Due to their higher seeding in the continental championship on Saturday, the Ruturaj Gaikwad-led Indian men’s cricket team won the gold medal in their Asian Games debut after their final match versus Afghanistan was postponed due to rain. When Afghanistan was given the opportunity to bat, they were 112 for 5 in 18.2 overs when the Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field was forced to call a halt to play. The game was never resumed after that point. The Afghans got off to a shaky start and were down to 12/3 after four overs thanks to cheap wickets taken by their top three, Zubaid Akbari (five), Mohammad Shahzad (four), and Noor Ali Zadran (1).
When leg-spinner Bishnoi (4-0-12-1) removed Zazai with a bad one, India responded by breaking the 37-run partnership.
Shahbaz Ahmed, a left-arm spinner, castled Karim Janat for one run from the other end. Before their progress was impeded, the Afghanistan total was given some legitimacy thanks to the captain Gulbadin Naib and Shahidullah’s partnership for 60 runs.
India won their first cricket gold medal at the Asian Games, and the match’s referee from Sri Lanka, Graeme Labrooy, decided to end it.