India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: Indian bowlers start well but yet to take a wicket
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: Catch the updates here from the quarterfinal match in Nisshin.
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: The Indian women’s cricket team opens its Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games campaign later today against hosts Japan at Nisshin. It's a quarterfinal match, it may be noted....Read More
Harmanpreet Kaur’s bunch is high on confidence following their Asia Cup win this past Sunday. The Indian team was not only undefeated in all five of their matches but they also won those contests — against Thailand, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Bangladesh (semifinal) and Sri Lanka (final) — convincingly.
They are defending champions at the Asian Games, so that should also give them a lot of confidence. As far as Japan are concerned, they look forward to this game to gain experience against one of the biggest teams on the planet.
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- 18 Sept 2026, 10:54:03 AM IST
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: First boundaries for Japan
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: Kano picks up the first boundary, in the direction of third man. Not a convincing shot. Here is another boundary, this time from the bat of Iwasaki. A nice lofted shot over mid-on. Japan 21/0 after five overs. Nine runs off the Charani over.
- 18 Sept 2026, 10:49:04 AM IST
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: Japan 12/0 after four overs
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: The Indian bowlers have bowled well so far but they are yet to take their first Japanese wicket. Frankly, the wicket doesn't look that juicy. Most of the balls from the pacers have been played by the Japanese batters without much trouble, even though there are not many runs to speak of. Basically, they have been untroubled so far.
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- 18 Sept 2026, 10:43:06 AM IST
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: Another two-run over
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: The Japanese batters look a bit defensive. So far there is no real intention to go for big shots. Must be some strategy. They want to play all 20 overs, it seems. It's a big game for them, against one of the biggest teams in the world. They don't want to bomb it by being over-aggressive. May just fold for a nothing total.
- 18 Sept 2026, 10:34:19 AM IST
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: Kranti runs in
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: Just two runs from the first over. A double off the third ball from the bat of Haruna Iwasaki. Lovely drive on the offside. Akari Nishimura Kano is the other Japanese batter. Good start for India. Nandani Sharma to bowl the second over.
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- 18 Sept 2026, 10:26:44 AM IST
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: National anthems underway
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: Japan first. Host nation and there is plenty of support for them in the stands. Now it's India. Very sober-looking Indian players. The Asia Cup was different. They were lively during national anthems.
- 18 Sept 2026, 10:13:26 AM IST
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: India's Playing XI
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Gunalan Kamalini, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Shree Charani, Shreyanka Patil, Kranti Gaud, Nandani Sharma
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- 18 Sept 2026, 10:04:47 AM IST
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: If India win today…
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: They will face Bangladesh in the semifinals. The Bangladesh-China game was washed out yesterday without a single ball being bowled and the team from the subcontinent advanced to the next round on account of their better ranking.
- 18 Sept 2026, 10:02:14 AM IST
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: India are bowling first!
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: India have won the toss and decide to bowl first. That's a bit surprising. One would have thought, they would bat first and put up a massive score. But maybe, they want to finish the match quickly. Get them out for a low total and then chase it down real quick.
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- 18 Sept 2026, 09:42:26 AM IST
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: We are nearing the toss
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: 18 minutes to the toss. Scheduled for 10 am. The boundaries are really small at Nisshin, between 60m and 65m. If India bat first, brace yourself for a run-fest.
- 18 Sept 2026, 09:11:41 AM IST
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: The format!
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: There are eight teams in the fray. Quarterfinals, semifinals, final and third-place playoff. The men's format is slightly different. India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are already in the quarters where they are awaiting their last-8 opponents. There is a group stage starting September 24 and the remaining four teams come from there. The rest is the same as the women's format.
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- 18 Sept 2026, 09:01:45 AM IST
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: Japan's squad
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: Haruna Iwasaki, Akari Nishimura Kano, Mai Yanagida(c), Shimako Kato, Erika Oda, Hinase Goto(w), Ahilya Chandel, Kurumi Ota, Ayumi Fujikawa, Elena Kusuda Nairn, Nonoha Yasumoto, Meg Ogawa, Seika Sumi, Erika Toguchi Quinn, Ayaka Kato-Stafford
- 18 Sept 2026, 09:01:12 AM IST
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: India's squad!
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Gunalan Kamalini, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Shree Charani, Kranti Gaud, Nandani Sharma, Radha Yadav, Renuka Singh Thakur, Shreyanka Patil
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- 18 Sept 2026, 08:38:03 AM IST
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: Hello and welcome!
India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: To our coverage of India's quarterfinal against hosts Japan at Kisshin. The match will kick off at 10:30 am. Stay tuned for more updates.