India beat Pakistan by 19 runs to win Asian Games cricket gold.
The final was played in Nagoya, Japan, on October 3.
India made 211 for 6.
Pakistan made 192 for 6.
Hasan Nawaz scored 96 for Pakistan.
It was India’s seventh consecutive T20 win over Pakistan, according to Al Jazeera.
The captains did not shake hands before the match, and the players did not shake hands afterwards either.
It was the fifth consecutive men’s match between the two teams in which players declined handshakes.
The medal ceremony was significantly delayed, and no official reason was given for the delay.
ICC chairman Jay Shah presented medals to the Indian players, while Pakistan and bronze medallists Sri Lanka received theirs from Asian Games officials.
The Asian Games 2026 are being held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, from September 19 to October 4.
The cricket competition at the Games is played in the T20 format, with each side batting for a maximum of 20 overs.
To win the match Pakistan needed to chase 212 runs, which meant scoring at more than ten runs an over.
A T20 total of 211 is a high score for a final, and it required Pakistan to attack from the start.
Sri Lanka took the bronze medal in the men’s event, according to Al Jazeera’s report.
Cricket was played at the Asian Games in 2010 and 2014, was left out in 2018, and returned at the 2023 Games in Hangzhou, where India won the men’s title.
Abhishek Sharma’s 61 gave India the platform for the late scoring that carried the total past 200.
India beat Pakistan by 19 runs in the men’s T20 cricket final of the Asian Games 2026 on Saturday, October 3, in Nagoya, Japan.
India made 211 for 6 in their 20 overs after batting first.
Cricket stadium (representative image), Wikimedia Commons, public domain
