Asian Games 2026 Cricket: Full schedule, timings, venue and India squads

By Sohail Khan 27 August 2026, 3:21 pm

India will have their sights set on defending twin gold medals at the 2026 Asian Games in Japan, with the cricket schedules for both the men’s and women’s events officially released. The action will unfold at Korogi Athletic Park in Aichi Prefecture, where the women’s competition will run from September 17 to 22, followed by the men’s tournament from September 24 to October 3.

The Harmanpreet Kaur-led women’s team will kick off their title defence on September 18, facing hosts Japan at 10:30 AM IST in a straight knockout quarterfinal. The winners will progress to the semifinals. The Shreyas Iyer-captained men’s side, meanwhile, will enter the fray directly in the quarterfinals on September 28, taking on the second-placed team from Group A, which features Afghanistan, Japan, and Nepal.

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 advance to the knockout stage, where they will meet the four seeded teams.

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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.