Asian Games men’s cricket competition 2026: Full squads, schedule, venue and all you need to know

All you need to know about the Asian Games men’s cricket competition 2026

The men’s cricket competition at the 2026 Asian Games will feature 10 teams: five Full Members (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan) and five Associates (Nepal, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Oman, and the hosts, Japan).

Afghanistan will join the five Associates in the first round, where the six teams have been split into two groups. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the quarter-finals, where they will meet the four Full Members.

All the matches of the upcoming tournament will be played at the Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin, with starts scheduled for 9 am local time (5.30 am IST, 1 am UK time) and 2 pm local time (10.30 am IST, 6 am UK time).

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Asian Games men’s cricket competition 2026: Full squads

Japan

Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (c), Wataru Miyauchi (wk), Alex Shirai-Patmore (wk), Charlie Hara-Hinze, Benjamin Ito-Davis, Alester Kadowaki-Fleming, Kohei Kubota, Jake Kusuda-Nairn, Reo Sakurano-Thomas, Shoma Sugaya-Slater, Declan Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Takada, Makoto Taniyama, Ibrahim Takahashi, Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake

Afghanistan

Darwish Rasooli (c), Mohammad Ishaq (wk), Abdullah Ahmadzai, Mohammad Akram, Ismat Alam, Faridoon Dawoodzai, Hassan Eisakhil, Karim Janat, Faisal Khan, Nangialai Kharoti, Imran Mir, Arab Gul Momand, Farmanullah Safi, Khalid Taniwal, Najibullah Zadran

Bangladesh

Litton Das (c & wk), Tawhid Hridoy (vc), Nasum Ahmed, Yasir Ali, Parvez Hossain Emon, Mahedi Hasan, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Saif Hassan, Mosaddek Hossain, Rishad Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Mohammad Saifuddin, Najmul Hossain Shanto

Hong Kong

Yasim Murtaza (c), Babar Hayat (vc), Anas Khan, Anshuman Rath, Shiv Mathur, Shahid Wasif, Hafeez Khan, Nasrulla Rana, Nizakat Khan, Rajab Hussain, Ehsan Khan, Mohammad Ghazanfar, Mohammad Waheed, Ayush Shukla, Mohammad Hassan Khan

India

Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma (vc), Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Shivam Dube, Vipraj Nigam, Axar Patel, Abhishek Sharma, Arshdeep Singh, Washington Sundar, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

Malaysia

Ainool Hafizs, Muhammad Amir, Muhammad Akram, Syed Aziz, Virandeep Singh, Sharvin Muniandy, Pavandeep Singh, Vijay Unni, Amir Khan, Aslam Khan, Azri Azhar, Muhamad Syahadat, Muhammad Haziq Aiman, Muhammad Wafiq, Rahim Khan

Nepal

Dipendra Singh Airee (c), Lokesh Bam (wk), Aasif Sheikh (wk), Kushal Bhurtel, Gulshan Jha, Sundeep Jora, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Kushal Malla, Sher Malla, Rohit Paudel, Lalit Rajbanshi, Aarif Sheikh, Nandan Yadav

Oman

Sufyan Mehmood (c), Muzaffar Shiralkar (vc & wk), Abdul Jalil (wk), Faris Al Balushi, Issa Al Balushi, Mohammed Al Balushi, Nawed Al Balushi, Qais Al Balushi, Shuaib Al Balushi, Waheed Al Balushi, Wasim Al Balushi, Zubair Al Balushi, Mohammed Othman, Sameer Othman, Ahmed Al Zadjali

Pakistan

Sahibzada Farhan (c), Abdul Samad (vc), Usman Khan (wk), Abrar Ahmed, Haider Ali, Saim Ayub, Ahmed Daniyal, Akif Javed, Arafat Minhas, Salman Mirza, Saad Masood, Sufyan Moqim, Hasan Nawaz, Ali Raza, Maaz Sadaqat

Sri Lanka

Sahan Arachchige (c), Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Ashen Bandara, Lasith Croospulle, Keshan de Livera, Binura Fernando, Nuwanidu Fernando, Tharindu Hansaka, Dushan Hemantha, Sineth Jayawardena, Chamika Karunaratne, Pramod Madushan, Wanuja Sahan, Nuwan Thushara, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth

Asian Games Men’s Cricket Competition 2026: Full schedule

All timings local, all matches to be played at the Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin

Group stage

Date	Fixture	Match	Time
September 24	Group A	Japan vs Afghanistan	9am
	Group B	Hong Kong vs Malaysia	2pm
September 25	Group B	Hong Kong vs Oman	9am
	Group A	Afghanistan vs Nepal	2pm
September 26	Group A	Japan vs Nepal	9am
	Group B	Malaysia vs Oman	2pm

Knock-outs

Date	Fixture	Match	Time
September 28	Quarterfinals	Pakistan vs B2	9am
		India vs A2	2pm
September 29	Quarterfinals	Sri Lanka vs A1	9am
		Bangladesh vs B1	2pm
October 1	1st Semi-Final	TBA vs TBA	9am
	2nd Semi-Final	TBA vs TBA	2pm
October 3	Bronze medal match	TBA vs TBA	9am
	Gold medal match	TBA vs TBA	2pm

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