IND vs AFG, Asian Games 2023 Highlights: India clinch Gold medal after rain abandons final against Afghanistan

Team India got a Gold medal in cricket as the Ruturaj Gaikwad-led side will take the pole position on the podium owing to a higher-ranking as compared to Afghanistan.

The rain has come again halting the play after Afghanistan staged a comeback. The Indian team is still ahead in the encounter as Afghanistan have scored 112 and lost five wickets with just 10 balls remaining in their innings.

Afghanistan have made a slight recovery after losing half their side for just 52. Shahid Kamal and captain Gulbadin Naib have stitched a 50-run stand and will hope to get a score in upwards of 130 to pose some sort of a challenge to India.

Karim Janat, who failed to make Afghanistan's World Cup squad fell cheaply in the Asian Games final as Shahbaz Ahmed cleaned him up. Afghanistan are five down now as India are dominating the game.

Afghanistan loses the fourth wicket with Afzar Zazai going to the pavilion. Both Zazai and Shahid Kamal were failing to understand Ravi Bishnoi and the leggie finally got his first wicket.

When it rains, it pours is proving to be true for Afghanistan as nothing has gone their way in the gold medal match against India so far. If losing two wickets cheaply wasn't enough, Noor Ali Zadran got out to increase his teammates' problems.

Mohammad Shehzad hit a boundary straight against Arshdeep Singh but the bowler was ready with a surprise ball to get rid of the Afghan wicket-keeper batter. However, the replays showed that the ball touched the batter's arm on the way and not the bat as Shehzad was referring to while walking off. However, since there is no DRS, Shehzad had to take the long walk back.

Zubaid Akbari after hitting a boundary towards backward point, mistimed a lofted shot towards mid-on and handed a simple catch to Arshdeep Singh.

Earlier in the bronze medal match, Bangladesh beat Pakistan in the bronze medal match by 6 wickets after chasing down 65 runs in just five overs after the target was adjusted by DLS method.

Zubaid Akbari, Mohammad Shahzad(w), Noor Ali Zadran, Shahidullah Kamal, Afsar Zazai, Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib(c), Sharafuddin Ashraf, Qais Ahmad, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Zahir Khan

Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Tilak Varma, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Arshdeep Singh

Indian captain Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss and opted to field. The decision worked really well for India the last time around in the semis as they restricted Bangladesh for just 96 runs.

India are taking on Afghanistan in the Gold medal match in the men's T20 cricket competition. India beat Nepal in quarter-final and Bangladesh in semis to advance to the final.