Sep 24, 2026
Japan took India to the last over on Tuesday, and Afghanistan bowled them out for 81
Debutant leg-spinner Arab Gul Momand took 4 for 8 as Afghanistan beat the hosts by 48 runs in the first men’s cricket match of the Asian Games.
Japan cricket
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Sep 22, 2026
Japan bowled spin from both ends, and India’s 200th T20I win came down to the last over
Japan’s spinners held India to 32 for 4 at Sano, and Axar Patel had to defend eight in the last over to save the first men’s international between the...
Sep 21, 2026
India’s practice was rained off, and their first ever match against Japan has no reserve day
Typhoon Dujuan has soaked Kanto ahead of Tuesday’s Suzuki Cup T20I at Sano, and the ground has already lost one match this week without a ball being b...
Sep 13, 2026
The Asian Games cricket ground has no floodlights, and India’s quarter-final moved half an hour earlier
India’s men’s quarter-final in Nisshin now starts at 10am IST on September 28 rather than 10.30. Two more knockout matches moved with it, and daylight...
Sep 5, 2026
India will play Japan on 22 September, at a ground that normally holds 500 people
A T20 international nobody had on the calendar a week ago. The BCCI and the Japan Cricket Association have agreed a one-off match in Tochigi, and it c...
Aug 29, 2026
India’s Asian Games dressing rooms are tents, and the washrooms are 500 metres away
A BCCI official’s complaint about the cricket venue in Nisshin turned into a weekend of reports that India might travel with a second-string side. An...
Jul 18, 2023
Asian Games 2026 cricket: results, medal winners and the full schedule in IST
India won both cricket golds in Nisshin: the women beat Sri Lanka by 147 runs and the men beat Pakistan by 19. Every result, the medal winners and the...