New Delhi, July 25 -- The organisers of the 2026 Asian Games released the official draw for the men's and women's cricket competitions, setting the stage for another exciting T20 tournament featuring the continent's leading teams.

Cricket, which returned to the Asian Games in Hangzhou in 2023, will once again be played in the shortest format at the Aichi-Nagoya edition in Japan, with both the men's and women's events expected to attract significant attention.

India are the reigning gold medallists across both the men's and women's categories. The India men's team secured direct qualification to the quarter-finals, along with Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. India will take on one of the teams advancing from the preliminary round, whi...