Shadow of rain on the final of India-Afghanistan in Asian Games 2023, even if the match is cancelled, gold is sure
Today in the Asian Games 2023, all eyes will be on the Indian men's cricket team, which will play the final of the T20 cricket event against Afghanistan. But, the shadow of rain is looming over this important match. Even if the match is canceled due to rain, India will win the gold. Come, what is the rule regarding this?
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India has created history by winning a century of medals in the Asian Games 2023. This is the first time that India has reached the 100-medal mark in the Asian Games. Today in the Asian Games 2023, all eyes will be on the Indian men's cricket team, which will play the final of the T20 cricket event against Afghanistan at 11.30 am. But, the shadow of rain is looming over this important match. Earlier today, rain also disrupted the match between Pakistan vs Bangladesh for bronze. Bangladesh won this rain-interrupted match by 6 wickets under the Duckworth-Lewis rule. Now the question is that if the India vs Afghanistan match is washed out by rain, then who will get the gold? Let us know what is the rule regarding this?
According to the rules of Asian Games 2023, if the match is canceled due to rain, then the ranked team will be declared the winner. Team India is far ahead of Afghanistan in the ranking, even if the match is canceled due to rain, India will win the gold and the Afghanistan team will have to be satisfied with the silver medal. Let it be known that the Indian women's team has already won the gold medal. Today everyone's eyes will be on the team led by Rituraj Gaikwad.
In the Asian Games 2023, the Indian men's cricket team got a direct place in the quarter-finals only because of its high ranking. India defeated Nepal by 23 runs in the quarter-finals. After this, India defeated Bangladesh by 9 wickets in the semi-finals.
Indian team squad for Asian Games 2023: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Verma, Rahul Tripathi, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Shivam Dubey, Sai Kishore, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, and Akashdeep.