India will face Afghanistan in the final of the Asian Games 2023 men’s cricket tournament at the Zhejiang University of Technology Pingfeng Cricket Field in Hangzhou, the People’s Republic of China on Saturday.
The India vs Afghanistan Asian Games 2023 men’s cricket final will be live streamed and live telecast in India. The IND vs AFG cricket match is scheduled to start at 11:30 AM Indian Standard Time.
The Indian men’s cricket team, former T20 world champions, are competing at the Asian Games for the first time and began their tournament in the quarter-finals against Nepal.
After a 23-run win against Nepal, the Indian cricket team swept aside Bangladesh by nine wickets in the semi-finals to make the gold medal match.
Bangladesh, restricted by terrific work from the Indian spinners Sai Kishore (3/12) and Washington Sundar (2/15), could only manage 96/9 batting first. Tilak Verma smashed his maiden T20 international fifty to steer India past the target in just 9.2 overs.
On Saturday, the Indian men’s team will be eyeing to emulate the women’s team, who won a gold medal on their continental debut last month after beating Sri Lanka in the final.
Afghanistan, two-time silver medallists at the Asian Games, started their Hangzhou 2023 campaign in the quarter-finals as well. The Afghan team beat Sri Lanka by eight runs in a close-fought contest before pulling off an upset win over former T20I world champions Pakistan in the semis.
After bowling out Pakistan for 115 runs, skipper Gulbadin Naib and Noor Ali Zadran guided the Afghanistan cricket team to a win by four wickets.
Afghanistan have now reached the men’s tournament final at the Asian Games in all three editions where cricket has featured.
India vs Afghanistan T20 head-to-head
India and Afghanistan have faced each other in four T20I matches so far. India have won all of these matches.
Where to watch India vs Afghanistan Asian Games 2023 cricket final live
Live streaming of the India vs Afghanistan Asian Games 2023 cricket final will be on Sony Liv. The IND vs AFG cricket match will be telecast live on the Sony Sports Ten 1, Sony Sports Ten 2, Sony Sports Ten 3, Sony Sports Ten 4 or Sony Sports Ten 5 TV channels in India.
Asian Games 2023 men’s cricket final schedule and match times
October 7, Saturday
Bronze medal match: Bangladesh vs Pakistan - 6:30 AM IST
Gold medal match: India vs Afghanistan - 11:30 AM IST