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India secured a 2-1 victory over Japan in the women’s squash team event at the 2026 Asian Games on Monday, with Tanvi Khanna clinching the winning match following Anahat Singh’s five-game loss to Satomi Watanabe.
India held off a spirited Japan challenge in the first-ever meeting between the two sides, with the reigning ICC Men’s T20 World Cup champions securing a narrow two-run victory.
Cricket world champions India are being accused of bullying the umpires in a Twenty20 match against minnows Japan, who came very close to scripting a major upset but fell short by two runs in a one-off encounter before the Asian Games.
byVijay Tagore• A wide call was reversed by the umpire in the final over of the Japan-India game© BCCI A wide call was reversed by the umpire in the final over of the Japan-India game©BCCI
India will begin their women’s cricket title defence at the 2026 Asian Games when they take on hosts Japan in the quarter-finals on Friday. The match will be played at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin, Aichi, with Harmanpreet Kaur leading the Indian side. The defending champions arrive in Japan with considerable momentum after winning a…
DUBAI: Japan’s leading run-scorer Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming will lead his country in the historic one-off T20 International against India on September 22 in Sano with the hosts opting to field the same squad that will play in the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya.
Japan’s national cricket team is set to make history by playing a one-off T20 International against cricketing powerhouse India on September 22, marking a significant moment for both nations’ diplomatic and sporting ties.
Japan’s leading run-scorer Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming will lead his country in the historic one-off T20 International against India on September 22 in Sano with the hosts opting to field the same squad that will play in the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya.
Japan have named Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming as captain of their 15-member squad for their historic one-off T20I against India at the Sano International Cricket Ground in Tochigi Prefecture on Tuesday, September 22. The Suzuki Cup fixture will be Japan’s first meeting with India in men’s international cricket and comes two days before the start of…
Sports DeskSeptember 08, 20262 min readThe squad is the same group selected for Japan’s Asian Games campaign in Nagoya. Photo: AFP