Countdown to India-Pakistan final begins, watch live streaming details of the match here

Delhi: In the Asian Games 2026, the gold medal match of men's cricket will be played between India and Pakistan. The teams of the two neighboring countries will face each other on October 3 at the Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin. According to Indian time, the match will start at 10 am.

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India reached the final after defeating Sri Lanka

India secured its place in the final by winning the semi-final match against Sri Lanka in a one-sided manner. Batting first, the Indian team scored a strong score of 169 runs. Ishan Kishan batted brilliantly for India. He scored 80 runs facing 46 balls and played an important role in taking the team to a big score.

Sri Lanka's batting completely faltered

The Sri Lankan team, which came to chase the target of 169 runs, could not stand in front of the Indian bowlers. More than half of the Sri Lankan team returned to the pavilion in the initial overs itself. By the end of the power play, its six wickets had fallen at a score of just 33 runs. After this, the entire team was all out for only 45 runs. In this way India won the match by a huge margin of 124 runs.

Pakistan defeated Bangladesh

Pakistan entered the title match by defeating Bangladesh by six wickets in the second semi-final. Due to rain, the overs of this match had to be cut and Pakistan had a target of 112 runs in 13 overs, which it achieved by losing 4 wickets in just 11.3 overs. The Pakistani team under the captaincy of Sahibzada Farhan will now take the field against India to win the gold medal.

When and where will the India-Pakistan final be played?

The gold medal match of men's cricket between India and Pakistan will be played on Saturday, i.e. 3 October 2026. This match will be held at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin, Japan. The match will start at 10 am Indian time, while in Japan it will be 1:30 pm.

Where can you watch live matches in India?

Indian cricket fans will be able to watch the live telecast of this high-voltage match on the channels of Sony Sports Network. Apart from this, online live streaming of the match will be available through SonyLIV app and website.

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The teams of both the countries are as follows:

India: Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Verma, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur and Vipraj Nigam.

Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Abdul Samad, Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Haris, Irfan Khan Niazi, Khushdil Shah, Faheem Ashraf, Jahandad Khan, Abbas Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Sufiyan Muqeem, Usman Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jr., Ali Majid and Shahid Aziz.