India are scheduled to face Afghanistan in the Asian Games cricket quarterfinal at 10 a.m. IST on Monday, Sept. 28, in Nisshin, Japan. Indian viewers can watch on Sony Sports Network or DD Sports via DD Free Dish, or stream on Sony LIV; the toss is at 9:30 a.m.
The preview's predicted India XI is Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh. Afghanistan's projected XI is Mohammad Akram, Hassan Eisakhil, Karim Janat, Faisal Khan Ahmadzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Ishaq (wicketkeeper), Darwish Rasooli (captain), Nangeyalia Kharote, Abdullah Ahmadzai, Faridoon Dawoodzai and Arab Gul Momand.
India finished on top in the 2023 Hangzhou final after it was washed out, because they were the higher-seeded team. Afghanistan's tournament squad is described as markedly different from its regular senior T20I setup, with Darwish Rasooli captaining instead of Rashid Khan or Ibrahim Zadran.
