Women’s fixture in the upcoming Asian Games will begin on September 17 whereas the men’s games will commence on September 24.
Men’s cricket groups
Group A: Afghanistan, Japan, Nepal
Group B: Hong Kong, Malaysia, Oman
Seeded Teams: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
*The top two teams from each group will go through to the knockout stage, where they will meet the four seeded teams.
Asian Games 2026 men’s cricket schedule
Date Match Time (JST / IST)
September 24 Afghanistan vs Japan 9:00 AM / 5:30 AM
September 24 Hong Kong vs Malaysia 2:00 PM / 10:30 AM
September 25 Hong Kong vs Oman 9:00 AM / 5:30 AM
September 25 Afghanistan vs Nepal 2:00 PM / 10:30 AM
September 26 Japan vs Nepal 9:00 AM / 5:30 AM
September 26 Malaysia vs Oman 2:00 PM / 10:30 AM
September 28 Quarterfinal 1 (Pakistan vs 2nd Group B) 9:00 AM / 5:30 AM
September 28 Quarterfinal 2 (India vs 2nd Group A) 2:00 PM / 10:30 AM
September 29 Quarterfinal 3 (Sri Lanka vs Winner Group A) 9:00 AM / 5:30 AM
September 29 Quarterfinal 4 (Bangladesh vs Winner Group B) 2:00 PM / 10:30 AM
October 1 Semifinal 1 9:00 AM / 5:30 AM
October 1 Semifinal 2 2:00 PM / 10:30 AM
October 3 Bronze Medal Match 9:00 AM / 5:30 AM
October 3 Final 2:00 PM / 10:30 AM
Women’s cricket groups
Group A: India, Japan, Bangladesh, People’s Republic of China
Group B: Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand
Asian Games 2026 women’s cricket schedule
Date Match Time (JST / IST)
September 17 Bangladesh vs China 9:00 AM / 5:30 AM
September 17 Pakistan vs Thailand 2:00 PM / 10:30 AM
September 18 Sri Lanka vs Malaysia 9:00 AM / 5:30 AM
September 18 India vs Japan 2:00 PM / 10:30 AM
September 20 Semifinal 1 9:00 AM / 5:30 AM
September 20 Semifinal 2 2:00 PM / 10:30 AM
September 22 Bronze Medal Match 9:00 AM / 5:30 AM
September 22 Final 2:00 PM / 10:30 AM
India men’s squad for Asian Games 2026
India Men’s squad: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.
India women’s squad for Asian Games 2026
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 and Nandani Sharma.
