Asian Games Cricket 2026: India Men’s & Women’s Won Gold Medal

India completed a cricket double at the Asian Games 2026, winning both the men’s and women’s gold medals. The men’s team defeated Pakistan by 19 runs in the final, while India’s women also claimed gold earlier in the tournament.

Women’s Sep 17 – 22

Men’s Sep 24 – Oct 3

Venue Kōrogi Sports Park, Nisshin

MEN’S TEAM

WOMEN’S TEAM

T20I

ICC OFFICIAL

LA28

OLYMPIC LINK

LIVE

Asian Games PAK 192/6 India won by 19 runs vs IND 211/6

Asian Games in Japan Men's T20I

PAK vs IND

Final

India won by 19 runs

PAK

Pakistan

192/6

(20 ov)

IND

India

211/6

(20 ov)

India won by 19 runs

Venue: Korogi Sports Park

Date (IST): 2026-10-03

Toss: India elected to bat

OVERVIEW

Tournament At A Glance

HOST NATION

Japan · Aichi-Nagoya

VENUE

Kōrogi Sports Park, Nisshin

FORMAT

T20 International (ICC Sanctioned)

DEFENDING CHAMPIONS

India (Men & Women)

BROADCAST (INDIA)

Sony Sports Network / Sony LIV

OLYMPIC LINK

Asian Qualifier for LA 2028 Olympics

FIXTURES

Asian Games Cricket 2026: Schedule

All matchdays are double-headers at Kōrogi Sports Park

Men’s Schedule (Sep 24 to Oct 3)
Women’s Schedule (Sep 17 to 22)

Date	Match	Time (IST)	Time (GMT)	Results
September 24, Thursday	Afghanistan vs Japan	5:30 AM	12:00 AM	Afghanistan won by 48 runs
September 24, Thursday	Hong Kong, China vs Malaysia	10:30 AM	5:00 AM	Malaysia won by 8 wkts
September 25, Friday	Hong Kong, China vs Oman	5:30 AM	12:00 AM	Hong Kong, China won by 41 runs
September 25, Friday	Afghanistan vs Nepal	10:30 AM	5:00 AM	Nepal won by 5 wkts
September 26, Saturday	Japan vs Nepal	5:30 AM	12:00 AM	No result due to rain
September 26, Saturday	Malaysia vs Oman	10:30 AM	5:00 AM	Match abandoned due to rain (No toss)
September 28, Monday	Pakistan vs Hong Kong, China	5:30 AM	12:00 AM	Match abandoned due to rain (No toss)
September 28, Monday	India vs Afghanistan	10:00 AM	4:30 AM	Match abandoned without toss
September 29, Tuesday	Sri Lanka vs Nepal	5:30 AM	12:00 AM	Match abandoned due to rain (No toss)
September 29, Tuesday	Bangladesh vs Malaysia	10:00 AM	4:30 AM	Match abandoned due to rain (No toss)
October 1, Thursday	Pakistan vs Bangladesh Semi-final 1	5:30 AM	12:00 AM	Pakistan won by 6 wkts (13 overs game due to rain)
October 1, Thursday	India vs Sri Lanka Semi-final 2	10:00 AM	4:30 AM	India won by 124 runs
October 3, Saturday	Bronze-medal match	5:30 AM	12:00 AM	Sri Lanka won by 63 runs
October 3, Saturday	Gold-medal match (Final)	10:00 AM	4:30 AM	India won by 19 runs

Stage	Date	Match	Time (IST)	Results
Quarter-final 1	September 17	Bangladesh Women vs China Women	5:30 AM	Match abandoned due to wet outfield (No toss)
Quarter-final 2	September 17	Pakistan Women vs Thailand Women	10:30 AM	Pakistan Women won by 3 wkts
Quarter-final 3	September 18	Malaysia Women vs Sri Lanka Women	5:30 AM	Sri Lanka Women won by 86 runs
Quarter-final 4	September 18	India Women vs Japan Women	10:30 AM	India Women won by 8 wkts
Semi-final 1	September 20	Pakistan Women vs Sri Lanka Women	5:30 AM	Sri Lanka Women won by 8 wkts
Semi-final 2	September 20	India Women vs Bangladesh Women	10:30 AM	India Women won by 114 runs
Bronze Medal Match	September 22	Pakistan Women vs Bangladesh Women	5:30 AM	Pakistan Women won by 31 runs
Gold Medal Match (Final)	September 22	India Women vs Sri Lanka Women	10:30 AM	India Women won by 147 runs

Men’s Asian Games 2026 Points Table

Group A

Pos	Team	M	W	L	N/R	PT	NRR
1	Nepal	2	1	0	1	3	+0.842
2	Afghanistan	2	1	1	0	2	+0.846
3	Japan	2	0	1	1	1	-2.400

Group B

Pos	Team	M	W	L	N/R	PT	NRR
1	Malaysia	2	1	0	1	3	+2.950
2	Hong Kong	2	1	1	0	2	-0.075
3	Oman	2	0	1	1	1	-2.050

PARTICIPANTS

Five ICC Full Members qualified directly, Japan entered as hosts, and four teams came through the Singapore Men’s Qualifier (31 May to 8 June 2026).

#	Team	Route	Note
1	🇮🇳 India	Direct	Defending Champions
2	🇵🇰 Pakistan	Direct	ICC Full Member
3	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	Direct	Silver 2010, 2014, 2023
4	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	Direct	Gold 2010
5	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	Direct	Gold 2014
6	🇯🇵 Japan	Host	Auto-qualified
7	🇳🇵 Nepal	Singapore QF	Qualifier
8	🇭🇰 Hong Kong China	Singapore QF	Qualifier
9	🇲🇾 Malaysia	Singapore QF	Qualifier
10	🇴🇲 Oman	Singapore QF	Asian Games debut

Four Full Members qualified directly, Japan as hosts, and three teams via the KL Women’s Qualifier (26 to 31 May 2026). Thailand dominated with Natthakan Chantham’s 196 runs and Onnicha Kamchomphu’s 8 wickets.

#	Team	Route	Note
1	🇮🇳 India	Direct	Defending Champions
2	🇵🇰 Pakistan	Direct	ICC Full Member
3	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	Direct	ICC Full Member
4	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	Direct	ICC Full Member
5	🇯🇵 Japan	Host	Auto-qualified
6	🇹🇭 Thailand	KL Qualifier Winner	Chantham 196 runs
7	🇲🇾 Malaysia	KL Qualifier R-Up	Qualifier host
8	🇨🇳 China	KL Qualifier 3rd (DLS)	Won thriller vs Nepal

INDIAN SQUAD

India Men’s Squad
Asian Games 2026

BCCI announced the 15-member squad on June 6, 2026. Shreyas Iyer leads a new-look T20I setup as India bids to defend both gold medals from Hangzhou 2023.

Captain: Shreyas Iyer

Announced: June 6, 2026

#	Player	Role	Note
1	Shreyas Iyer	Batsman	Captain
2	Tilak Varma	Batsman	Vice-Captain
3	Sanju Samson	WK-Batsman
4	Ishan Kishan	WK-Batsman
5	Abhishek Sharma	Batsman
6	Shivam Dube	All-rounder
7	Nitish Kumar Reddy	All-rounder
8	Axar Patel	All-rounder
9	Washington Sundar	All-rounder
10	Varun Chakravarthy	Spinner
11	Ravi Bishnoi	Spinner
12	Harshit Rana	Pacer
13	Arshdeep Singh	Pacer
14	Jasprit Bumrah	Pacer	Returns for AG
15	Vaibhav Sooryavanshi	Batsman	15 yrs, Orange Cap

COMPLETED

Qualification Results

Women’s Qualifier

Bayuemas Oval · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

May 26–31, 2026

🥇

CHAMPION

🇹🇭 Thailand

🥈

RUNNER-UP

🇲🇾 Malaysia

🥉

3RD PLACE

🇨🇳 China (via DLS vs Nepal)

TOP SCORER

Natthakan Chantham

🇹🇭 Thailand · 196 runs

TOP WICKETS

Onnicha Kamchomphu

🇹🇭 Thailand · 8 wickets

GROUP A

🇭🇰 Hong Kong China
🇲🇾 Malaysia
🇹🇭 Thailand

GROUP B

🇨🇳 China
🇮🇩 Indonesia
🇳🇵 Nepal

Men’s Qualifier

Singapore National Cricket Ground

May 31 – Jun 8, 2026

🏆

FINAL

🇭🇰 Hong Kong China vs 🇳🇵 Nepal

🥉

3RD PLACE

🇲🇾 Malaysia beat Oman

QUALIFIED FOR ASIAN GAMES 2026

Oman make their Asian Games debut — first Arabian Peninsula nation to qualify.

GROUP A

🇨🇳 China
🇲🇾 Malaysia
🇳🇵 Nepal
🇶🇦 Qatar

GROUP B

🇧🇭 Bahrain
🇭🇰 Hong Kong China
🇴🇲 Oman
🇸🇬 Singapore

RECORDS

Cricket at the Asian Games: Complete History

Cricket has appeared in only four of the 20 editions of the Asian Games. It debuted at Guangzhou 2010, returned at Incheon 2014, was dropped for Jakarta 2018, and came back with full ICC T20I status at Hangzhou 2023.

2010

HOST

🇨🇳 China

Guangzhou

MEN’S GOLD

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka

MEN’S SILVER

🇦🇫 Afghanistan

WOMEN’S GOLD

—

Not sanctioned

2014

HOST

🇰🇷 South Korea

Incheon

MEN’S GOLD

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka

MEN’S SILVER

🇦🇫 Afghanistan

WOMEN’S GOLD

—

Not sanctioned

2018

HOST

🇮🇩 Indonesia

Jakarta

Cricket not included at Jakarta 2018

2023

HOST

🇨🇳 China

Hangzhou

MEN’S GOLD

🇮🇳 India

MEN’S SILVER

🇦🇫 Afghanistan

MEN’S BRONZE

🇧🇩 Bangladesh

WOMEN’S GOLD

🇮🇳 India

ICC T20I ✓

2026

HOST

🇯🇵 Japan

Aichi-Nagoya

MEN’S GOLD

🇮🇳 India

MEN’S SILVER

🇵🇰 Pakistan

MEN’S BRONZE

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka

WOMEN’S GOLD

🇮🇳 India

ICC T20I ✓

OLYMPIC PATHWAY

Road to Los Angeles 2028

Cricket returns to the Olympics at LA 2028 for the first time since 1900. Six men’s and six women’s teams will compete in T20 format. The Asian Games is Asia’s primary qualification pathway. Top-performing teams in Aichi-Nagoya earn direct berths or ranking points toward LA 2028. Every match carries Olympic stakes.

“The inclusion of cricket adds significant value to the Asian Games, particularly with cricket’s upcoming inclusion in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.”

— Husain Al Musallam, Director General, Olympic Council of Asia

1900

Last Olympic cricket

128 yrs

Years since

LA 2028

Next opportunity

LOCATION

The Venue

Japan’s designated cricket venue for the 2026 Asian Games, situated in Nisshin — a city in central Aichi Prefecture. All matches are double-headers at this single venue, hosting both the women’s (Sep 17–22) and men’s (Sep 24–Oct 3) tournaments.

City	Nisshin, Aichi
Prefecture	Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Nearest Major City	Nagoya (approx. 15 km)
Capacity	300
Match Format	T20
Hosting	All men’s and women’s matches
Previous Cricket	2026 T20 WC East Asia-Pacific Sub-regional Qualifier
Cricket Approved	April 28, 2025 — 41st AINAGOC Board

ABOUT AICHI-NAGOYA 2026

Official name: 20th Asian Games (Aichi-Nagoya 2026)

Games dates: Sep 19 – Oct 4, 2026 (cricket from Sep 17)

Sports: 43 sports · 469 medal events

Japan history: Third city to host (Tokyo 1958, Hiroshima 1994)

MEDIA

Where to Watch

LIVE TV – INDIA

Sony Sports Network

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) holds exclusive broadcast rights for the Indian market.

LIVE STEAMING – INDIA

Sony LIV

Stream all matches from both tournaments on any device via the Sony LIV OTT platform.

COVERAGE

All Matches

Complete coverage of every group game, knockout, and medal match in both men’s and women’s events.

India Viewing Guide: IST Match Times

JST is 3 hours 30 minutes ahead of IST. Asian Games cricket matches are scheduled in the morning and afternoon, with the main slots at 5:30 AM and 10:30 AM IST. No late-night viewing is required for Indian viewers.

JST Start	IST Start	Slot
9:00 AM	5:30 AM IST	Morning
2:00 PM	10:30 AM IST	Afternoon

Disclaimer: Broadcast details are for India only. International viewers should check their local broadcasters for regional coverage.

FORMAT GUIDE

Understanding T20 Cricket

New to cricket? Here’s what you need to know.

20 Overs Per Side

Each team bats for exactly 20 overs (120 deliveries). A match lasts ~3 hours, perfect for a multi-sport event like the Asian Games.

Simple Objective

The team scoring more runs wins. 120 balls per innings, 10 wickets available. Highest score takes the match.

ICC-Sanctioned T20Is

All Asian Games cricket is fully ICC-sanctioned. Stats count toward official international records and ICC T20I rankings.

A Historic Change

Pre-2023 editions (2010, 2014) were not ICC-sanctioned. Only from Hangzhou 2023 onward do records count officially.

IMPORTANCE

Why Asian Games Cricket 2026 Matters

Olympic Qualification for LA 2028

Cricket’s first Olympic appearance in 128 years is at stake. The Asian Games is Asia’s primary qualification pathway.

India’s Double Defence

India aim to repeat their Hangzhou 2023 gold sweep in both men’s and women’s events.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s Debut

At 15, the IPL 2026 Orange Cap winner (776 runs, SR 237.3) becomes India’s youngest-ever international pick.

New T20I Captain: Shreyas Iyer

Iyer replaces Suryakumar Yadav, marking a fresh leadership cycle with the 2028 T20 World Cup and Olympics ahead.

HELP

Frequently Asked Questions

When does Asian Games Cricket 2026 start?

Women’s: Sep 17 to 22. Men’s: Sep 24 to Oct 3. All matches at Korogi Sports Park, Nisshin, Japan.

Which teams are in the men’s event?

10 teams: India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Japan, Nepal, Hong Kong China, Malaysia, Oman.

Which teams are in the women’s event?

8 teams: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, China.

Who is India’s captain?

Shreyas Iyer (men’s). Women’s captain TBA. Tilak Varma is men’s vice-captain.

Is Vaibhav Sooryavanshi playing?

Yes. At 15, he is the youngest-ever India international pick. IPL 2026 Orange Cap: 776 runs, SR 237.3.

How does the men’s format work?

3 days of preliminary matches (Sep 24 to 26), then QFs, SFs, and the final on Oct 3. Top seeds get byes to the QFs.

Is this linked to LA 2028 Olympics?

Yes. The Asian Games is Asia’s primary qualification pathway for cricket at LA 2028 (first Olympic appearance since 1900).

Where can I watch in India?

Sony Sports Network (TV) and Sony LIV (streaming).

What time are matches in IST?

6:30 AM to 2:30 PM IST. JST is 3.5 hours ahead of IST. No late nights.

Is it ICC-sanctioned?

Yes. All stats count toward official T20I records and rankings from Hangzhou 2023 onward.

Who won at Hangzhou 2023?

India won both men’s (captain Ruturaj Gaikwad) and women’s (captain Smriti Mandhana) gold.

How small is the venue?

Korogi Sports Park holds approximately 300, one of the smallest ICC T20I venues ever.

Asian Games Cricket 2026: India Men’s & Women’s Won Gold Medal

PAK vs IND

Tournament At A Glance

Japan · Aichi-Nagoya

Kōrogi Sports Park, Nisshin

T20 International (ICC Sanctioned)

India (Men & Women)

Sony Sports Network / Sony LIV

Asian Qualifier for LA 2028 Olympics

Asian Games Cricket 2026: Schedule

Men’s Asian Games 2026 Points Table

Qualified Teams

India Men’s SquadAsian Games 2026

Qualification Results

Women’s Qualifier

Men’s Qualifier

Cricket at the Asian Games: Complete History

Road to Los Angeles 2028

The Venue

Where to Watch

Sony Sports Network

Sony LIV

All Matches

India Viewing Guide: IST Match Times

Understanding T20 Cricket

20 Overs Per Side

Simple Objective

ICC-Sanctioned T20Is

A Historic Change

Why Asian Games Cricket 2026 Matters

Olympic Qualification for LA 2028

India’s Double Defence

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s Debut

New T20I Captain: Shreyas Iyer

Frequently Asked Questions

India Men’s Squad
Asian Games 2026