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Mohammad Akram

Najibullah Zadran

Darwish Rasooli (C)

Hassan Eisakhil

Mohammad Ishaq (W)

Ismat Alam

Karim Janat

Abdollah Ahmadzai

Faridoon Dawoodzai

Nangeyalia Kharote

Arab Gul

Japan

Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake

Wataru Miyauchi

Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (C)

Shirai-Patmore (W)

Benjamin Ito-Davis

Ibrahim Takahashi

Reo Sakurano-Thomas

Declan Suzuki

Shoma Sugaya-Slater

Charlie Hara-Hinze

Makoto Taniyama

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Afsar Khan Zazai

Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar

Azmatullah Omarzai

Bilal Sami

Darwish Abdul Rasooli

Fareed Ahmad Malik

Farmanullah Safi

Fazalhaq Farooqi

Gulbadin Naib

Hashmatullah Shahidi

Ibrahim Zadran

Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai

Ikram Alikhil

Imran Mir

Mohammad Ishaq Shirzad

Mohammad Nabi Eisakhil

Mohammad Saleem Safi

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Nangeyalia Kharote Khan

Naveen-ul-Haq Murid

Noor Ahmad Lakanwal

Noor ul Rahman Akakhail

Qais Ahmad Kamawal

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Rahmat Shah Zurmati

Rashid Khan Arman

Sediqullah Atal

Shahidullah Kamal

Sharafuddin Ashraf

Mohammad Yamin Ahmadzai

Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi

Zubairullah Akbari

Abdul Samad

Abhishek Anand

Alester Kadowaki Fleming

Charles Matsumoto Hinze

Declan Suzuki-McComb

Esam Rahman

Jake Kusuda-Nairn

Kazuma Kato-Stafford

Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming

Kiefer Yamamoto-Lake

Kohei Kubota

Koji Hardgrave Abe

Ryan Drake

Sabaorish Ravichandran

Alexander Shirai-Patmore

Tsuyoshi Takada

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IND A vs AUS A: India A have taken a 163-run lead after none of the Australia A batters managed to score a half-century on Day 2.

Kumar Kushagra batted with the tail and scored 113.

Kushagra added 31 runs to his score after getting retired hurt on Day 1. 

Kumar Kushagra, Shams Mulani

After Kushagra's 113, Mumbai spinner's 4-fer helps IND A bowl out AUS A for 177

Asian Games 2026

India men's badminton team went down 1-3 against China but returned with a bronze medal at the Asian Games 2026.

India men's badminton team secured country's 6th bronze medal at Asian Games 2026.

China beat India 3-1 in the men's badminton team event. 

India's star shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (L) and Chirag Shetty in this frame. (Getty)

Reddy-Shetty beat world champions but IND lose to China in semifinal, bag bronze

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Deepika Sehrawat scored 9 out of 20 goals India scored against Thailand in their Asian Games 2026 Pool B match on September 23.

Deepika Sehrawat scored 9 goals against Thailand to break her own record.

India registered their 3rd consecutive win at Asian Games 2026. 

Deepika Sehrawat

Deepika reacts to breaking record for most goals in a match as IND beat THA 20-1

Billy Root, brother of Joe Root, has called time on his professional cricket. He looked back on his success at Glamorgan and Nottinghamshire in his 14-year career.

Billy Root has decided to hang up his boots after 14 years of professional cricket.

Billy has represented Nottinghamshire and Glamorgan in County cricket.

Billy Root

Root announces retirement from professional cricket, says 'There've been plenty.

With just two wickets in hand, Australia A sneaked a win against India A as Milly Illingworth stunned Yastika Bhatia-led side in Mohali.

Afghanistan vs Japan Playing XI

AFG vs JPN Match 1 Playing XI - Nisshin (24 September 2026)

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