Cricket at the 2026 Asian Games – Men's tournament
Cricket tournament
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The Men's cricket event is a part of the 2026 Asian Games which is being played from 24 September to 3 October 2026 at the Kōrogi Sports Park in Aichi Prefecture, Nisshin, Japan.[1][2] A total of 10 teams are participating with the matches played in Twenty-20 format.[3]
| Men's cricket event at the 2026 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Kōrogi Sports Park |
| Location | Nisshin, Japan |
| Dates | 24 September – 3 October |
| Nations | 10 |
The quarter-final matches between Pakistan and Hong Kong and between India and Afghanistan were abandoned without the toss due to rain with Pakistan and India advancing to the semi-final, being the higher ranked sides against their opponents.[4][5]
Participating nations
On 28 April 2025, the organizing committee approved the inclusion of cricket and mixed martial arts to the programme, following a request from OCA.[6] The tournament features 10 nations.[7][8]
| Mode of Qualification | Date | Hosts | Berths | Qualified teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host country | N/a | 1 |  Japan | |
| ICC Full Members | N/a | 5 |  Afghanistan Bangladesh India Pakistan Sri Lanka | |
| 2026 Asian Games Qualifier | 31 May – 8 June 2026 |  Singapore |
4 |  Hong Kong Malaysia Nepal Oman |
| Total | 10 | |||
Draw
The seeds were determined based on the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings as of 23 July 2026, followed by an official draw on the same day to allocate the preliminary stage groups and knockout stage bracket.
Format
The six lowest-seeded teams were placed into two groups of three through an official team draw for the preliminary stage, played in a single round-robin format from September 24 to September 26. The top two teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals, where they join the four highest-seeded teams who received automatic byes based on their ICC rankings.
The knockouts then proceed through the quarter-finals and semi-finals, culminating in the gold medal match played between the semi-final winners, with the semi-final losers competing in the bronze medal match from September 28 to October 3.[9][10]
Squads
Preliminary stage
The fixtures of the tournament were announced on 26 August 2026 to determine the preliminary stage and the knockout stage fixtures.[25][26]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nepal |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.842 | Advanced to the knockout stage |
| 2 | Afghanistan |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.846 | |
| 3 | Japan (H) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2.400 | Eliminated |
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- Japan won the toss and elected to field.
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Japan won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 15 overs per side due to rain.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malaysia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2.950 | Advanced to the knockout stage |
| 2 | Hong Kong |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.075 | |
| 3 | Oman |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2.050 | Eliminated |
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- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat.
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| 28 September – Nisshin | ||||||||||
| Pakistan | Abandoned | |||||||||
| 1 October – Nisshin | ||||||||||
| Hong Kong | Abandoned | |||||||||
| Pakistan | ||||||||||
| 29 September – Nisshin | ||||||||||
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Bangladesh | ||||||||||
| 3 October – Nisshin | ||||||||||
| Malaysia | ||||||||||
| 28 September – Nisshin | ||||||||||
| Afghanistan | Abandoned | |||||||||
| 1 October – Nisshin | ||||||||||
| India | Abandoned | |||||||||
| India | ||||||||||
| 29 September – Nisshin | ||||||||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||||||
| Nepal | ||||||||||
| 3 October – Nisshin | ||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | ||||||||||
Quarterfinals
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
- Pakistan advanced by virtue of being the higher-seeded team.
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
- India advanced by virtue of being the higher-seeded team.
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final standing
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR |
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| 4 | N/A | |||||
| 5 | N/A | |||||
| 6 | N/A | |||||
| 7 | Afghanistan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Oman | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Japan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
See also
Notes
- Mohammad Saifuddin was withdrawn due to injury and was replaced by Aliss Islam.[16]
- Varun Chakravarthy was withdrawn due to injury and was replaced by Vipraj Nigam.[17]
- Harshit Rana was withdrawn due to injury and replaced by Yash Thakur.[18]
- Nitish Kumar Reddy was withdrawn from the Asian Games squad and added to the squad for India's home series against West Indies.[19]
- Salman Mirza was withdrawn from the squad due to injury and was replaced by Mohammad Wasim.[24]