The anticipation around the Asian Games 2026 is already building, with new updates emerging every day. Now, the cricket schedule for both the men’s and women’s competitions has been officially announced.
The Asian Games 2026 will be hosted by Japan, with all cricket matches set to be played at a single venue, the Korogi Athletic Park.
India won gold in both the men’s and women’s cricket at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou. Now, it will be time for India to repeat that success and defend its titles.
Asian Games 2026: Men’s Groups, Format and Fixtures
The men’s competition will comprise two groups, A and B, also with four seeded teams. The seeded teams have been decided based on the ICC T20I rankings and have directly qualified for the knockout stage.
India will start their campaign on September 28, against the team that will finish 2nd in Group A.
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Group A
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Group B
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Seeded Team
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Afghanistan
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Hong Kong, China
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Bangladesh
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Japan
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Malaysia
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India
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Nepal
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Oman
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Pakistan
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Sri Lanka
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The top 2 teams for each group will face seeded teams in the knockout stage. Below are complete schedule of matches.
Asian Games 2026 Men's Cricket Results
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Date
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Match / Round
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Time (JST / IST)
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Result / Status
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24 Sep (Thu)
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Afghanistan vs Japan (Group A)
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09:00 / 05:30 AM
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Afghanistan won by 48 runs (AFG 129/6; JPN 81)
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Hong Kong China vs Malaysia (Group B)
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14:00 / 10:30 AM
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Malaysia won by 8 wickets (HK 81/9; MAS 84/2)
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25 Sep (Fri)
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Hong Kong China vs Oman (Group B)
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09:00 / 05:30 AM
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Hong Kong China won by 41 runs (HK 121/8; OMA 80/6)
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Afghanistan vs Nepal (Group A)
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14:00 / 10:30 AM
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Nepal won by 5 wickets (AFG 102/7; NEP 103/5)
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26 Sep (Sat)
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Japan vs Nepal (Group A)
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09:00 / 05:30 AM
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No result (Match abandoned due to rain)
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Malaysia vs Oman (Group B)
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14:00 / 10:30 AM
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No result (Match abandoned due to rain — No toss)
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28 Sep (Mon)
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Quarter-final 1: Pakistan vs Hong Kong China
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09:00 / 05:30 AM
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No result (Abandoned due to rain; Pakistan advances on seeding)
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Quarter-final 2: India vs Afghanistan
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14:00 / 10:30 AM
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No result (Abandoned due to rain; India advances on seeding)
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29 Sep (Tue)
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Quarter-final 3: Sri Lanka vs Nepal
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09:00 / 05:30 AM
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Scheduled (Not Started)
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Quarter-final 4: Bangladesh vs Malaysia
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14:00 / 10:30 AM
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Scheduled (Not Started)
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1 Oct (Thu)
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Semi-final 1
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09:00 / 05:30 AM
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Scheduled (Not Started)
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Semi-final 2
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14:00 / 10:30 AM
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Scheduled (Not Started)
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3 Oct (Sat)
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Bronze Medal Match
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09:00 / 05:30 AM
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Scheduled (Not Started)
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Final (Gold Medal Match)
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14:00 / 10:30 AM
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Scheduled (Not Started)
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Asian Games 2026 Women's Cricket Results
Here is the complete schedule and results table for the women’s cricket tournament:
| Date | Match Stage | Teams & Result | Venue |
| 20 Sep (Sun) | Quarter-Final 1 | India Women beat Malaysia Women by 102 runs | Korogi Sports Park |
| 20 Sep (Sun) | Quarter-Final 2 | Pakistan Women beat China Women by 9 wickets | Korogi Sports Park |
| 21 Sep (Mon) | Quarter-Final 3 | Sri Lanka Women beat Japan Women by 8 wickets | Korogi Sports Park |
| 21 Sep (Mon) | Quarter-Final 4 | Bangladesh Women beat Thailand Women by 34 runs | Korogi Sports Park |
| 21 Sep (Mon) | Semi-Final 1 | India Women beat Bangladesh Women by 8 wickets | Korogi Sports Park |
| 21 Sep (Mon) | Semi-Final 2 | Sri Lanka Women beat Pakistan Women by 6 wickets | Korogi Sports Park |
| 22 Sep (Tue) | Bronze Medal Match | Pakistan Women beat Bangladesh Women by 31 runs (Bronze Medal) | Korogi Sports Park |
| 22 Sep (Tue) | Gold Medal Match | India Women beat Sri Lanka Women by 147 runs (Gold Medal) | Korogi Sports Park |
Asian Games 2026: Indian Men’s and Women’s Squad
The India Men’s team will be led by Shreyas Iyer with a squad also featuring exciting names such as Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.
Whereas, the women’s team were led by Harmanpreet Kaur in their title defence.
India Men’s squad: Shreyas Iyer (C), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (WK), Ishan Kishan (WK), Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma (VC), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yash Thakur, Vipraj Nigam
BCCI has unvieled an updated squad for the Asian Games 2026 as well for the one off T20I against Japan, which is set to take place on September 22. This will be the first ever game between the two countries.
India Women’s squad:Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh, Gunalan Kamalini, Bharti Fulmali, Sree Charani, Renuka Thakur, Kranti Gaud, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Radha Yadav, Nandani Sharma
With hopes already high from the Indian contingent after a successful Commonwealth Games 2026, cricket will be one of the sports expected to bring strong chances of gold medals.
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