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All-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz scored a half-century and took three wickets as Bangladesh got their Cricket World Cup campaign off to a solid start with a six-wicket victory over Afghanistan in Dharamsala on Saturday.
HANGZHOU, China :Gifted an arm-chair ride by Asian Games organisers, India were awarded gold in the men's cricket on Saturday as the rain-hit T20 final against Afghanistan was decided only by the superpower's superior global ranking.
HANGZHOU, China : Gifted an arm-chair ride by Asian Games organisers, India took gold in the men's cricket on Saturday as the rain-hit T20 final against Afghanistan was decided by the superpower's superior global ranking.
The Indian men's cricket team clinched the gold medal on its Asian Games debut after their final against Afghanistan was called off due to rain, and the Ruturaj Gaikwad-led side was adjudged winners by virtue of being seeded higher in the continental showpiece on Saturday. Put in to bat, Afghanistan were 112 for 5 in 18.2 overs when persistent rain halted the proceedings at the Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field, and the match never restarted from that point. The Afghans had a jittery start and were reduced to 12/3 inside four overs after their top-three -- Zubaid Akbari (5), Mohammad Shahzad (4) and Noor Ali Zadran (1) -- fell cheaply.
Team India emerged victorious in the Hangzhou Asian Games men's cricket final against Afghanistan and clinched the gold medal on Saturday. But, not by virtue of scoring more runs. The Ruturaj Gaikwad-led side won the toss and opted to field on Saturday in Hangzhou and showed and kept Afghanistan batters at check with their dominant spells. However, rain played a spoilsport and the match was halted during the 19th over, with Afghanistan's score at 112/5. After a delay of more than half an hour, the match was called off and Team India was declared the winner.
The Indian men's cricket team will be among the attractions of the action on Saturday in Asian Games 2023. The Ruturaj Gaikwad-led side will take on Afghanistan in the final of the cricket event. Meanwhile, Indian men and women's kabaddi teams will also be playing their respective finals. The star badminton pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will also be action during the gold medal match. India are now certain to reach the coveted 100-medal mark at the Asian Games 2023. This is the first time in Asian Games that India will cross the 100-medal mark. India won 95 medals with seven more assured by the end of action on Friday.
Asian Games 2023 Day 14 Live Updates: India will look to increase their tally of medals at the Asian Games on Saturday, having already breached the 100-mark. Wrestler Deepak Punia will be in action in the Men's Freestyle 86kg event, while the Ruturaj Gaikwad-led men's cricket team will take on Afghanistan in the gold medal match. In women's compound individual archery, Jyothi Surekha Vennam won gold, while Aditi Swami bowed out with a silver. In the men's event, Ojas Deotale defeated compatriot Abhishek Verma in an all-India final, completing a 1-2 for the country. In badminton, Chirag Shetty/Satwiksairaj Rankireddy will go for gold in men's doubles. (Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)
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