India Beats Pakistan by 19 Runs to Win Asian Games Cricket Gold, Completing Historic Men's-Women's Double

Team India’s men cricket team victory builds onto the glory created by its women’s team that beat Sri Lanka just eleven days ago with a mammoth 147 run victory in their own final. The victory for both the teams also earned India gold medals in both the men’s and women’s cricket competitions at the Asian Games for the first time in history.

Table of Contents

1. The Men's Final: Scorecard and Key Moments

2. The Women's Final, Eleven Days Earlier

3. The Historic Double

4. India vs. Pakistan: The Rivalry's Latest Chapter

5. Men's and Women's Finals at a Glance

6. Conclusion

The Men's Final: Scorecard and Key Moments

Following winning the toss, team India decided to bat first and secured a comfortable score of 211 for 6 wickets in 20 overs with their opener Abhishek Sharma beginning India’s inning with a safe headstart through his 61 off 28 balls inning. Tilak Varma further contributed to the total with a stunning 51 off 22 while remaining unbeaten while Shivam Dube further added 27 runs off 15 balls. While the team witnessed a slight wobble during the middle overs, it quickly fought back and scored 74 runs in the final five overs to remain within a fighting chance while Pakistan’s Arafat Minhas and Ahmed Daniyal put in strong feet to grab two wickets each.

During the second innings, Pakistan could only manage to put a total of 192 for 6 across the 20 overs, being defeated by 19 runs after a splendid spell by Jasprit Bumrah who only conceded 10 runs in the 19th over, leaving Dube to defend 32 runs for the final over. Dube conceded a total of 13 runs in the final over while also dismissing Hasan Nawaz off the last ball to seal the win for his country. Hasan Nawaz led the majority of Pakistan’s challenge having scored a 96 off 51 balls before being dismissed on the final delivery of the match while attempting for one final large hit. The victory for Team India also marked a now extended seven match winning streak against Pakistan in men’s T20 Internationals.

The Women's Final, Eleven Days Earlier

Just eleven days earlier, the Indian Women’s Cricket team had secured the country’s first gold medal of the 2026 games on September 22, after emerging triumphant with a 147 run victory in Nisshin while also defending its winners title from the 2023 Hangzhou games. The Women’s team similarly batted first and posted a total of 216 for 3, the highest total in Asian Games cricket history which was built upon a remarkable 99 run opening partnership between Smriti Mandhana (79 off 45) and Shafali Verma (48) while Richa Ghosh was quick to add an unbeaten 49 off 22 balls in the closing overs.

During the second innings, Sri Lanka quickly collapsed to 69 all out within 15.4 overs, with spin bowlers taking him the entirety of the wickets for the day. Within team India, Deepti Sharma secured 3 for 6 while Sayali Satghare and Titas Sadhu-era spin also emerged with quick numbers alongside Shafala Verma’s 2 for 3 during the bowling inning. On the other hand, Pakistan's women won bronze, after beating Bangladesh by 31 runs in the third-place match and finishing the medal tally for the cricket category at the 2026 Asian games.

India vs. Pakistan: The Rivalry's Latest Chapter

The men’s final victory over their Rival Pakistan marked an extension to their dominant run over their rivals in the limited-overs category. Having recently beaten Pakistan by 19 runs in the 2025 Asia cup final in Dubai, the women’s team had also won over the Pakistan team by 19 runs in a separate tournament. At the previous 2023 Asian Games at Hangzhou, Pakistan had failed to reach the men’s final after being defeated by Afghanistan in the semi final, despite having clinched the gold medal in men’s cricket category in the previous 2010 and 2014 editions, long before India’s 2023 and 2026 record victories.

Men's and Women's Finals at a Glance

Conclusion

The Gold medal won by the men’s cricket team marked the 19th gold medal of the games while being the 81st medal overall across all categories. By the completion of the tournament, India had successfully amassed a stunning tally of 85 medals comprising 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze awards across both men’s and women’s competitions. The gold medal in the final match of the Asian Games for team India marks an identical end from the start with a career-defining gold medal that is set to become the new benchmark of records. With both the men and women team defending their previous titles and emerging victorious, the result earned India a clean sweep at both cricket titles while showcasing its talent and depth across various sports and men’s and women’s categories!