{
  "id": 9734482,
  "title": "Asian Games 2026: Who Can Shreyas Iyer-Led Team India Face In Quarter-Final? Full Men's Cricket Bracket Explained",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/asian-games-2026-who-can-shreyas-iyer-led-team-india-face-in-quarter",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-25T08:08:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
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    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/sports/asian-games-2026-who-can-shreyas-iyer-led-team-india-face-in-quarter-final-full-mens-cricket-bracket-explained"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "India’s men’s cricket team will begin their Asian Games 2026 campaign directly in the quarter-finals as Shreyas Iyer-led side looks to defend the gold medal won at the 2023 Hangzhou Games. The men’s cricket competition is being played in the T20 format in Japan, with India among the four teams to receive direct entry into the knockout stage based on their continental T20I ranking. India will play…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "China stay top at Asian Games, Malaysia eye sepak takraw gold",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/china-stay-top-at-asian-games-malaysia-eye-sepak-takraw-gold",
        "published": "2026-09-25T04:47:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
        "title": "Asian Games 2026: Japan Men’s Table Tennis Team Topple Titan China to Claim 1st Gold in 60 Years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/asian-games-2026-japan-mens-table-tennis-team-topple-titan-china-to",
        "published": "2026-09-25T06:09:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Asian Games 2026: India Women's Hockey Team Beat Hosts Japan 3-1 As Lalremsiami, Ishika And Navneet Kaur Score To Seal Semifinal Spot",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/asian-games-2026-india-womens-hockey-team-beat-hosts-japan-3-1-as",
        "published": "2026-09-25T06:44:50.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}