Asian Games : Sep 24 - Oct 3rd : in japan / Ind & pak team announced.

Asian Games 2026 - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka get direct entry into knockouts

India had won the gold medal for men in the 2023 Games. The final of the men's edition had been washed out after Afghanistan played 18.2 overs and India, by virtue of being the higher-seeded team, were awarded the gold medal.

while Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal and Oman will fight in the first round to join the big four.

The draws and groups of the Asian Games were announced on Thursday for both the men

The men's edition - from September 24 to October 1 - will have 🌹Afghanistan, Japan and Nepal in Group A

and

🌹Hong Kong, Malaysia and Oman in Group B in the opening round.

🌲The top two sides from each group will proceed to the knockouts to take on the direct qualifiers.

All matches will be played in Nagoya in Japan and in the T20 format.

While the men's edition will see ten teams in contention,

The men's edition -

From September 24 to October 1 - will have Afghanistan, Japan and Nepal in Group A

Match 1

Sep 24 TBD v TBD

Match 3

Sep 25 - TBD v TBD

Match 5

Sep 26 - TBD v TBD

At , japan

&

Hong Kong, Malaysia and Oman in Group B in the opening round.

Match 2

Sep 24 - TBD v TBD

Match 4

Sep 25 - TBD v TBD

Match 6

Sep 26-TBD v TBD.

At Nagoya, japan

Q-F 🦾🌈

Ind v TBD - sep 28

Pak v TBD - sep 28

SL v TBD - sep 29

BD v TBD - sep 29

Semi Final -1

Oct 1- TBD v TBD

Semi Final -2

Oct 1- TBD v TBD

Bronze medal match

3 oct -TBD v TBD

Gold medal match

3 oct - TBD v TBD

Participating nations

The tournament features 10 nations

Japan ( Host - Qualified )

Afghanistan

Bangladesh

India

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

2026 Asian Games Qualifier 31 May – 8 June

4 team below

Hong Kong

Malaysia

Nepal

Oman

Total 10 teams

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Afghanistan -Bangladesh - Hong Kong - Japan-(host)- Sri lanka- Oman-Nepal- Maleshiya >Team not yet announce<

India:❤️

Shreyas Iyer (c),Tilak Varma (vc), Ravi Bishnoi,Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy, Shivam Dube, Ishan Kishan (wk), Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Sanju Samson (wk)Abhishek Sharma, Arshdeep Singh,Washington Sundar, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.

Pakistan :🌿

Sahibzada Farhan (captain), Abdul Samad (vice-captain), Abrar Ahmed, Ahmed Daniyal, Akif Javed, Ali Raza, Arafat Minhas, Haider Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Maaz Sadaqat, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Saad Masood, Saim Ayub, Sufyan Moqim and Usman Khan (wicket-keeper