Indian Men Ready For Asian Games Cricket Quarter-Final Clash

The Indian men's cricket team will play their quarter-final match on September 28 at 10:30 AM IST at the Asian Games. Led by captain Shreyas Iyer, the Indian men aim to defend the gold medal won previously by the women's team. The men's event features ten participants, which is two more than the eight teams in the women's category. India booked their spot straight in the quarter-finals along with Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan based on their continental ranking in the T20I format. Meanwhile, six other teams consisting of Afghanistan, Thailand, Oman, Hong Kong, Malaysia and hosts Japan are playing an initial round in two groups, where the top two teams from each group will qualify. India will face the second-placed team from Group A in the quarter-finals. The line-up for the last-eight stage includes Pakistan facing team B2 on September 28, India playing team A2 on September 28, Bangladesh taking on team B1 on September 29, and Sri Lanka meeting team A1 on September 29. The Indian squad features players including Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma, Vipraj Nigam, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.