The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) on September 7 announced the schedule for upcoming Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026 in Japan. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side will go up against hosts Japan in their quarter-final match on September 17 whereas the men's team led by Shreyas Iyer will play their first game on September 28.
Women’s cricket Asian Games 2026 schedule -
September 17 (quarterfinals) -
India Women vs Japan Women (5:30 AM)
Malaysia Women vs Sri Lanka Women (5:30 AM)
Bangladesh Women vs China Women (10:30 AM)
Pakistan Women vs Thailand Women (10:30 AM)
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September 20 -
1st semifinal (5:30 AM) and 2nd semifinal (10:30 AM)
September 22
3rd playoff and final (5:30 AM), final (10:30 AM)
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Men’s cricket Asian Games 2026 schedule -
September 24 -
Japan vs Afghanistan (5:30 AM), Group A
Hong Kong vs Malaysia (10:30 AM), Group B
September 25 -
Hong Kong vs Oman (5:30 AM), Group B
Afghanistan vs Nepal (10:30 AM), Group A
September 26 -
Japan vs Nepal (5:30 AM), Group A
Malaysia vs Oman (10:30 AM), Group B
September 28 -
Pakistan vs To be announced (5:30 AM) 1st quarter-final
India vs To be announced (10:30 AM) 2nd quarterfinal
September 29 -
Sri Lanka vs To be announced (5:30 AM) 3rd quarterfinal
Bangladesh vs To be announced (10:30 AM) 4th quarterfinal
October 1 -
1st semifinal (5:30 AM), 2nd semifinal (10:30 AM)
October 3 -
3rd place play-off (5:30 AM)
Final (10:30 AM).
India women’s cricket Asian Games 2026 squad
Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), G Kamalini (wk), Bharti Fulmali, Sree Charani, Renuka Thakur, Kranti Gaud, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil (subject to fitness), Radha Yadav, Nandni Sharma, Pratika Rawal.
India men’s cricket Asian Games 2026 squad
Shreyas Iyer (c), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma (vc), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.