The India’s men’s and women’s cricket teams will be in action at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. The quadrennial event is scheduled to take place from September 19 to October 4, with cricket making its fourth appearance at the Games. Both teams clinched a gold medal each at Hangzhou, China, in 2023. The men’s tournament will begin on September 24, while the women’s competition will start on September 17.
India will start the event as defending champions in both the men’s and women’s categories.
The start time of some knockout matches in men’s cricket at the Asian Games 2026 has been advanced by 30 minutes, reported Cricbuzz. The contests, which were originally scheduled to start at 2 PM local time (10:30 AM IST), will now begin at 1:30 PM local time (10 AM IST), the report said. It added that the morning games will start as scheduled, that is, 9 AM local time (5.30 AM IST). It is worth noting that Japan is 3 hours and 30 minutes ahead of India.
