Asian Games 2026: India To Face Sri Lanka In Men's Cricket Semifinal After Rain Abandons Lanka-Nepal Quarterfinal
· Free Press Journal
Nisshin: The Indian men's cricket team will face Sri Lanka in the semifinals of the Asian Games after the island nation's quarterfinal against Nepal was abandoned due to inclement weather here on Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka made it to the last four owing to their higher ranking. While they are placed ninth in the team rankings, Nepal are 14th.
There has been consistent rain in Nagoya over the past few days, leading to all four quarterfinals, including India's, being washed out.
The 3rd and 4th quarterfinals of the men's cricket event at the Asian Games were both called off due to rain
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QF3 - Sri Lanka vs Nepal
QF4 - Bangladesh vs Malaysia
Sri Lanka and Bangladesh advance to the semifinals by virtue of being the higher seeds pic.twitter.com/purrfReS9o
The second semifinal will be played between Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Both semifinals are set to take place on Thursday.
The Indian men's team, led by Shreyas Iyer, is yet to play a game at the Korogi Sports Park, which also hosted the women's competition won by Harmanpreet Kaur and Co.
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