India vs Pakistan Highlights, Asian Games GOLD medal match: IND survive Hasan Nawaz thriller to clinch GOLD

India vs Pakistan Highlights, Asian Games 2026 final: India beat Pakistan by 19 runs to retain the men's cricket crown at the Asiad.

Indian team members celebrate after winning gold medal cricket match between India and Pakistan at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan (AP Photo/AP Photo/Mark Baker))

India vs Pakistan Highlights, Asian Games 2026 final: India are gold medallists in men's cricket, once again. It's a double sweep for the nation in cricket, just like in 2023. The women's cricket team won over a week back. Shreyas Iyer's men won today -- a 19-run win in Nisshin....Read More

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• 3 Oct 2026, 01:52:45 PM IST

  This is how the podium looks

• 3 Oct 2026, 01:38:29 PM IST

  India are two-time gold medallists

• 3 Oct 2026, 01:37:54 PM IST

  What a thriller of a contest!

  Who would have thought that? India scored 211 – their best-ever score against Pakistan in T20Is. And then Pakistan responded with a stunning show, riding on the 94-run knock from Hasan Nawaz. Eventually, the target was indeed too much to ask for, especially after the kind of start they got.

• 3 Oct 2026, 01:32:27 PM IST

  GOLD FOR INDIA!

  Nawaz still a threat for India. He starts off with a six against Dube. That brings down the equation to 29 off 5. Wide ball, next. 28 off 5 now for Pakistan.

  Dube bounces back with a nice wide yorker. That all but confirms the GOLD for India. Another yorker follows, just one run. Nawaz still not giving up. He goes for a six on the fourth ball. 22 off 2 now for Pakistan. Miscues the next ball, a shorter delivery. 20 off the final win.

  And India win. Dube gets a wicket in the last ball. He dismisses Nawaz.

  19th GOLD for India at the Asiad.

• 3 Oct 2026, 01:27:01 PM IST

  Pakistan need 33 runs to win

  Bumrah gets hit for a six, but redeems himself with some tight deliveries, leaving Pakistan with 33 runs to win the game in the final over

• 3 Oct 2026, 01:20:01 PM IST

  Samad out!

  The batter tried to go with the ramp shot on the off side, failed. In the third short, Samad launches it over the bowler's head looking for a six, but does not get the distance. Dube takes the catch, and thus ends the crucial 34-run event partnership for Pakistan.

• 3 Oct 2026, 01:15:51 PM IST

  Huge over from Dube

  Nawaz remains a threat for India. First a six against Axar in the 16th over. He then gets back-to-back four against Dube. The second one came off a fielding error from Sundar. Samad too joins. Dube bowls a shorter delivery and widish and Samad slices it over the slip cordon for a four. Iyer pulls up Dube for small chat.

  Pakistan 160/4 in 17 overs

• 3 Oct 2026, 01:04:20 PM IST

  Dube...finally the breakthrough

  The wait ends for India. The frustration ends for Iyer. Dube with the golden arm...and he gets rid of Ayub. The batter shuffles across for the scoop, but sends it straight towards Sundar at square leg. He goes back for 29 off 22.

  Pakistan 127/4 in 14.2 overs

• 3 Oct 2026, 01:01:01 PM IST

  Bumrah back

  Of course! Iyer had to get him back. And he too goes for a four. Fortunate one for Pakistan, though. Tucked down to the leg side, and Nawaz glances it behind. Nine runs in the over

• 3 Oct 2026, 12:56:53 PM IST

  Nawaz setting up a thriller in Japan

  100 up for Pakistan as Nawaz gets another six against Bishnoi. This clears the long off comfortably. Pakistan still 109 runs behind, and it's still a tall ask. But should Pakistan continue in this fashion, we could be up for a thriller in Nisshin.

  Then hits another six and four to end the over. Bishnoi goes for 20 runs.

  Pakistan 117/3 in 13 overs

• 3 Oct 2026, 12:47:50 PM IST

  Pakistan counterattacking?

  Since that dropped catch from Sooryavanshi, Pakistan have been counterattacking. Saim Ayib now joins the party with two boundaries against part-time spinner Abhishek. The last four overs have produced 47 runs for Pakistan.

  Pakistan 89/3 on 11 overs

• 3 Oct 2026, 12:39:37 PM IST

  Twin sixes from Nawaz

  Another six from Nawaz. Bishnoi bowls another half-tracker and the batter almost gets down on his knee and goes square of the wicket for a six. And then again, a delivery later, this time over deep mid-wicket. Sundar did have an opportunity. He was standing a bit too up. The bowler and Samson is not happy.

  Pakistan 76/3 in 10 overs

• 3 Oct 2026, 12:36:27 PM IST

  Poor fielding from Sooryavanshi

  Abhishek sets up the catch as Hasan Nawaz sends the ball high into the air toward long-on. Sooryavanshi races in, and so does Bishnoi. The latter notices, stops, but still remains in Sooryavanshi's way, who then crashes into his teammates. Catch dropped!

  Nawaz responds with a six on the next ball.

  Pakistan 62/3 in 9 overs

• 3 Oct 2026, 12:32:11 PM IST

  Pakistan's first boundary in 25 balls

  After 25 balls, Pakistan their get first boundary. Bishnoi bowls a half-tracker, and Ayub gets in shape to rock back and dispatch it over deep mid-wicket for a six.

  Pakistan 52/3 in 8 overs

• 3 Oct 2026, 12:26:23 PM IST

  Sadaqat sent back

  Sundar with a throw-the-ball-come-back-in catch and Axar gets his second wicket in the match, dismissing Sadaqat for 23 off 18.

  Pakistan 39/2 in 6.1 overs

• 3 Oct 2026, 12:25:14 PM IST

  Pakistan feeling the pressure

  They were riding their luck at the start of the chase, but have now failed to score a single boundary in the last two overs, since the dismissal of Farhan, managing just six runs in the last 15 balls.

  Pakistan 39/2 in 6 overs

• 3 Oct 2026, 12:19:43 PM IST

  And 2nd wicket falls

  He has been building pressure with his tight deliveries. Usman Khan ran out of patience and he took on the fuller delivery, but sent it straight to Dube at mid-wicket. Pakistan lose their second wicket for 36 runs in the fifth over.

• 3 Oct 2026, 12:15:49 PM IST

  Finally the breakthrough!

  Sundar gets into the attack and both Farhan and Sadaqat get four each in the first three balls. However, the spinner gets rid of Farhan on the fourth ball. He goes wild with the slog over midwicket, but finds Axar in the deep.

  Pakistan 33/1 in 3.4 overs

• 3 Oct 2026, 12:07:58 PM IST

  Lucky start for Pakistan?

  Sadaqat goes for the slog sweep, gets the top edge and that carries it behind for a four.

  Oh...what was that fielding error? Ishan and Sundar both misfield and India concede two more runs.

  Pakistan 21/0 in 2 overs

• 3 Oct 2026, 12:02:11 PM IST

  Two no balls in the first over

  Not the start Bumrah wanted...two no-balls in the opening over and Maaz Sadaqat hits a four on the second free hit. And then survives a scare. Wildly swings the bat, gets an outside edge that carries the ball towards deep backward point. No fielders there.

  India 11/0 in 1 overs

• 3 Oct 2026, 11:57:43 AM IST

  A look at how Tilak and Dube brought India back

  First 6 overs: 81/2 (RR - 13.5)

  Overs 7-15: 56/3 (RR - 6.2)

  Overs 16-20: 74/1 (RR - 14.8)

  Tilak scored 43 runs in those final overs, while Dube smashed 23 runs.

• 3 Oct 2026, 11:54:44 AM IST

  It's Bumrah time!

  Bumrah to begin India's bowling proceedings in the match. Sahibzada Farhan takes strike for Pakistan.

• 3 Oct 2026, 11:42:03 AM IST

  India finish with 211/6

  200 up for India with Tilak getting the top edge to fly over the keeper for a six. What's next? Another six! Swings the ball wildly to dislodge the ball over backward square leg for a massive, massive six.

  India have scored almost 70 runs in the last five overs.

  Tilak brings up his 50 as well. What a knock from the vice-captain.

  India finish with 211/6

• 3 Oct 2026, 11:37:42 AM IST

  Dube mistimes and India go 6 down

  With India dominating spinners, Pakistan get in a pacer for the last over. Dube, basking in the momentum, goes big with the pull shot, but finds the fielder in the deep. He goes back for 27 off 15.

  India 195/6 in 19.1 overs

• 3 Oct 2026, 11:34:13 AM IST

  6, 6, 4 from Dube!

  After Tilak, Dube joins the party. What a six! Smashed wide over long off, and then rocks backs to get it wide of long-on for a six now. That is followed by a four! Dube is on fire and he brings up the fifty-run stand with Tilak. Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson is absolutely frustrated in the Pakistan dug-out.

  23 runs in this over! After all the fight back, I will regret this.

  India 195/5 in 19 overs

• 3 Oct 2026, 11:28:17 AM IST

  Tilak Varma on fire

  And you said he was not good against spin? First ball of the 18th over...fuller and Tilak miscles it down the ground for a four. What a shot! Tilak then goes big...this time for back-to-back six!

  Meanwhile, you can see VVS Laxman in deep conversation with Bumrah. Just an over left and India will be bowling action next.

  India 172/5 in 18 overs

• 3 Oct 2026, 11:22:49 AM IST

  No boundary for 35 deliveries…Tilak ends it

  After 35 deliveries...yes, you read it right. After almost six overs, India scored their first boundary, with Tilak Varma ending the drought with a four against Abrar.

  India bring up 150 runs in the 17th over. Dube too hits a four in the over.

• 3 Oct 2026, 11:13:08 AM IST

  Iyer falls!

  Pakistan have pulled things back in the last few overs. Since the powerplay, India have managed 62 runs in 8.1 overs, implying a run rate if just under eight. And they have also lost three wickets, with Iyer being the latest victim. He was struggling on this slow pitch and Abrar put him out of his misery, sending him back for 21 off 24.

• 3 Oct 2026, 11:07:02 AM IST

  Ishan OUT!

  Pakistan go against the textbook and it works. You don't generally put an offie against a left-handed batter. But Sahibzada Farhan risked that and Minhas gets rid of Ishan. The batter hangs back to go for the pull shot, but gets beaten by the slow turn as the ball creeps through and rattles against the stumps.

  India 128/4 in 13.1 overs

• 3 Oct 2026, 11:03:51 AM IST

  Well, if you did not take a note of THAT send-off

• 3 Oct 2026, 11:02:57 AM IST

  Ishan reaches sensational milestone

  With his unbeaten 13-ball 18, he reached the landmark of 1000 runs in T20 cricket. He becomes the second Indian to feat, after Suryakaumar Yadav in 2022, and third overall -- Mohammad Rizwan is the other batter, who had reached the feat in 2021.

  Of the total, 602 runs came in IPL this year for SRH, where he struck at 182.42.

  India 124/3 in 12 overs

• 3 Oct 2026, 10:59:03 AM IST

  Drop in run rate…so what?

  First six overs -- 81/2 (RR: 13.5)

  Next five overs -- 49/1 (RR:8.1)

  Despite the drop in scoring rate, the occasional fours from Iyer and Ishan are keeping the momentum up, leaving India in sight of the big total

• 3 Oct 2026, 10:55:45 AM IST

  The one that got overlooked!

  Bumrah is the sixth Indian to the milestone and 71st overall

• 3 Oct 2026, 10:51:36 AM IST

  Iyer, Ishan take charge

  They got four each against Abrar in the ninth over, and followed suit against Sufyan Moqmin in the 10th over. India are well on cards for a huge total in Nisshin. Gold medal in sight?

  India 114/3 in 10 overs

• 3 Oct 2026, 10:48:07 AM IST

  Already on course towards a winning total?

  India are closing in on 100 inside 10 overs on a pitch that is turning from the beginning. Unless something goes horribly wrong, a total of at least 140 looks very much on the cards from here. With Pakistan lacking batting depth and India boasting a bucketful of spinners, Axar, Washy and company will fancy their chances of putting the inexperienced Pakistan batting line-up under serious pressure.

• 3 Oct 2026, 10:47:53 AM IST

  Abhishek-inspired record

  The 81/2 India scored in the first six overs is the most a team has managed in the powerplay against Pakistan in T20Is, beating their own previous record of 69/0 in the Asia Cup last year.

  Abhishek's 24-ball 50 is also the fastest by fifty against Pakistan in the format. Moreover, he extended his record of getting the most fifties in a powerplay -- six times -- in T20Is inside the powerplay.

• 3 Oct 2026, 10:44:34 AM IST

  Abhishek out!

  He smashes six against Minhas on the fourth ball, but the bowler finally had his revenge. The next ball snuck through as the batter stepped out to go for a second six. The keeper does the rest. Stumped! He goes back for 61 off 28.

• 3 Oct 2026, 10:41:21 AM IST

  An over without boundary…that's some respite for Pakistan

  One of the tighter overs from Pakistan. Abrar Ahmed concedes just four runs in his first over.

  India 85/2 in 7 overs

• 3 Oct 2026, 10:36:30 AM IST

  50 for Abhishek

  Pace back on and six back on. Length ball and Abhishek pulls the first ball of the over through deep mid-wicket for a six.

  Nightmare continues for Pakistan. Slower bouncer. Abhishek ducks it. Wicketkeeper misses. And the ball goes all the way to the boundary. 5 wides! Pakistan players are not happy. You can see it. Wide again. There are still three balls remaining and India have crossed 70-run mark.

  Oh...Abhishek survives! What was he doing? There was no run. Iyer did not move at all. Fortunate for the Indian batter that Pakistan wicketkeeper was nowhere in the frame to inflict that run out.

  Abhishek bounces back with a six over deep extra cover and 50 for the batter. He celebrates using his usual ‘L’ gesture

  India 81/2 in 6 overs

• 3 Oct 2026, 10:30:05 AM IST

  Pakistan drop two chances

  Pakistan turn to spin again. Arafat Minhas is the next bowler in. He's a left-arm orthodox bowler. Does he troubled Abhishek? No. He starts off the over with a six. Swivels across and hammers the pull over deep square leg for his third six in the match.

  He threatens yet again, on the fourth ball. This time he does not gets the distance. The fielder at deep midwicket races in to take the catch, but drops.

  Pakistan drop another catch on the last ball. Iyer mistimes the shot and the ball slices off his bat, balloons over once again to the mid-wicket region and the same fielder drops it.

  India 63/2 in 5 overs

• 3 Oct 2026, 10:23:51 AM IST

  Samson departs

  Second wicket falls for India. Wanted to go for the big shot, but mistimes it. The ball hits the outside edge and balloons over to the fielder at backward point. He goes back for just 2 off 4.

• 3 Oct 2026, 10:22:41 AM IST

  Abhishek charges on

  No Sooryavanshi, no problem for India. Abhishek Sharma charges on, scoring a six and two consecutive fours against Saim Ayub, and then thumps another one against Ahmed Daniyal as Pakistan surprising bring in a pacer into the attack. He has gotten off to a flying start for India with a couple of sixes and three fours

• 3 Oct 2026, 10:14:22 AM IST

  Sooryavanshi OUT!

  Oh…there is the ROCK THE CRADLE celebration! Why…why did he attempt that! Wanted to go for the reverse sweep against the length ball from Ayub, but got the faintest of touch and the wicketkeeper holds on to it. He goes back for 15 off 9.

  India 28/1 in 2.1 overs

• 3 Oct 2026, 10:12:29 AM IST

  Sixes from Sooryavanshi!

  He was kept quiet in the first over as the ball turned sharply. Perhaps assessing the conditions. But he launched not one, but two sixes in the next over against Saad Masood – one slogged over the bowler's head, the other pulled across over square leg. Abhishek joins the party as well…as he rocked back to dispatch the fifth ball for a six over long-on.

  Pressure on Pakistan as the bowler bowls a no-ball. Abhishek jumps and slices across to hit the final ball over the point for a four.

  Huge over for India.

  India 28/0 in 2 overs vs Pakistan

• 3 Oct 2026, 10:07:13 AM IST

  How has Sooryavanshi fared against offies?

  He has scored 128 runs in 66 balls against the variety in T20 cricket for just four dismissals, all of which happened in 2025. In T20Is, he has been dismissed thrice by off-spinners in 34 balls for 50 runs.

• 3 Oct 2026, 10:02:20 AM IST

  Over to Sooryavanshi

  Time for action in Nisshin. Sooryavanshi and Abhishek step out to. Saim Atub, off-spinner, to get Pakistan's attack underway. No-brainer there. Textbook strategy against left-handed batters.

• 3 Oct 2026, 09:57:10 AM IST

  Time for national anthem

  Players make their way onto the field. Time for the national anthem. India go first, followed by Pakistan.

• 3 Oct 2026, 09:55:10 AM IST

  Sanjay Manjrekar's warning ahead of finale

• 3 Oct 2026, 09:46:15 AM IST

  Here's Pakistan's playing XI

  Sahibzada Farhan(c), Maaz Sadaqat, Usman Khan(w), Saim Ayub, Hasan Nawaz, Abdul Samad, Arafat Minhas, Ahmed Daniyal, Saad Masood, Abrar Ahmed, Sufyan Moqim

• 3 Oct 2026, 09:44:39 AM IST

  Just a reminder…NO NAQVI TODAY!

  Due to prior commitments, Naqvi will not be present on the day of the final, implying no awkward moment in Japan. The medals will, in fact, be presented by ICC chairman Jay Shah, Hiroki Kondo, Nisshin City mayor, and Nilo Jayatolake, Vice President, National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka