TOURNAMENT COMPLETE: India won the gold medal in women cricket at the 2026 Asian Games. Sri Lanka took silver. Pakistan beat Bangladesh in the bronze medal match to claim third place. The eight-team T20 knockout ran 17โ22 September at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin, Aichi. India are now back-to-back Asian Games gold medallists, Hangzhou 2023 and Nagoya 2026.
- ๐ฅ Gold: India, defeated Sri Lanka in the final, 22 September.
- ๐ฅ Silver: Sri Lanka, runners-up for the second consecutive Asian Games.
- ๐ฅ Bronze: Pakistan, defeated Bangladesh in the bronze medal match.
- 4th: Bangladesh, lost the bronze match to Pakistan.
The final on Tuesday 22 September settled a fourth consecutive IndiaโSri Lanka women cricket major trophy meeting: Hangzhou 2023 Asian Games (India won), 2026 Women Asia Cup in Dubai (India won), and now the 2026 Asian Games gold medal match (India won again). India have not lost a major T20 final to Sri Lanka in recent memory. Harmanpreet Kaur lifts a second Asian Games gold as captain. The semi-final results on Sunday 20 September set the stage: Sri Lanka beat Pakistan (CKT05) and India beat Bangladesh (CKT06).
Venue: Korogi Sports Park, Nisshin
Every women match is at one ground: Korogi Sports Park (also written Kลrogi) in Nisshin city, Aichi Prefecture. The Hindu and Sportstar both describe it as sitting on the outskirts of Nagoya. Start times on the official board are 9:00 and 14:00 Japan Standard Time, which is 5:30 AM and 10:30 AM IST. Day one proved the outfield matters as much as the pitch. Bangladesh versus China was abandoned without a toss because the square was too wet. Pakistan versus Thailand started late and was cut to 11 overs a side for the same reason. Any medal prediction that ignores rain and a single-venue queue is guessing.
Full fixtures and scorecards are on each match page and in the tournament results.
Format: four quarter-finals, then medals
Unlike the men event, the women tournament has no league stage. Japan qualified as hosts. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka entered as regional full members. China, Thailand and Malaysia completed the eight. The official knockout draw, with ticket codes CKT01 to CKT08, is:
- CKT01, 17 Sep 9:00 JST: Bangladesh vs China. Winner into Sunday's 14:00 semi-final.
- CKT02, 17 Sep 14:00 JST: Pakistan vs Thailand. Winner into Sunday's 9:00 semi-final.
- CKT03, 18 Sep 9:00 JST: Sri Lanka vs Malaysia. Winner into Sunday's 9:00 semi-final.
- CKT04, 18 Sep 14:00 JST: India vs Japan. Winner into Sunday's 14:00 semi-final.
- CKT05, 20 Sep 9:00 JST: semi-final, winners of CKT02 and CKT03 (Pakistan vs Sri Lanka).
- CKT06, 20 Sep 14:00 JST: semi-final, winners of CKT01 and CKT04 (Bangladesh vs India or Japan).
- CKT07, 22 Sep 9:00 JST: bronze-medal match.
- CKT08, 22 Sep 14:00 JST: gold-medal match.
That bracket is from the organising committee, not from a media graphic. A few recap wires mixed the semi-final pairings. Trust CKT05/CKT06: Pakistan play Sri Lanka in the morning semi-final; Bangladesh play the India-Japan winner in the afternoon.
Full schedule with IST times
Quarter-final results so far
Bangladesh vs China: no toss, Bangladesh through
PTI, filed from Nagoya, reported that the first quarter-final was called off without the captains reaching the middle. Sportstar cited playing condition 16.10.2 (b): the higher-ranked side advances after a washout. Bangladesh sit 10th on the ICC T20I ranking list in that report; China are 36th. Nigar Sultana Joty's side therefore go to Sunday afternoon without having faced a ball at these Games. China are out.
Pakistan vs Thailand: 11 overs, three wickets, two balls left
Same wet ground, later start, game reduced to 11 overs a side. Fatima Sana won the toss and bowled. Thailand made 91 for 4. Wicketkeeper Nannapat Koncharoenkai hit 49 off 38 with seven fours until Sana trapped her lbw in the last over. PTI named Shawaal Zulfiqar (25) and Fatima Sana (21) as Pakistan's main scores, and Off-spinners Onnicha Kamchomphu (3 for 37) and Sunida Chaturongrattana (2 for 23) as Thailand's wicket-takers. Sportstar added that Tuba Hassan, Eman Naseer and Umm-e-Hani closed a nervy chase with two balls to spare. Pakistan won by three wickets and will play Sri Lanka on Sunday morning.
Sri Lanka vs Malaysia: Athapaththu 63, Sri Lanka win by 86
IANS, from Nisshin on 18 September, had Sri Lanka 160 for 4 and Malaysia 74 for 7 in 20 overs. Chamari Athapaththu made 63 off 37 and took two wickets. Kavisha Dilhari made 44 off 27. Harshitha Samarawickrama made 25 off 18. Sri Lanka, silver medallists at Hangzhou 2023 and runners-up to India at the Women Asia Cup final in Dubai last week, are in Sunday's morning semi-final against Pakistan.
India vs Japan: India into the semi-finals
Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and fielded on Friday 18 September. India XI: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), G Kamalini, Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Sree Charani, Shreyanka Patil, Kranti Gaud, Nandani Sharma. Japan XI: Haruna Iwasaki, Akari Nishimura Kano (wk), Mai Yanagida (c), Erika Oda, Ahilya Chandel, Shimako Kato, Ayaka Kato-Stafford, Ayumi Fujikawa, Hinase Goto, Erika Toguchi Quinn, Nonoha Yasumoto. Sree Charani had four wickets as Japan were skittled for a low total. India chased down comfortably to set up a Sunday semi-final against Bangladesh. This was the first India Women vs Japan Women meeting in international cricket.
Semi-final results (20 September)
CKT05: Sri Lanka beat Pakistan, Sri Lanka into the final
Sunday morning at Korogi Sports Park, Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan to book their place in the gold medal final. Chamari Athapaththu's side had already beaten Malaysia by 86 runs in the quarter-final; the semi-final win confirmed Sri Lanka as the second finalist. Pakistan, who had beaten Thailand by three wickets in a rain-reduced quarter-final, go straight to the bronze medal match on Tuesday. For Sri Lanka it is their second consecutive Asian Games women cricket final; they lost to India at Hangzhou 2023 by 19 runs, and they lost to India in the Women Asia Cup final in Dubai the week before the Asian Games began. Full scorecards are on each match page.
CKT06: India beat Bangladesh, India into the final
India defeated Bangladesh in the afternoon semi-final to defend their Hangzhou gold medal path. Bangladesh had reached the semi-final without bowling a ball, their quarter-final against China was washed out and they advanced on ICC ranking. India's XI on semi-final day continued the pattern set against Japan: Sree Charani and the BCCI bowling group applying pressure with the ball, Mandhana and Shafali providing the platform with the bat. Bangladesh go to Tuesday's bronze medal match against Pakistan. The India vs Bangladesh semi-final was a replay of the Hangzhou 2023 semi-final, which India also won, that time by eight wickets, bowling Bangladesh out for 51. Scorecards are on each match page.
India squad (BCCI, then the Japan travelling party)
BCCI named the original 15 on 30 June 2026: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), G. Kamalini (wk), Bharti Fulmali, Sree Charani, Renuka Thakur, Kranti Gaud, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil (subject to fitness), Radha Yadav, Nandni Sharma.
Jemimah Rodrigues was ruled out on 14 August after a high-grade right hamstring tear suffered at The Hundred on 3 August. Pratika Rawal replaced her for the Asia Cup; a BCCI source told IANS on 9 September that Pratika is also on the 15 submitted for the Asian Games. Shreyanka Patil, originally asterisked for an ankle injury from the T20 World Cup, travelled and was in Friday's XI. Sportstar's 17 September list of the 30 cricket athletes India is sending (men plus women) matches that travelling party: Pratika in, Jemimah out, Shreyanka in.
India arrive as Hangzhou gold medallists (beat Sri Lanka by 19 runs in the 2023 final: India 116 for 7, Sri Lanka 97 for 8) and as 2026 Women Asia Cup winners against the same opponent in Dubai. That is the form case. The squad case is a near first-choice T20 side minus Jemimah.
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Sri Lanka
ThePapare published SLC's 15 on 12 September, captained by Chamari Athapaththu: Vishmi Gunarathne, Sanjana Kavindi, Imesha Dulani, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Nilakshika Silva, Hasini Perera, Kaushani Nuthyangana, Kavisha Dilhari, Sugandika Kumari, Nimasha Meepage, Chamodi Praboda, Rashmika Sewwandi, Kawya Kavindi, Mithali Ayodhya. Hangzhou silver. Already through, and Athapaththu has a 63 in the bank.
Pakistan
Fatima Sana captains. Express Tribune listed the party that opened against Thailand: Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Zafar, Eman Naseer, Eyman Fatima, Gull Feroza, Humna Bilal, Momina Riasat, Nashra Sundhu, Saira Jabeen, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Tasmia Rubab, Tuba Hassan, Umm-e-Hani. Muneeba Ali did not travel after a family bereavement; Gull Feroza kept wicket. Pakistan won gold at Guangzhou 2010 and Incheon 2014, then finished fourth at Hangzhou (lost the bronze match to Bangladesh by five wickets). They are in a semi-final, but the Thailand chase showed the batting is brittle in the wet.
Bangladesh
Nigar Sultana Joty captains; Nahida Akter is vice-captain on the BCB list released for Asia Cup and the Games together. Hangzhou bronze. They have not played a ball here. That is luck, not a form statement. Sunday against India (if India beat Japan) is a replay of the Hangzhou semi-final, which India won by eight wickets after bowling Bangladesh out for 51.
Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, China
Japan, captained by Mai Yanagida, have a home crowd and a first-ever shot at India. Thailand pushed Pakistan to the last two balls of an 11-over chase and are out. Malaysia were beaten comprehensively by Sri Lanka and are out. China never got on the field and are out.
Gold medal final preview: India vs Sri Lanka
This is now three consecutive major finals between India and Sri Lanka in women's T20 cricket: Hangzhou 2023 Asian Games gold (India won by 19 runs, 116 for 7 vs 97 for 8), the 2026 Women Asia Cup final in Dubai the week before these Games (India won), and now Tuesday's Asian Games gold at Korogi Sports Park. India have won both previous meetings at this level. Sri Lanka won their semi-final against Pakistan on Sunday morning in the same city, removing the one side many expected to challenge India from the undercard.
RESULT: India won the gold medal. Harmanpreet Kaur lifted the trophy for the second consecutive Asian Games, adding to India's victory at Hangzhou 2023. Sri Lanka competed hard throughout the tournament, Chamari Athapaththu's 63 in the quarter-final against Malaysia was the individual batting highlight, but India's consistency across all phases proved decisive in the final too. India take gold; Sri Lanka silver.
- Gold final: India vs Sri Lanka, Tuesday 22 September, 14:00 JST / 10:30 AM IST, Korogi Sports Park.
- India have beaten Sri Lanka in both their major T20 finals this calendar year. Sri Lanka have beaten Pakistan twice (Asia Cup group + Asian Games semi).
- Athapaththu is the tournament's standout batter. Mandhana and Shafali are India's opening threat. Deepti Sharma and Sree Charani have controlled middle-overs bowling for India throughout.
- If abandoned: India advance on ICC T20I ranking.
Bronze medal match: Pakistan ๐ฅ beat Bangladesh
RESULT: Pakistan won the bronze medal match on Tuesday 22 September, beating Bangladesh to claim third place. Pakistan have now added a bronze to their Asian Games cricket record, they previously won gold at Guangzhou 2010 and Incheon 2014. Bangladesh, who had taken bronze at Hangzhou 2023 (they beat Pakistan in that bronze match), finish fourth this edition. Pakistan's grit and semi-final experience, they had played and lost to Sri Lanka on Sunday, less than 48 hours before the bronze, proved the edge.
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Frequently asked questions
These are the queries showing up around this event: gold final time, Sony LIV, who plays Tuesday, rain rules, India vs Sri Lanka history. Answers below match the latest results and the official schedule, not a pre-tournament preview.
Who won the women gold medal at Asian Games 2026?
India won the gold medal. They beat Sri Lanka in the final on Tuesday 22 September 2026. Sri Lanka take silver, their second consecutive Asian Games silver (they also lost to India at Hangzhou 2023). This was India's and Sri Lanka's third consecutive meeting in a major women T20 final: Hangzhou 2023 (India won), 2026 Women Asia Cup Dubai (India won), and 2026 Asian Games gold final (India won).
Who won the bronze medal?
Pakistan beat Bangladesh in the bronze medal match on Tuesday 22 September to claim third place. Bangladesh, who had the 2023 Hangzhou bronze, finish fourth this time.
Where to watch India vs Sri Lanka final live in India?
Sony Sports Network on TV, Sony LIV app and website for streaming. Check your operator for the exact channel; some listings also include DD Sports / DD Free Dish. CricketDream is not the broadcaster.
When is India vs Japan women, and what is the time in IST?
Played Friday 18 September 2026. India won, as expected. Toss at 10:00 AM IST, start 10:30 AM IST (14:00 JST), Korogi Sports Park. India into the semi-finals.
What were the semi-final results on 20 September?
Sunday 20 September: CKT05 (morning, 9:00 JST / 5:30 AM IST), Sri Lanka beat Pakistan. CKT06 (afternoon, 14:00 JST / 10:30 AM IST), India beat Bangladesh. Both matches are confirmed in the official results.
When is the women gold medal match?
Tuesday 22 September 2026, 14:00 JST (10:30 AM IST) at Korogi Sports Park. Bronze is 9:00 JST (5:30 AM IST) the same morning.
Is there a group stage in women cricket?
No. Eight teams, four quarter-finals, two semi-finals, bronze and gold. That is the difference from the men event, which has a three-team group stage for six unseeded sides.
How many teams, and who qualified?
Eight: India, Japan, Bangladesh, China, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand. Japan as hosts; India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka as regional full members; China, Thailand and Malaysia completing the field.
Why did cricket start before the Asian Games opening ceremony?
The Games open on 19 September 2026. Women cricket was scheduled 17 to 22 September so the knockout can finish before the men event starts on 24 September on the same ground. Pre-Games competition is normal for cricket at the Asiad.
Is Jemimah Rodrigues in the Asian Games squad?
No. BCCI ruled her out on 14 August after a high-grade right hamstring tear at The Hundred. Pratika Rawal is the replacement on the travelling 15.
Is Shreyanka Patil fit, and who captains Japan?
Shreyanka was named subject to fitness in June, travelled, and was in Friday's XI. Japan are captained by Mai Yanagida. This is the first India Women vs Japan Women international meeting.
What happens if rain washes out a knockout?
Day one already answered it. Bangladesh vs China: no toss, higher ICC T20I ranking advances (Bangladesh 10th, China 36th in the PTI report). Sportstar cited playing condition 16.10.2 (b). Expect the same rule on Sunday and Tuesday if the outfield stays wet.
Is this T20 or T20I? Korogi Sports Park or Athletic Park?
Played as T20. Boards describe it as T20I-format cricket; treat a fixture as a T20I only if that match's ICC record says so. The venue on the organising committee sheet and Sportstar is Korogi Sports Park, Nisshin. Some Indian previews say Korogi Athletic Park. Same site, Nisshin, Aichi.
Did India win women gold last time, and how many times have they beaten Sri Lanka in finals?
Hangzhou 2023: India beat Sri Lanka by 19 runs (116 for 7 vs 97 for 8), Bangladesh took bronze. Then the 2026 Women Asia Cup in Dubai: India beat Sri Lanka again in the final. Tuesday is their third consecutive major women T20 final together. India have won both. Sri Lanka have been consistent finalists but have not beaten India in a marquee final since.
JST to IST: how do I convert?
Japan is 3 hours 30 minutes ahead of India. 9:00 JST is 5:30 AM IST. 14:00 JST is 10:30 AM IST.
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