new delhi the womens softball and mens water polo sides were among four teams to miss out even as 15 others were cleared by the sports ministry for the upcoming asian games on wednesdayin a letter to the hangzhou asian games organising committee hagoc the indian olympic association withdrew the womens softball and mens water polo sides mens handball and basketball 5x5 teams respectivelyin view of the team draw ceremony scheduled to be held on 27th july 2023 noc india would like to inform the hagoc that the entries for the following team sports should stand withdrawn the letter read on wednesdaywater polo basketball 5x5 men team handball men team softball it addedthe teams that have got the green signal from the ministry include the mens and womens cricket mens and womens hockey mens and womens kabaddi womens handball womens rugby womens 5x5 basketball mens and womens basketball 3x3 mens and womens volleyball side and the mens and womens football teamsdirector sports in the ministry sps tomar said the teams which have got clearance would be send at cost to the government in the hangzhou asian games 2022the entries made for other teams should be withdrawn the approval for participation of the rest of the contingent will be conveyed in due course of time this issues with the approval of the competent authority tomar addedwhile the mens and womens football teams got the clearance despite not meeting the ministrys selection criteria of being inside the top 8 in asia the mens waterpolo team which is ranked 9th in asia failed to receive the green signalit is very unfortunate and disappointing that the water polo side has missed out despite being ranked ninth swimming federation of india secretary monal chokshi told ptithe development also came as a surprise to softball association of india which had announced the womens team for the continental event on mondayi am hearing it just now this is quite a shocking information we have already announced the team i have not received any information officially yeti have absolutely no information regarding this and neither i got any fillers as to something like this can happen softball association of india president neetal narang told ptithe hangzhou asian games is scheduled to take place from september 23 to october 8 in china