her ugly on-field behaviour during the third Women’s ODI against Bangladesh in Dhaka last week. As a result, she is ineligible to play the quarter-final which will surely be against an associate nation followed by the semi-final against a full member nation.

After being adjudged caught at slip, Harmanpreet lost her cool and hit the stumps with her bat. While walking back to the pavilion, she gestured towards the umpire that there was a bat involved and also slammed the match officials in the presentation ceremony.

Kaur was found guilty of breaching article 2.8 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, relating to “showing dissent at an umpire’s decision”.

Talking about the Asian Games, the Indian men's team has also got a direct entry into the quarter-final on the basis of its ICC T20I ranking on June 1.

The men's event will comprise 18 teams while the women's event will have 14 outfits.

The women's competition will get underway on September 19 and end with the gold and bronze medal matches on September 26.

The men's event begins on September 28 and the final will be held on October 7, two days after the men's ICC 50-over World Cup starts in Ahmedabad.

(With PTI Inputs)