India, Sept. 25 -- Asian Games 2026 Cricket Schedule: The Indian men's cricket team will begin its Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026 campaign directly in the quarter-finals as one of the four seeded teams. India, the defending men's T20 cricket champions, will face the second-placed team from Group A in the quarter-final on September 28.

India have been placed among the four teams receiving direct entry into the knockout stage along with Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan, Japan and Nepal will compete in Group A, while Hong Kong, China, Malaysia and Oman form Group B. The top two teams from each group will advance to the quarter-finals.

The men's cricket competition began with Afghanistan taking on Japan on September 24, follow...