India defended their Asian Games cricket gold medal in style after the men’s team beat Pakistan by 19 runs on Saturday. After the women’s cricket team won gold earlier at the Asian Games 2026, the men’s team completed a sweet double by beating their arch-rivals.
As he walked back, Ayub made a crude “cradling a baby” gesture while looking at Sooryavanshi. India opted to bat first, and the opening pair of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Abhishek Sharma made their intentions clear right from the start. Sooryavanshi slammed two huge sixes off Saad Masood in the second over. However, Japan could not witness a Sooryavanshi blitz for long as the teenager was dismissed by Saim Ayub on the first ball of the third over. Sooryavanshi attempted a reverse sweep, but the line of the delivery was too wide outside off stump. The ball kissed the batter’s gloves and went through to the wicketkeeper.
India defended their Asian Games cricket gold medal in style after the men’s team beat Pakistan by 19 runs on Saturday
India went on to score 211/6. Later, Pakistan fell short by 19 runs. Ayub’s joy did not last long, as he was hit for a four and two sixes in the final three balls of the over.
