Aichi-Nagoya, Oct. 1 -- India men's cricket team has set a challenging target of 170 runs for Sri Lanka in the second semi-final match of the Asian Games 2026 at the Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin on Thursday.

The winner of this match will clash with Pakistan in the gold medal match on Saturday. India are the defending champions at the Asian Games.

Asked to bat first, India started the batting with two lefties - Abhishek Sharma and the 15-year-old prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.

Sri Lanka started the proceedings in the bowling with spinner Tharindu Ratnayake, who conceded just five runs including a boundary from Sooryavanshi. Abhishek started the next over with a six, but Sahan Arachchige got his revenge on the very next delivery and dism...