The India versus Pakistan Asian Games cricket final will be played on Saturday, October 3 at 10 AM IST at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin, Japan. The toss will take place 30 minutes before the match.
The match will be telecast live on the Sony Sports Network. Live streaming will be available on the Sony Sports Network platform.
India reached the final after beating Sri Lanka by 124 runs in the semi-final, while Pakistan advanced with a six-wicket win over Bangladesh in a rain-shortened match.
Yuzvendra Chahal has ended his 17-year red-ball career but says he isn't finished with white-ball cricket and will keep pushing for an India return.
Yuzvendra Chahal called time on first-class cricket on Friday after 17 years. The 35-year-old leg-spinner finished with 148 wickets from 49 matches at 32.27, starting with Haryana in 2009 and ending with Northamptonshire at Lord's. His last international appearance came in August 2023 — 72 ODIs and 80 T20Is in total.
Chahal admits his Test dream is probably gone, but he still wants to play white-ball cricket for India. He says the hunger is still there and he'll do whatever it takes to earn another chance in ODIs and T20Is. He also thanked the Haryana Cricket Association for backing him throughout his career.
Mumbai's decision to exclude Suryakumar Yadav from the Ranji Trophy squad rests on his absence from pre-season training and lack of recent red-ball experience rather than performance.
Mumbai selectors left Suryakumar Yadav out of the 16-member Ranji Trophy squad for the match against Chandigarh despite the former India captain making himself available. The Mumbai Cricket Association said he had not attended the team's pre-season camp since the end of June and had not played a red-ball match in the previous 18 months.
Chief selector Rajesh Pawar stated that including Suryakumar would have meant dropping a younger player who had performed in recent games. An MCA source told PTI that Suryakumar was non-responsive for ten days when first approached about the squad and confirmed availability only at a later stage. The association has asked him to play state-level red-ball tournaments such as the Police Shield or Purushottam Shield to regain match fitness.
Siddhesh Lad will captain Mumbai with Ayush Mhatre as vice-captain. The MCA said it would consider Suryakumar for white-ball captaincy if Shreyas Iyer is unavailable. Shardul Thakur will miss the opening matches due to injury.
Shubman Gill said India must settle its World Cup combination quickly and improve fielding and death bowling before 2027.
India captain Shubman Gill said the team has little time to experiment and must settle on its World Cup combination soon. He criticised the side's fielding after India dropped seven catches across the three-match ODI series against West Indies. Gill said dropping three or four catches in the final match alone broke the team's momentum. He also flagged concerns over death bowling clarity, noting the side was unsure whether to attack or defend in the final overs. India won the series 2-1 despite the fielding lapses. Gill said Anshul Kamboj and Auqib Nabi are in contention for all-rounder spots but the side needs stability before the 2027 World Cup. The next ODI assignment is a five-match series in New Zealand starting November 4.
Fast bowler Prasidh Krishna is likely to be selected for India's upcoming tour of New Zealand despite suffering a hamstring injury in the second ODI against the West Indies. The 30-year-old pacer was ruled out of the third match after bowling only five overs in Guwahati.
India will travel to New Zealand in the third week of October to play five T20Is, five ODIs and two Test matches. According to a Cricbuzz report, Prasidh's hamstring injury is not considered serious enough to rule him out of the tour, and his selection will depend on clearance from the BCCI's Centre of Excellence.
Bengal fast bowler Mukesh Kumar has also come into contention for the New Zealand Tests after his six-wicket haul in the Irani Cup for Rest of India. Akash Deep also impressed in the Irani Cup after recovering from a lower-back stress fracture.
Nic Maddinson has been recalled to Australia's Test squad for the series against South Africa, 10 years after his debut. The 34-year-old has not played a first-class match since March 2025 and was preparing for club cricket when he received the call. He had been captaining New South Wales in the Sheffield Shield before illness interrupted his career.
Maddinson overcame testicular cancer after a final round of chemotherapy last year. He flew from Sydney to Byron Bay to collect his passport and Baggy Green before travelling to Johannesburg. If selected ahead of Cooper Connolly, Australia's XI would consist entirely of players aged 30 or above.
The first Test begins in Durban on Friday. South Africa will decide Kagiso Rabada's availability as late as possible after he returned from a hamstring injury.
Nic Maddinson is in contention for a Test return against South Africa after recovering from cancer.
Nic Maddinson is in contention to end a decade-long Test absence in Australia's series against South Africa starting Friday. The 34-year-old has not played a first-class match since March 2025 after undergoing chemotherapy for testicular cancer. He received the call from selector George Bailey while preparing to play club cricket for Eastern Suburbs. Maddinson said the selection was surprising but he remains motivated to return. If selected, he would become part of an Australia XI made up entirely of players aged 30 and above. His last Test appearance came in the 2016-17 series under Steve Smith and Darren Lehmann.
Dinesh Karthik said India has moved beyond Mohammed Shami and there is no point recalling him for the 2027 World Cup. The former wicketkeeper stated the team's current pace stocks are sufficient.
Shami last played for India during the 2025 Champions Trophy after recovering from a lengthy spell of injuries. Since then, the selection committee has backed Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, and Gurnoor Brar in his absence. Karthik made the comments in a video interview with Cricbuzz.
Shami has continued to deliver strong domestic performances for Bengal but remains outside the national plans. India won the three-match ODI series against West Indies 2-1, but the attack conceded runs freely in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah.
KL Rahul explained the challenges of batting at number five and six since the ICC changed the ODI ball rule in July 2025, after scoring an unbeaten 129 against West Indies.
KL Rahul said batting in the middle order has become more difficult since the ICC changed the ODI ball rule in July 2025. The rule replaced two new balls with a single ball from the 35th over onwards. Rahul scored an unbeaten 129 from 87 balls in the third ODI against West Indies in New Chandigarh on Saturday.
"It's very different, but I've been doing this role for the last 6-7 years. In the last year and a half, since the ball change rule has happened, it's been very different. It's not been easy to get 80-90 in the last 10 overs. The ball's been getting reverse swing," Rahul told JioStar.
Rahul said he has worked on playing older, softer balls and hitting sixes with them. He is expected to feature in India's multi-format series against New Zealand later this month.
Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi touched ICC chairman Jay Shah's feet in a gesture of respect after India won the Asian Games men's cricket gold medal on Saturday. The moment was captured on video and circulated widely on social media.
India defeated Pakistan by 19 runs in the final at Nisshin. Sooryavanshi was part of the victorious squad alongside captain Shreyas Iyer. Jay Shah presented the gold medals to the Indian team after the match.
Shah posted on social media that Nagoya and Japan had written a proud new chapter in cricket's history. He thanked every competing nation, the Olympic Council of Asia and organisers for bringing the event to Japan.
India captain Shubman Gill has backed seamers Anshul Kamboj and Auqib Nabi to feature in the team's ODI plans despite their difficult debuts against the West Indies. Gill said both players are the kind who will be in the mix a lot, particularly because they can contribute with the bat at number eight.
Kamboj and Nabi were rushed into the ODI side for debuts this week despite their limited white-ball records. Kamboj conceded 82 runs in nine overs while Nabi leaked 84 runs in 8.4 overs on a batting paradise in Guwahati.
Gill said there is not much time to experiment ahead of the 2027 World Cup. He hopes the team will have all its players available from the next series in New Zealand and start playing with the combination they want for the tournament.
Ayush Pandey said VVS Laxman advised him to focus on his process rather than milestones after a string of starts for India A against Australia A. The 23-year-old opener from Chhattisgarh has yet to convert starts into big scores at this level.
Pandey scored 19 in his most recent innings after being dismissed by a short ball that stayed low. He said Laxman told him missing chances is part of the game and he should not worry excessively.
Pandey has scored 1,317 runs in the last two Ranji Trophy seasons, including a double century against Assam.
Vihari called the inability to defend 350-plus totals a warning sign for India's pace attack.
Hanuma Vihari has called on India to bring Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami back into the ODI squad. The former India batter made the comments after India failed to defend 351 against the West Indies in the third ODI. Vihari warned against depending too heavily on Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya.
Vihari said experienced bowlers provide stability when breakthroughs are needed. He described India's failure to defend a total above 350 as a major warning sign with the 2027 ODI World Cup less than a year away. India lost the match by five wickets after West Indies chased the target in 48.2 overs.
Vihari said the result was a wake-up call for India's bowling attack. He noted that backup options struggled after expensive spells from Anshul Kamboj, Gurnoor Brar and Nitish Kumar Reddy.
Mohammed Siraj returns to the XI after Prasidh Krishna's injury; Nitish Kumar Reddy also set to replace Auqib Nabi Dar.
Prasidh Krishna has been ruled out of India's third and final ODI against the West Indies after sustaining an injury while bowling in the second match in Guwahati on Wednesday. The BCCI selectors added uncapped fast bowler Anshul Kamboj to the ODI squad as a replacement but he is unlikely to play.
Mohammed Siraj is expected to return to the playing XI and lead the bowling attack after being left out of the first two matches. The Indian pacers conceded 405 runs in the second ODI without him. Nitish Kumar Reddy is also likely to replace Auqib Nabi Dar, who conceded 84 runs without taking a wicket on debut.
India have already sealed the series. The team is unlikely to make changes to the top three of Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli. KL Rahul and Naman Dhir will hope to get batting opportunities in the final match.
Avishka Fernando has been recalled to Sri Lanka's ODI squad for the tri-series in Pakistan, replacing Charith Asalanka, while Sahan Arachchige comes in for injured Wanindu Hasaranga.
Sri Lanka have recalled Avishka Fernando to their ODI squad for the upcoming tri-series in Pakistan. Fernando returns after a period of absence from the limited-overs side.
Sahan Arachchige has taken the spot of the injured Wanindu Hasaranga, while Charith Asalanka has been dropped from the squad. The tri-series serves as preparation for all three teams ahead of next year's ODI World Cup in South Africa.
Sri Lanka will face England and Pakistan in the triangular tournament, with the matches providing valuable match practice in conditions similar to those expected at the World Cup.
Shaun Tait returns to Pakistan as fast-bowling consultant after previously coaching the side from 2022 to 2023.
Former Australian pacer Shaun Tait is set to return to the Pakistan national team as a fast-bowling consultant. Tait will reach Pakistan early in the coming week and join the squad after meeting with officials at the Pakistan Cricket Board. He previously served as Pakistan's bowling coach from 2022 to 2023.
Tait most recently worked with Bangladesh and stepped down over concerns about working full-time in a year-round role. He wants to spend more time with his young family. It remains unclear whether Tait will work with the white-ball teams, the red-ball team or all of them.
The Test side recently lost its bowling coach, Umar Gul, who was sacked midway through the Test tour of England. The Test head coach's job is also vacant after Sarfaraz Ahmed's sacking. White-ball coach Mike Hesson took over initially during the tour but his long-term status is uncertain.
The Bengal pace duo combined for nine wickets to bowl Rest of India to a 167-run Irani Cup victory.
Mukesh Kumar and Akash Deep took nine wickets between them as Rest of India defeated Jammu and Kashmir by 167 runs in the Irani Cup final in Srinagar. Mukesh finished with six for 33 and Akash took three for 25. The pair dismissed the last seven Jammu and Kashmir wickets for 22 runs.
Both bowlers represent Bengal and followed similar routes from Bihar through domestic cricket to the national side. Akash Deep returned after a seven-month injury layoff and touched speeds above 140 kmph. Mukesh Kumar said bowling together creates a difficult environment for batters.
Rest of India enforced the victory on the fourth day after posting a substantial lead. The win gives both pacers momentum ahead of the Ranji Trophy season that begins on October 11.
Pakistan women's fast bowler Kainat Imtiaz retired from international cricket after representing the team in 19 ODIs and 21 T20Is over 13 years.
Pakistan women's fast bowler Kainat Imtiaz announced her retirement from international cricket after a 13-year career. She represented Pakistan in 19 ODIs and 21 T20Is. Imtiaz made her T20I debut against South Africa in October 2010 and her ODI debut against Ireland in 2013.
She featured in four matches at the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2017 and was part of Pakistan's gold-medal-winning squads at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games. Her final ODI appearance came against Australia at the Gabba in January 2023.
Imtiaz has begun a new role as a match referee and officiated at the PCB National Women's U19 T20 Tournament in August and September. Her mother, Saleema Imtiaz, became Pakistan's first woman umpire appointed to the ICC International Development Panel in 2024.
Mohammed Siraj has played only four ODIs in 2026 despite Jasprit Bumrah’s limited availability, prompting questions about India’s World Cup planning.
Mohammed Siraj has featured in just four ODIs this year, raising questions over India’s planning ahead of the 2027 World Cup. After the IPL 2026 campaign with Gujarat Titans, Siraj played one Test against Afghanistan and was then rested for the ODIs against Afghanistan and England, the England T20Is and the Zimbabwe T20Is.
Siraj was brought back for the West Indies series but was rested in the first two matches before playing the dead rubber in New Chandigarh, where he bowled eight overs for 52 runs and one wicket. Captain Shubman Gill gave him limited opportunities in the death overs during the chase.
India tried out Prasidh Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Prince Yadav, Harshit Rana, Auqib Nabi and Anshul Kamboj during Siraj’s absence. The pacer has taken 35 wickets in the last two IPL seasons and remains one of India’s most improved white-ball bowlers.
Kainat Imtiaz retires at 34 to pursue a career as a match referee, following her mother Saleema Imtiaz into officiating after a 13-year international career.
Pakistan fast bowler Kainat Imtiaz announced her retirement from international cricket after a 13-year career. She represented Pakistan in 19 ODIs and 21 T20Is between October 2010 and January 2023, taking 10 ODI wickets and eight T20I wickets.
Imtiaz has already begun officiating as a match referee, working at the PCB National Women’s Under-19 T20 Tournament in Karachi in August and September. Her mother, Saleema Imtiaz, became the first Pakistani woman umpire appointed to the ICC’s International Development Panel and has officiated in nine women’s ODIs and 69 women’s T20Is.
Imtiaz was part of Pakistan teams that won gold medals at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games. She also represented the country at the 2017 ODI World Cup, the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the 2022 Asia Cup. Aiman Anwar made a similar transition to match officiating after retiring from international cricket in August.
