The Gold Medal Match of Cricket at the 2026 Asian Games takes place at Korogi Athletic Park (5,000 capacity) in Nisshin, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on October 3, 2026, with first ball at 2:00 PM JST (UTC+9). The two teams are the winners of Semifinal 1 and Semifinal 2, competing for the gold medal and the title of Asian Games cricket champions. India are the defending gold medallists from the 2023 Hangzhou Games.

An Asian Games gold medal in cricket is a rare and prestigious honour, recognised across the Olympic movement’s continental framework. The last time cricket featured at the Asian Games before 2023 was the 2010 Guangzhou Games, making every gold medal a historically significant achievement for the winning nation’s cricket program.

Korogi Athletic Park is a 5,000-capacity venue in Nisshin, east of Nagoya, purpose-built for cricket at the 2026 Asian Games. The venue’s modest capacity means the intimate atmosphere on medal day will feel unlike any major cricket final in an ICC venue.

A 2:00 PM JST first ball translates to 10:30 AM IST in India, 5:00 AM GMT in London, 4:00 PM AEST in Sydney, and 1:00 AM EDT in New York.

India enter as defending champions, having won gold in Hangzhou in 2023 in a tournament that confirmed the sub-continent’s dominance in Asian cricket. But the T20I format is designed for unpredictability, and any of the four seeded nations, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, are capable of winning on a given day in a twenty-over match.

The 2026 Asian Games run across Aichi Prefecture from September 19 to October 4. Cricket’s Gold Medal Match concludes the sport’s program one day before the Games close, bringing the 20th Asian Games cricket chapter to an end.

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