The men’s cricket competition has reached its important stage at Asian Games 2026. After the group stage matches the picture of quarter finals is quite clear. The 8 8 teams will compete next to survive in the race for gold medal.

The quarter-final of Asian Games 2026 will be played on September 28 and 29. India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh got a direct entry to the quarter-final, whereas Afghanistan, Nepal, Hong Kong and Malaysia got their spot through Group stage.

The biggest match for Indian cricket fans will be on September 28 which will be played between India and Afghanistan.

Quarter-Final Schedule

The schedule of all Quarter-final matches will be something like this:

Match

Date

Teams

Time (IST)

QF 1

September 28

Pakistan vs Hong Kong

5:30 AM

QF 2

September 28

India vs Afghanistan

10:00 AM

QF 3

September 29

Sri Lanka vs Nepal

5:30 AM

QF 4

September 29

Bangladesh vs Malaysia

10:00 AM

 The matches will start at 9:00 AM and 1:30 PM according to Japan Time which 5:30 AM and 10:00 AM IST.

India vs Afghanistan

The match between India and Afghanistan will take place on September 28 at 10:00 AM IST.

Team India

Team Afghanistan

· Shreyas Iyer (Captain)

· Darwish Rasooli (Captain)

· Abhishek Sharma

· Mohammad Ishaq (WK)

· Sanju Samson (WK)

· Mohammad Akram

· Ishan Kishan

· Hassan Eisakhil

· Shivam Dube

· Khalid Taneal

· Tilak Varma (Vice-Captain)

· Imran Mir

· Nitish Kumar Reddy

· Faisal Shiozawa

· Acar Patel

· Najibullah Zadran

· Washington Sundar

· Farmanullah

· Varun Chakaravarthy

· Ismat Alam

· Ravi Bishnoi

· Karim Janat

· Jasprit Burmah

· Namgyal Kharoti

· Arshdeep Singh

· Arab Gul Momand

· Vaibhav Soorya Anshi

· Faridoon Dawood Zai

· Yash Thakur

· Abdollah Ahmadzai

 

Pakistan vs Hong Kong

The match between Pakistan and Hong Kong will be on September 28 at 5:00 AM IST

Team Pakistan

Team Hong Kong

·  Sahibzada Farhan (C)

·  Yasim Murtaza (C)

·  Abdul Samad (VC)

·  Babar Hayat

·  Abrar Ahmed

·  Anas Khan

·  Ahmed Daniyal

·  Anshuman Rath

·  Akif Javed

·  Ayush Shukla

·  Ali Raza

·  Ehsan Khan

·  Arafat Minhas

·  Hafeez Khan

·  Haider Ali

·  Hussain Rajab

·  Hasan Nawaz

·  Mohammad Ghazanfar

·  Maaz Sadaqat

·  Mohammad Hassan Khan

·  Mohammad Wasim Jnr

·  Mohammad Waheed

·  Saad Masood

·  Nizakat Khan

·  Saim Ayub

·  Rana Nasrulla

·  Sufyan Moqim

·  Shahid Wasif

·  Usman Khan

·  Shiv Mathur

 

Sri Lanka vs Nepal

The match between Sri Lanka and Nepal will be on September 29 at 5:30 AM IST.

Team Sri-Lanka

Team Nepal

·  Yasim Murtaza (C)

·  Dipendra Singh Airee (C)

·  Babar Hayat

·  Rohit Kumar Paudel

·  Anas Khan

·  Sompal Kami

·  Anshuman Rath

·  Karan KC

·  Ayush Shukla

·  Sandeep Lamichhane

·  Ehsan Khan

·  Aarif Sheikh

·  Hafeez Khan

·  Aasif Sheikh

·  Hussain Rajab

·  Kushal Bhurtel

·  Mohammad Ghazanfar

·  Lalit Rajbanshi

·  Mohammad Hassan Khan

·  Gulsan Kumar Jha

·  Mohammad Waheed

·  Nandan Yadav

·  Nizakat Khan

·  Lokesh Bam

·  Rana Nasrulla

·  Sundeep Jora

·  Shahid Wasif

·  Sher Malla

·  Shiv Mathur

·  Kushal Malla

 

Bangladesh vs Malaysia

The fourth quarter-final match between Bangladesh and Malaysia will be on September 29 at 10:00 AM IST.

Team Bangladesh

Team Malaysia

·  Litton Das

·  Syed Aziz Syed Mubarak

·  Tanzid Hasan

·  Virandeep Singh

·  Parvez Hossain Emon

·  Muhammad Haziq Aiman Mohd Hafiz

·  Mohammed Saif Hasan

·  Pavandeep Singh

·  Najmul Hossain Shanto

·  Vijay Unni

·  Tawhid Hridoy

·  Sharvin Muniyandy

·  Musaddek Hossain Saikat

·  Muhamad Syahadat Ramli

·  Yasir Ali Chowdhury

·  Muhammad Akram Abd Malek

·  Rishad Hossain

·  Muhammad Amir Azim Abd Shukor

·  Shak Mahedi Hasan

·  Aslam Khan Malik

·  Nasum Ahmed

·  Muhammad Azri Azha Amaluz Zaman

·  Shoriful Islam

·  Amirkhan Malik

·  Mustafizur Rahman

·  Muhammad Wafiq Irfan Zarbani

·  Hasan Mahmud

·  Ainool Hafizs Md Yatim

·  Aliss Al Islam

·  Rahim Khan Malik

 

Knockout Bracket

The favorites for India vs Afghanistan are India so far but we never know what happens in the game. Same thing is with the other three quarter-finals as Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri-Lanka got a direct entry they are considerably the favorites to face each other in the semi-finals but this game is unpredictable and anything can happen.

After the Quarter-finals the semi-finals will be played from October 1, 2026, after which on October 3 the bronze and gold medal match will be played. The contest will be tough as India is the defending their title and are looking forward to retain it at after which the same T20I squad will be playing in West Indies Tour of India 2026.