Asian Games 2023 Cricket: Men's team bags historic Gold after final against Afghanistan called off due to rain
India TV NewsIndia men's cricket team claimed Gold in the Asian Games 2023 after its final match against Afghanistan was called off due to rain. India defeated Nepal and Bangladesh on their road to the men's cricket final while Afghanistan stunned higher-ranked Pakistan in the semifinal. India were awarded a Gold due to their higher seeding in the ICC rankings and Afghanistan were settled for historic Silver, their first in the 19th Asiad. Afghanistan Playing XI: Zubaid Akbari, Mohammad Shahzad, Noor Ali Zadran, Shahidullah Kamal, Afsar Zazai, Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Qais Ahmad, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Zahir Khan India Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Arshdeep Singh