Indian men bag gold in cricket against Afghanistan at the Asian Games

HANGZHOU: Indian Men’s cricket team bagged a gold medal after rain abandoned the final match against Afghanistan at the Asian Games, here on Saturday.

Team India, by virtue of having a higher seeding, won the gold medal.

Earlier, the Harmanpreet Kaur-led Women’s team scripted history by winning the first cricket Gold in the Asian Games, and now Ruturaj Gaikawad’s side brought double glory toIndian men bag gold in cricket against Afghanistan at the Asian Games home.

In the grand final, Afghanistan batted first after Ruturaj Gaikwad decided to field first. The start was not con-vincing for them as they lost three wickets early in the innings.

Afghanistan was on 112 for 5 after the 18.2 overs when the rain interruption happened. The drizzle got heavier and it was impossible for the groundsmen to make the ground prepared for the match to resume.

The decision in the end went in India’s favour as they are a highly ranked team in the ICC Rankings as com-pared to Afghanistan. IANS

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