India defeated Pakistan by 19 runs in the Asian Games men’s cricket final to retain their gold medal. Abhishek Sharma smashed a 20-ball fifty before Tilak Varma and Shivam Dube powered India to 211/6. Hasan Nawaz hit 96 for Pakistan.
India and Pakistan will face each other for the first time at the Asian Games when they clash for the men's cricket gold medal in Nisshin on Saturday. India enter the final after defeating Sri Lanka by 124 runs.
