Asian Games: India claims gold in men's cricket after rain abandons fixture

At the Asian Games, Team India won gold after match was abandoned due to rain as they were the highest ranked team in the tournament as compared to Afghanistan.

Hangzhou:Indian cricket team won the final of the Asian Games on Saturday as a result of match being called off due to rain. After choosing to bowl first, India dominated the proceedings right from the start as they soon reduced the opposition to 52/5 sending the half of the opposition back to the pavilion. However, Shahidullah Kamal and Gulbadin Naib joined forces to steady the innings and stitch a 60-run partnership for the sixth wicket. But, rain interrupted in the game and India won the gold after the match was called off as they were the highest ranked team in the tournament .

• 2:32 PM
  The match has been callled off and India won the gold as a result.
• 1.21 PM
  Rain stops play and the covers are on now.
• 1.17 PM
  Gulbadin Naib joined forces with Shahidullah to stitch a partnership of fifty runs for the sixth wicket and the pair is on its way to help Afghanistan put up a decent total
• 1.08 PM
  Shahidullah has steadied the innings for Afghanistan to some extent and will be looking to help them post a competitive total.
• 12.52 PM
  Seems like Shahidullah is aiming for acceleration as he takes on Shahbaz Ahmed in the 13th over with a boundary and a six.
• 12.42 PM
  Shahbaz Ahmed also joins the party by taking one more wicket as his delivery to Karim Janat drifted in through the air and beat the inside edge of the batter. Afghanistan are in deep waters now as they have lost half the side inside the first 11 overs.
• 12.36 PM
  Ravi Bishnoi dismisses Afsar Zazai as his googly breached the defence of the batter and the stumps were shattered as a result.
• 12.25 PM
  Afsar Zazai and Shahidullah Kamal are trying to steady ship for Afghanistan as they have built a 26-run partnership so far for the fourth wicket.
• 12.11 PM
  This time around, Afghanistan have shot themselves in the foot as Noor Ali walks back to the pavilion after getting dismissed in attempt of risky second run. The Afghanistan batters tried to take two runs after the shot was played towards backward square leg but Ravi Bishnoi was accurate with his throw and Afghanistan lost their third wicket.
• 12.05 PM
  Arshdeep Singh provides second breakthrough for India as he gets rid of Mohammad Shahzad as the batter tried a dab towards third man but ended up edging the ball.
• 11.59 AM
  Shivam Dube dismisses Zubaid Akbari as he tried to slog a good length ball on the leg-side but completely mistimed it. The ball popped up in the air and Arshdeep made no mistake in taking a simple catch.
• 11.49 AM
  India Squad: Asian Games 2022. India: R Gaikwad(c), Y Jaiswal, T Varma, J Sharma (wk), R Singh, S Dube, W Sundar, S Ahmed, R Bishnoi, S Kishore, A Singh.