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Ind vs Pak Asian Games Final: India Win Cricket Gold by 19 Runs in Nisshin

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India beat Pakistan by 19 runs in the men's cricket final at the 2026 Asian Games in Nisshin, Japan, on Saturday, Oct. 3, to keep the gold medal. India made 211-6 in 20 overs after choosing to bat, and Pakistan finished on 192-6 despite Hasan Nawaz's 96 from 51 balls.

Why people are searching

Google Trends listed "ind vs pak" at 50,000+ searches in Canada. Player names from the same match trended elsewhere: "hasan nawaz" at 1,000+ in Australia, "saim ayub" at 500+ in the United States and "sahibzada farhan" at 200+ in Canada. The news items attached to these terms were the ESPNcricinfo scorecard, Al Jazeera's live report ("India beat Pakistan by 19 runs to claim Asian Games T20 cricket final gold") and Cricbuzz's commentary page. The spike appears to line up with the final, played the same day.

The final at a glance

ItemDetail
EventAsian Games men's cricket, gold-medal match (T20)
VenueKorogi Sports Park, Nisshin, Japan
DateSaturday, Oct. 3, 2026
Batting firstIndia, by choice
India211-6 (20 overs)
Pakistan192-6 (20 overs)
ResultIndia won by 19 runs
Top scoresHasan Nawaz 96, Abhishek Sharma 61, Tilak Varma 51
PowerplayIndia 81-2, Pakistan 39-2

How India got to 211

India scored 81-2 in the first six overs. Abhishek Sharma made 61 from 28 balls, and the ESPN scorecard notes he reached his fifty in 20. Pakistan pulled things back in the middle overs, and India were 133-5 in the 15th over when captain Shreyas Iyer was caught. Tilak Varma and Shivam Dube then added 62 for the sixth wicket. Tilak finished on 51, and India passed 200 in the last over.

How the chase went

Pakistan lost three wickets for 39 inside 6.1 overs. Hasan Nawaz and Saim Ayub rebuilt with an 87-run stand for the fourth wicket, which ended at 126 in the 15th over. Nawaz kept going, but he was caught behind by Sanju Samson off Shivam Dube from the final ball of the match, four short of a hundred. Dube finished with 2-33 from three overs.

Cricbuzz credits Nawaz with seven sixes and lists his 96 as the highest individual score for Pakistan against India in T20 internationals.

Medals

India took gold and Pakistan silver. Al Jazeera described India as retaining the title, and ESPNcricinfo's report headline says India secured gold "again."

What we could not confirm

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