The Indian squad, captained by Shreyas Iyer, will face a quarterfinal fixture at the 2026 Asian Games. A men's cricket fixture between India and Afghanistan is scheduled to take place. Rain forced the abandonment of Saturday's fixture between Afghanistan and Nepal. Nepal secured first place in the standings following their victory over Afghanistan on Friday, a result that lifted them to the top of the table. The two sides are scheduled to meet at the Asian Games, with Nepal taking on Sri Lanka. Four nations — India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh — have secured their places in the last eight. Of the competing nations, both India and Bangladesh have named full-strength rosters for the tournament. Shreyas Iyer has been named to captain the side. At the preceding Asian Games, the gold medal had gone to the same nation, with Ruturaj Gaikwad leading the side. Despite fielding a reserve squad for the competition, India progressed through their fixtures to claim first place overall. Tilak Varma has been named as vice-captain to Shreyas Iyer for the Asian Games squad. The touring party features Jasprit Bumrah, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. The touring party named by India features Shreyas Iyer as captain, alongside 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. Sahibzada Farhan has been appointed to head Pakistan. The lineup, however, omits a number of prominent names, among them Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, and Naseem Shah. The gold medal bout at the Asian Games is scheduled for Saturday, 3 October. The third-place fixture is scheduled earlier on the same day as the final. The two nations are placed in separate semifinal brackets, ruling out a head-to-head match at that stage. A meeting between the two sides is possible only in the bronze medal or gold medal fixture. The men's cricket quarterfinal schedule at the Asian Games features four fixtures: Pakistan take on Hong Kong, China on Monday, 28 September at 5:30 AM IST; India face Afghanistan later that morning at 10 AM IST; Sri Lanka meet Nepal on Tuesday, 29 September at 5:30 AM IST; and Bangladesh play Malaysia at 10 AM IST the same day.
