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| 2026-09-05 IOA Declines Special Status for Cricket in Asian Games The Indian Olympic Association clarifies its stance on the BCCI’s request for special arrangements for cricket at the Asian Games.
The Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya are around the corner, and BCCI has announced full-strength squads for both men’s and women’s cricket.
A Shreyas Iyer-led Indian side will be facing off against Japan in a one-off historic T20 international on September 22 File photo
Harmanpreet Kaur-led India’s women’s team and Shreyas Iyer-led India’s men’s team will be looking to successfully defend their Asian Games cricket gold medals from Hangzhou when they begin their campaigns at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Japan. The Asian Games officially open on September 19, but the women’s cricket competition will begin two days…
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New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): Director of Cricket at the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence (CoE), VVS Laxman, is going to take charge of the Indian men’s team at the upcoming Asian Games 2026 to be held n Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, later this month. Laxman will be assisted by Sunil Joshi, Hrishikesh Kanitkar and Subhadeep Ghosh,…
The Men’s cricket event at the 2026 Asian Games will be held from 24 September to 3 October in Japan.
File photo:Bangladesh, led by Litton Das, will look to improve on its bronze medal at the Asian Games this time around. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini
The Women’s cricket event at the Asian Games will take place from 17-22 September 2026.
The fourth edition of Asian Games cricket is set to be held in Nagoya, in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, with the women’s final scheduled for September 22 and the men’s tournament concluding on October 3.