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  "id": 8005118,
  "title": "Cricket at Asian Games 2026: India squad, schedule, scores and results for men's and women's tournament",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/cricket-at-asian-games-2026-india-squad-schedule-scores-and-results",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-17T10:14:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/cricket-asian-games-2026-india-101438910.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Cricket returns to the 2026 Asian Games, with India as defending champions in both men's and women's T20 cricket. The women's tournament runs from September 17 to 22, while the men's tournament spans from September 24 to October 3. India's women's team, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, won gold at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou. India's men's team won based on a higher ranking when their match against Afghanistan was washed out. India's women's team will face Japan in the quarter-finals on September 18, while their men's team plays their first match on September 28.",
  "summary": "India feature in both the men’s and women’s cricket tournaments at the 2026 Asian Games. Find the squads, schedule, scores and results here.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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