India retain Asian Games cricket gold, hold off Pakistan in final
Cricbuzz credits Abhishek, Tilak and Dube with steering India past Pakistan, but the full match report was not available to verify the margin or the scorecard.
India retained the Asian Games men's cricket gold, beating Pakistan in the final of the 2026 Games, according to reports carried by Leadership Newspapers and the cricket website Cricbuzz.
Cricbuzz's account of the match named Abhishek, Tilak and Dube as the players who staved off Pakistan's challenge and clinched India's gold. Leadership Newspapers reported that India held off Pakistan to retain the title they were defending. Neither outlet's full match report was available to Skardu Times at the time of filing, so the margin of victory, the toss, the individual scores and the bowling figures could not be confirmed.
As losing finalists, Pakistan take the silver medal.
The result means India keep the men's cricket gold they won at the previous edition of the Games, a point both reports make in describing the win as a retention of the title rather than a first success.
Details of Pakistan's run to the final, the composition of the squad and the team management's reaction to the defeat were not carried in the material available overnight. The Pakistan Cricket Board had not issued a statement that this newspaper could obtain by the time of filing.
Cricket's place on the Asian Games programme has given the fixture added weight in recent cycles, with the short-format competition drawing national sides into a multi-sport event. The final against India was the second time in the tournament's recent history that the two neighbours have met for gold.
This story will be updated when the full scorecard and the boards' statements become available.
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