Asian Games 2026 Cricket: Full Schedule, Teams & Best Stats
Asian Games 2026 Men’s Cricket
India are the champions again. The defending champions beat Pakistan by 19 runs in the final to win back to back gold, and Sri Lanka took bronze. Every result, squad, points table and tournament stat from the men’s cricket competition at the 2026 Asian Games is below.
Schedule & Matches
All times local (JST) unless notedPreliminary Stage — Group A & Group B
| Date | Match | Group | Time (Local) | Report |
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| Sep 24, Thu | AfghanistanvsJapan Afghanistan 129/6 beat Japan 81 (19.3 ov) by 48 runs | Group A | 9:00 AM | Read preview → |
| Sep 24, Thu | Hong Kong, ChinavsMalaysia Malaysia 84/2 (12 ov) beat Hong Kong, China 81/9 by 8 wickets | Group B | 2:00 PM | Read preview → |
| Sep 25, Fri | Hong Kong, ChinavsOman Hong Kong, China 121/8 beat Oman 80/6 by 41 runs | Group B | 9:00 AM | Read preview → |
| Sep 25, Fri | AfghanistanvsNepal Nepal 103/5 (17.2 ov) beat Afghanistan 102/7 by 5 wickets | Group A | 2:00 PM | Read preview → |
| Sep 26, Sat | JapanvsNepal No result (rain) · Nepal 149/4 (15 ov), Japan did not bat | Group A | 9:00 AM | Read preview → |
| Sep 26, Sat | MalaysiavsOman Abandoned without a ball bowled (rain) · 1 point each | Group B | 2:00 PM | Read preview → |
Quarterfinals
| Date | Match | Round | Time (Local) | Report |
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| Sep 28, Mon | PakistanvsHong Kong, China Abandoned without a ball bowled (rain) · Pakistan advance on higher ranking | QF1 | 9:00 AM | Read preview → |
| Sep 28, Mon | IndiavsAfghanistan Abandoned without a ball bowled (rain) · India advance on higher ranking | QF2 | 2:00 PM | Read preview → |
| Sep 29, Tue | Sri LankavsNepal Abandoned without a ball bowled (rain) · Sri Lanka advance on higher ranking | QF3 | 9:00 AM | Read preview → |
| Sep 29, Tue | BangladeshvsMalaysia Abandoned without a ball bowled (rain) · Bangladesh advance on higher ranking | QF4 | 2:00 PM | Read preview → |
Semifinals & Medal Matches
| Date | Match | Round | Time (Local) | Report |
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| Oct 1, Thu | PakistanvsBangladesh Pakistan 112/4 (11.3 ov) beat Bangladesh 111/7 (13 ov) by 6 wickets · 13 overs a side (wet outfield) | Semifinal 1 | 9:00 AM | Read preview → |
| Oct 1, Thu | IndiavsSri Lanka India 169/7 (20 ov) beat Sri Lanka 45 (9.5 ov) by 124 runs | Semifinal 2 | 2:00 PM | Read preview → |
| Oct 3, Sat | Sri LankabeatBangladesh 🥉 Sri Lanka 165/9 (20 ov) beat Bangladesh 102 (17.3 ov) by 63 runs · Tharindu Ratnayake 65 (32) and 2/18 | Bronze medal match | 9:00 AM | Read preview → |
| Oct 3, Sat | IndiabeatPakistan 🥇 India 211/6 (20 ov) beat Pakistan 192/6 (20 ov) by 19 runs · Abhishek Sharma 61 (28), Tilak Varma 51* (22), Hasan Nawaz 96 (51) | Gold medal match | 2:00 PM | Read preview → |
Venue
One ground hosts the entire men’s tournamentKōrogi Sports Park
Every match of the men’s competition, from the Group A opener on September 24 through to the gold medal match, is played at this single ground in Nisshin, a city in Aichi Prefecture roughly two hours from Tokyo. It is the purpose built cricket venue for the wider Aichi-Nagoya Games and has hosted Japan’s own international fixtures throughout the lead up to this tournament.
Teams & Squads
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IndiaCaptain: Shreyas Iyer
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Batsmen
- Shreyas Iyer (c)
- Abhishek Sharma
- Tilak Varma (vc)
- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
Wicketkeepers
- Sanju Samson
- Ishan Kishan
All Rounders
- Shivam Dube
- Axar Patel
- Washington Sundar
- Vipraj Nigam
Bowlers
- Ravi Bishnoi
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Arshdeep Singh
- Harshit Rana
PakistanCaptain: Sahibzada Farhan
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Batsmen
- Sahibzada Farhan (c)
- Haider Ali
- Hasan Nawaz
- Saim Ayub
- Maaz Sadaqat
- Arafat Minhas
Wicketkeepers
- Usman Khan
All Rounders
- Abdul Samad (vc)
- Saad Masood
Bowlers
- Abrar Ahmed
- Ahmed Daniyal
- Akif Javed
- Ali Raza
- Mohammad Wasim Jr
- Sufyan Moqim
Mohammad Wasim Jr replaced Mohammad Salman Mirza (thumb injury).
BangladeshCaptain: Litton Das
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Batsmen
- Tanzid Hasan
- Parvez Hossain Emon
- Mohammed Saif Hasan
- Najmul Hossain Shanto
- Tawhid Hridoy (vc)
- Yasir Ali Chowdhury
Wicketkeepers
- Litton Das (c)
All Rounders
- Musaddek Hossain Saikat
- Rishad Hossain
- Mahedi Hasan
- Mohammed Saifuddin
Bowlers
- Nasum Ahmed
- Shoriful Islam
- Mustafizur Rahman
- Hasan Mahmud
Sri LankaCaptain: Sahan Arachchige
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Batsmen
- Lasith Croospulle
- Nuwanidu Fernando
- Sineth Jayawardena
Wicketkeepers
- Niroshan Dickwella
- Sohan de Livera
All Rounders
- Sahan Arachchige (c)
- Ashen Bandara
- Dushan Hemantha
- Chamika Karunaratne
Bowlers
- Binura Fernando
- Tharindu Ratnayake
- Garuka Sanketh
- Wanuja Sahan
- Nuwan Thushara
- Vijayakanth Viyaskanth
Full 15 player squad as listed by the ICC.
AfghanistanCaptain: Darwish Rasooli
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Batsmen
- Darwish Rasooli (c)
- Mohammad Akram
- Hassan Eisakhil
- Khalid Taniwal
- Faisal Khan
- Najibullah Zadran
Wicketkeepers
- Mohammad Ishaq
All Rounders
- Ismat Alam
- Karim Janat
- Nangyal Kharoti
Bowlers
- Farmanullah Safi
- Arab Gul Momand
- Faridoon Dawoodzai
- Abdullah Ahmadzai
- Imran Mir
JapanCaptain: Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming
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Confirmed roles
- Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (c) — Batter
- Wataru Miyauchi — Wicketkeeper
- Alex Shirai-Patmore — Wicketkeeper
- Jake Kusuda-Nairn — All rounder (spin)
- Makoto Taniyama — Bowler (leg spin)
- Tsuyoshi Takada — Bowler (medium pace)
Full squad
- Charlie Hara-Hinze
- Benjamin Ito-Davis
- Alester Kadowaki-Fleming
- Kohei Kubota
- Reo Sakurano-Thomas
- Shoma Sugaya-Slater
- Declan Suzuki-McComb
- Ibrahim Takahashi
- Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake
Individual roles for the remaining squad members were not publicly confirmed at the time of publishing.
NepalCaptain: Dipendra Singh Airee
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Batsmen
- Rohit Kumar Paudel
- Kushal Bhurtel
- Lokesh Bam
- Sundeep Jora
Wicketkeepers
- Aasif Sheikh
All Rounders
- Dipendra Singh Airee (c)
- Sompal Kami
- Aarif Sheikh
- Gulsan Kumar Jha
- Kushal Malla
Bowlers
- Karan KC
- Sandeep Lamichhane
- Lalit Rajbanshi
- Nandan Yadav
- Sher Malla
Hong Kong, ChinaCaptain: Yasim Murtaza
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Batsmen
- Babar Hayat (vc)
- Anas Khan
- Anshuman Rath
- Nizakat Khan
Wicketkeepers
- Shiv Mathur
- Shahid Wasif
All Rounders
- Yasim Murtaza (c)
Bowlers
- Ehsan Khan
- Nasrulla Rana
- Mohammad Ghazanfar
- Ayush Shukla
- Mohammad Hassan Khan
Rest of squad
- Hafeez Khan
- Rajab Hussain
- Mohammad Waheed
Roles for the final three players were not publicly confirmed at the time of publishing.
MalaysiaCaptain: Syed Aziz Mubarak
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Batsmen
- Ainool Hafizs
- Muhamad Syahadat
Wicketkeepers
- Muhammad Haziq Aiman
All Rounders
- Syed Aziz Mubarak (c)
- Vijay Unni
- Virandeep Singh
Bowlers
- Pavandeep Singh
- Sharvin Muniandy
Rest of squad
- Aslam Khan Malik
- Amir Khan Malik
- Rahim Khan Malik
- Muhammad Amir Azim
- Muhammad Wafiq
- Azri Azhar
- Muhammad Akram
Roles for the remaining squad members were not publicly confirmed at the time of publishing.
OmanCaptain: Sufyan Mehmood
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Full squad
- Sufyan Mehmood (c)
- Muzaffar Shiralkar
- Mohammed Ali Al Balushi
- Zubair Al Balushi
- Shuaib Al Balushi
- Nawed Al Balushi
- Wasim Al Balushi
- Ahmed Al Zadjali
- Sameer Othman
- Waheed Al Balushi
- Faris Al Balushi
- Mohammed Osman
- Issa Rahim Al Balushi
- Abdul Jalil
- Qais Al Balushi
Individual playing roles were not publicly confirmed at the time of publishing.
Points Table
Group stage final · Q = qualified, E = eliminated, QF = out in quarterfinal (washout)| Team | P | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| Nepal QF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +0.842 |
| Afghanistan QF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +0.846 |
| Japan E | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2.400 |
| Team | P | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| Malaysia QF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +2.950 |
| Hong Kong, China QF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -0.075 |
| Oman E | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2.050 |
How the knockouts finished
Gold: India beat Pakistan by 19 runs. Bronze: Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 63 runs. Semifinals: Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 6 wickets, India beat Sri Lanka by 124 runs. Quarterfinals: all four abandoned without a ball bowled, so the four seeded teams went through on ranking and group winners Nepal and Malaysia went out unbeaten.
Seeded straight to the quarterfinals
India · Pakistan · Bangladesh · Sri Lanka — seeded on ICC T20I rankings as of the July 23, 2026 draw, these four skip the group stage entirely.
Tournament Stats
Final, tournament complete · * denotes not outMost Runs
- 1 Hasan Nawaz (PAK) · 27*, 96 123
- 2 Sundeep Jora (NEP) · HS 57* 91
- 3 Ishan Kishan (IND) · HS 80 80+
- 4 Tharindu Ratnayake (SL) · HS 65 65+
- 5 Abhishek Sharma (IND) · HS 61 61+
A + sign means the player’s other innings is not yet confirmed in the published scorecards.
Highest Scores
- 1 Hasan Nawaz (PAK) · 96 (51) vs IND, final 96
- 2 Ishan Kishan (IND) · 80 (46) vs SL 80
- 3 Tharindu Ratnayake (SL) · 65 (32) vs BAN 65
- 4 Abhishek Sharma (IND) · 61 (28) vs PAK 61
- 5 Sundeep Jora (NEP) · 57* (32) vs JPN 57*
Most Wickets
- 1 Arab Gul Momand (AFG) · 4/8 5
- 2 Kushal Bhurtel (NEP) · 4/21 4
- 2 Axar Patel (IND) · 2/8 4
- 4 Sufyan Moqim (PAK) · 3/26 3+
- 4 Pavandeep Singh (MAS) · 3/11 3
Also on 3: Muhammad Amir (MAS, 3/12), Lalit Rajbanshi (NEP, 3/13), Mohammed Al Balushi (OMA, 3/17), Ayush Shukla (HKG, 3/23), Ibrahim Takahashi (JPN), Nasrulla Rana (HKG). Medal match best: Wanuja Sahan 2/17, Nuwan Thushara 2/18, Tharindu Ratnayake 2/18 (SL), Mahedi Hasan 2/19 (BAN); Axar Patel, Washington Sundar and Shivam Dube took 2 each in the final.
Most Catches
Full fielding figures are not yet published for every match. Six of the fourteen games produced no result because of rain, including all four quarterfinals, so catches were spread thinly. This card will be filled in once official tournament fielding stats are released.
Best Economy Rate
- 1 Arab Gul Momand (AFG) · 4-2-8-4 2.00
- 2 Pavandeep Singh (MAS) · 4-0-11-3 2.75
- 3 Muhammad Amir (MAS) · 4-0-12-3 3.00
- 4 Lalit Rajbanshi (NEP) · 4-0-13-3 3.25
Best Strike Rate
- 1 Lokesh Bam (NEP) · 52* (22) vs JPN 236.36
- 2 Tilak Varma (IND) · 51* (22) vs PAK 231.82
- 3 Abhishek Sharma (IND) · 61 (28) vs PAK 217.86
- 4 Tharindu Ratnayake (SL) · 65 (32) vs BAN 203.13
- 5 Hasan Nawaz (PAK) · 96 (51) vs IND 188.24
Team Totals
- ↑ India 211/6 vs PAK, final 211
- ↑ Pakistan 192/6 vs IND, final 192
- ↑ India 169/7 vs SL, semifinal 169
- ↓ Sri Lanka 45 all out vs IND, semifinal 45
- ↓ Bangladesh 102 all out vs SL, bronze 102
News
Every story, in one place- Oct 3 · Gold medal matchIndia beat Pakistan by 19 runs to retain Asian Games gold
Abhishek Sharma’s 61 off 28 and Tilak Varma’s 51* off 22 lifted India to 211/6. Hasan Nawaz hit 96 off 51 but Pakistan finished on 192/6. Back to back golds for India.
- Oct 3 · Bronze medal matchSri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 63 runs for bronze
From 21/4, Tharindu Ratnayake’s 65 off 32 carried Sri Lanka to 165/9. Bangladesh were bowled out for 102, two days after Sri Lanka’s 45 all out.
- Oct 3 · Pakistan’s best finishSilver is Pakistan’s best ever result in Asian Games cricket
A young side without its biggest stars reached its first final and pushed India for 40 overs, led by Hasan Nawaz’s 123 runs in two knocks.
- Oct 1 · Semifinal 2India vs Sri Lanka semi final
Kishan’s 80 and Bumrah’s first over sent India into the final with a 124 run win.
- Oct 1 · Semifinal 1Pakistan vs Bangladesh semi final
Moqim’s 3/26 and an unbeaten Samad and Nawaz stand took Pakistan to their first Asian Games final.
- Sep 29 · Quarterfinal 4Bangladesh vs Malaysia quarter final preview
Washed out without a ball. Unbeaten Malaysia went out on ranking.
- Sep 29 · Quarterfinal 3Sri Lanka vs Nepal quarter final preview
Group A winners Nepal were knocked out by rain without bowling a ball.
- Sep 28 · Quarterfinals 1 and 2India vs Afghanistan quarter final preview
Both Monday quarterfinals were abandoned; India and Pakistan went through on ranking.
- Squads and fixturesAsian Games 2026 cricket schedule and squads
Every fixture, team and squad in one guide.
India win gold! 🥇
India beat Pakistan by 19 runs in the final to win the Asian Games 2026 men’s cricket gold, their second in a row.
🥈 Pakistan · 🥉 Sri Lanka