Asian Games 2026 cricket — India men & women full schedule

The anticipation around the Asian Games 2026 is already building as the cricket schedule for both the men’s and women’s competitions has been announced officially. The Asian Games 2026 will be hosted by Japan, with all the games set to be played at a single venue, the Korogi Athletic Park.

India won the gold title in both the men’s and women’s cricket at the Asian Games 2022 in Hangzhou. It will be the time for the blue brigade to repeat the same success and defend its titles.

India's direct quarter-final entry, group stage & every match date at Aichi-Nagoya 2026

The men’s tournament is comprised of two groups, A and B, along with the four seeded sides, who have been decided on the ICC T20I rankings and have directly qualified for the knockout stage.

Group A	Group B	Seeded Team
Afghanistan	Hong Kong, China	Bangladesh
Japan	Malaysia	India
Nepal	Oman	Pakistan
In addition to the top two sides from each group, the four seeded nations, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka will advance to the knockout stages***		Sri Lanka

India are in the group with Japan, Bangladesh, and the People’s Republic of China in the women’s event, while Pakistan are along with Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Thailand in the second group.

Women
India	Sri Lanka
Japan	Malaysia
Bangladesh	Pakistan
People’s Republic of China	Thailand

Full schedule for Asian Games 2026 men’s and women’s-

The women’s games of the Asian Games 2026 will begin on September 17 with the game between China and Bangladesh, while India will face Japan on September 18. India’s men’s side will be in action on September 28.

Date	Time	Category	Fixture
9/17	9:00	Women	Bangladesh vs PR of China
9/17	14:00	Women	Pakistan vs Thailand
9/18	9:00	Women	Sri Lanka vs Malaysia
9/18	14:00	Women	India vs Japan
9/20	9:00	Women	Semifinal 01
9/20	14:00	Women	Semifinal 02
9/22	9:00	Women	Bronze Medal Match
9/22	14:00	Women	Final
9/24	9:00	Men A	Afghanistan vs Japan
9/24	14:00	Men B	Hong Kong, China vs Malaysia
9/25	9:00	Men B	Hong Kong, China vs Oman
9/25	14:00	Men A	Afghanistan vs Nepal
9/26	9:00	Men A	Japan vs Nepal
9/26	14:00	Men B	Malaysia vs Oman
9/28	9:00	Men	QF (Pakistan vs 2nd place Grp B)
9/28	14:00	Men	QF (India vs 2nd place Grp A)
9/29	9:00	Men	QF (Sri Lanka vs Winner of Grp A)
9/29	14:00	Men	QF (Bangladesh vs Winner of Grp B)
10/01	9:00	Men	Semi-final
10/01	14:00	Men	Semi-final
10/02	9:00	Men	Bronze Medal Match
10/02	14:00	Men	Final

Iyer to lead Men, Harmanpreet leads Women — Full squads and where to watch

The games will be telecast on the Sony Sports Network channels on television and will be streamed on SonyLIV. The men’s squad will be led by Shreyas Iyer in the presence of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. The women’s team will be led by Harmanpreet Kaur in their title defence.

India men’s squad for Asia Cup 2026-

Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Varma, Ravi Bishnoi, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Jasprit Bumrah, Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Ishan Kishan, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Shivam Dube, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.

India women’s squad for Asia Cup 2026-

Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wicket-keeper), Gunalan Kamalini (wicket-keeper), Bharti Fulmali, Sree Charani, Renuka Thakur, Kranti Gaud, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil (subject to fitness), Radha Yadav, Nandni Sharma.