India, Oct. 1 -- A full-strength Indian line-up brushed aside Sri Lankan challenge on Thursday to qualify for the final at the Asian Games 2026 and set up a mouth-watering clash against Pakistan. The Men in Blue bundled out Sri Lanka for 45, the joint-lowest total by any full member nation in T20Is after Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel and Abhishek Sharma prized out two scalps each. With this latest victory, India also set a new record, becoming the team to register the most wins by 100 runs or more, achieving this on 11 occasions.

The 124-run margin is also the highest ever in a semi-final or final of any Men's T20I tournament featuring two full member sides. Earlier in the day, Pakistan qualified for the final of the men's cricket competiti...