IND vs PAK Highlights, Asian Games 2026 final: India retain men's cricket gold, beat Pakistan by 19 runs in the final

Shivam Dube to bowl the final over, Hasan Nawaz gets a four on the first ball. Dube follows it up with two dot balls. The Indians in the stands knows it. Loud cheers can be heard. Nawaz clobbers Dube for a six in the fourth ball. But its too late now. Nawaz is out on the final ball as Pakistan manage 192/6. India win by 19 runs.

OUTTTT!!! Washington Sundar strikes again. Abdul Samad departs. India are smelling god now. PAK 168-5 (18)

Big Big over from Pakistan as Hasan Nawaz take 16 runs from Shivam Dube's 17th over. Pakistan now need 52 runs from the last three overs. PAK 160-4 (17)

OUTTTT!!!! Shivam Dube has broken the stand. Saim Ayub, who was looking dangerous, holes out to Washington Sundar. Ayub departs for 29. PAK 130-4 (15)

Saim Ayub and Hasan Nawaz have steadied the Pakistan innings in the middle overs. The duo has already forged more than 50 runs for the third wicket. But having said that, they have a mountain to climb. PAK 97/3 (12)

After 10 overs, Pakistan are placed at 76/3. Drinks are on the field and India are in form control. The asking rate for Pakistan is well above 13 runs per over. Can India retain the gold?

OUTTTT!!! Two wickets in two overs for India. Washington Sundar gets better of Sahibzada Farhan for 10. In the next over, Axar Patel takes Usman Khan, caught by Shivam Dube. Two overs later, Axar Patel once again makes the headlines with the wicket of Maaz Sadaqat. PAK 42/3 (7)

And we are back in the chase. Sahibzada Farhan and Maaz Sadaqat walk out to bat for Pakistan in the chase. Jasprit Bumrah will open the attack. PAK 11/0 (1)

Tilak Varma adds finishing touches with a 22-ball unbeaten fifty as India post 211/6 on a pitch that is assisting spin.

After Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube takes on Saim Ayyb with 4, 6, 6 in three consecutive deliveries. IND 195/5 (19)

Tilak Varma comes up with a much-needed boost towards the end of the innings. He takes on Sufyan Moqim to smash a four and two back-to-back sixes in the 18th over. IND 172/5 (18)

India are losing the plot after a fiery start. Captain Shreyas Iyer has been caught by Sahibzada Farhan. He departs for 21. IND 137/5 (15) With five more overs to go, Can India reach close to 180?

The run rate has certainly come doen after the departure of Abhishek Sharma. To add more misery, Ishan Kishan, who scored an unbeaten 80 in the semis, has also walked back after being cleaned up by Arafat Minhas. Kishan could only manage 20 runs. IND 128/4 (13.1)

Abhishek Sharma departs when India needed him the most. After compketing his fifty, the Indian opener dances down the track for a big hoick, but misses the line of the ball and is stumped. Arafat Minhas takes the wicket. Abhishek departs for 61 off just 28 balls. IND 103/3 (9)

Fifty for Abhishek Sharma! The Indian opener rises up to the occasion when needed the most. At a time when India lost Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Sanju Samson, Abhishek has taken up the responsibility to the the team forward. He reaches his fifty with a six off Ahmed Daniyal in 20 balls.

Sanju Samson's poor run at the Asian Games continues. The Indian wicketkeeper batter, who was dropped to no.3, was caught by Arafat Minhas after Samson miscued a shot to Ahmed Daniyal. Shreyas Iyer has joined Abhishek Sharma in the middle. IND 63-2 (5)

OUTTT!!!! Vaibhav Sooryavanshi departs after an entertaining second over. Saim Ayub bowls a widish delivery and Sooryavanshi was planning for a reverse sweep. He gets an under-edge as the ball goes to the keeper Usman Khan. The Pakistan keeper fumbles a few times before holding onto the ball. Sooryavanshi walks back for 15. IND 43-1 (3)

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Abhishek Sharma start with a bang. After reading the pitch in the first over, the Indian openers went bonkers against Saad Masood, smashing the Pakistan bowler for three sixes and a four. IND 28/0 (2)

Time for the toss. Indian captain Shreyas Iyer has won the toss and opted to bat first. Both the teams go with an unchanged XI. As usual, there were no handshakes between the captains.

Rain has played a huge role in the men's cricket competition at the Asian Games 2026 with all the four quarterfinals being abandoned due to rain. Ahead of the India vs Pakistan final, there is a only 10% chances of rain.