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'Dil bagaban ho gaya' - Fans react as India clinch gold medal in men's cricket after rain stops final in Asian Games 2022

India faced Afghanistan in the final in Hangzhou. India defeated Bangladesh in the semifinal, while Afghanistan overcame Pakistan to enter the final.

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Indian Men's Cricket Team clinch Gold

India Men's Cricket Team in Asian Games 2022

India won the gold medal in the men’s cricket after the final ended without a result. India faced Afghanistan in the final in Hangzhou. India defeated Bangladesh in the semifinal, while Afghanistan overcame Pakistan to enter the final. Both teams aimed at winning the gold medal in the tournament. But rain had other plans altogether. The match ended without a result and India clinched the gold medal.

Team India won the toss and elected to bowl first on a slow wicket in Hangzhou. India was clinical with the ball as usual and gave little to no room for the Afghanistan batters. Arshdeep Singh and Shivam Dube were brilliant with the new ball and did not let the top order batters settle in the middle. Washington Sundar was also economical from his end. So were R Sai Kishore and Shabaz Ahmed.

In the middle overs, Ravi Bishnoi was highly impressive, as ever, and contained a lot of runs. In his 4 overs, Bishnoi conceded only 12 runs and claimed a wicket. Arshdeep and Dube claimed a wicket each with the new ball. The collective bowling efforts from India meant that Afghanistan could not run away with the game. In 18.2 overs, Afghanistan scored only 112 runs.

Rain washes out thrilling encounter, India clinches Gold in dramatic finish

As the match was getting interesting, although a low scoring one, the rain made its appearance and destroyed the hopes of the fans. It rained, rained, and rained, until there was no outcome possible from the match. In the end, rain had the last laugh of the match. Both the teams were disappointed with the result, as there was no result from the encounter.

India was given the gold medal due to the higher rankings. Afghanistan claimed a respectable silver medal. In the bronze medal match, Bangladesh defeated Pakistan to end the tournament as the third best team. For India, there were many positives in the tournament. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Washington Sundar, E Sai Kishore, Rinku Singh, and Ravi Bishnoi performed brilliantly.

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