Games-Sri Lanka and Bangladesh Advance as Rain Washes Out Cricket Again
- On Tuesday, September 29, rain washed out the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games cricket quarterfinals at Korogi Sports Park, as Sri Lanka and Bangladesh advanced to the semifinals as higher-ranked teams.
- Monday's quarterfinals between India-Afghanistan and Pakistan-Hong Kong were also abandoned due to similar inclement weather; organizers spent an entire year converting the baseball diamond into a cricket facility.
- Bangladesh will compete in the semifinals without batter Najmul Hossain Shanto, who was ruled out due to a fever, while sports director Jarrad Shearer noted, "A year of my life on this, and it rains."
- India will face Sri Lanka and Pakistan will play Bangladesh in the semifinals on Thursday, October 1; if those matches are also abandoned, India and Pakistan will advance based on rankings.
- The gold medal will be shared by both teams if the final is also washed out. Shearer remains optimistic sunny conditions will allow staff to prepare the venue for upcoming cricket matches.
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Due to continuous rain, the teams advancing to the semifinals of the men's cricket at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games were decided without a single throw of the ball. The men's cricket quarterfinal match between Sri Lanka and Nepal, scheduled to be held on the 29th at the cricket stadium converted from the Korogi Sports Park Baseball Field in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, was to take place.
The Nepalese cricket team participating in the Nagoya Asian Games failed to advance to the semifinals due to the cancellation of matches caused by rain. While their homeland is suffering severe loss of life and property due to massive flooding, the athletes are demonstrating fighting spirit by winning bronze medals in events such as karate and kabaddi despite the shock of the disaster. Nepal has been conducting systematic training with the goal …
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