The second quarter-final match of the Asian Games 2026 was to be played between India and Afghanistan at the Korogi Sports Park in Nishin. But due to heavy rain, not a single ball was bowled in this match and it was cancelled. With the cancellation of this match, Team India has reached the semi-finals. Earlier, the match between Pakistan and Hong Kong on the same ground was also canceled due to rain. There also, due to better ranking, Pakistan team managed to reach the semi-finals. Pakistan got the ticket for the semi-finals without playing a single ball.
Before starting its campaign in the Asian Games, the Indian team played a one-off T20 match against Japan in Sano. That match was also played for only 5-5 overs due to rain, in which in the end the Indian team defeated Japan by 2 runs in a thrilling manner. After that match, the Indian team reached Nagoya for the Asian Games.
The Indian team has always had the upper hand in T20 matches between India and Afghanistan. Out of the 12 T20 matches played between the two teams so far, India has won 11, while one match was inconclusive. The Afghanistan team came closest to defeating India in 2024, when the match was tied, but after playing two super overs each, India finally won. Apart from this, in the three-match T20 series held in New Delhi earlier this year, the Indian team had completely defeated Afghanistan and won the series 3-0.
Indian Cricket Team: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Shivam Dubey, Tilak Verma, Vipraj Nigam, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Vaibhav Suryavanshi.
Afghanistan cricket team: Darwish Rasouli (captain), Mohammad Ishaq, Imran Mir, Najibullah Zadran, Ismat Alam, Karim Janat, Nangelia Kharoti, Abdullah Ahmadzai, Khalid Taniwal, Mohammad Akram, Faridoon Dawoodzai, Farmanullah Safi, Hassan Isaakhil, Faisal Shinozada, Arab Gul Momand.
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