India are Asian Games men's cricket champions again. Defending the title they won on ranking in Hangzhou, they beat Pakistan by 19 runs in Saturday's T20 final at Korogi Park Athletic Stadium in Nagoya, the first time the two sides had met for Asian Games gold.
Choosing to bat, India made 211-6. Abhishek Sharma reached fifty in 20 balls on his way to 61, helped by two dropped catches and a missed run-out, and 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hit back-to-back sixes in a 24-run second over before falling for 15. Pakistan pulled India back to 133-5 in the 15th over, but Tilak Varma (51 not out) and Shivam Dube (27) added 62 in five overs to carry the total past 200.
The chase would have been Pakistan's highest successful T20 international pursuit, and Hasan Nawaz kept it alive almost to the end with 96 off 51 balls, including seven sixes. Jasprit Bumrah conceded only 11 in the penultimate over, leaving 33 needed off the last, and Nawaz was out to the final ball four short of a hundred as Pakistan finished on 192-6.
Sri Lanka took bronze, beating Bangladesh by 63 runs. The Games close on Sunday.
Source
Original summary by Proventier.