India Wins Asian Games Gold, Skips Pakistan Handshake

India retained the Asian Games men’s cricket gold by beating Pakistan by 19 runs in the final in Nisshin. India posted a tournament-record 211-6, with half-centuries from Abhishek Sharma (61) and unbeaten Tilak Varma (51); Pakistan finished on 192-6 despite Hasan Nawaz’s 96. The captains again skipped the customary handshake amid strained relations, contrasting with sportsmanlike exchanges between Indian and Pakistani athletes in events including volleyball, squash, hockey and table tennis. The result completed India’s cricket gold double after its women’s team beat Sri Lanka in the final, while Sri Lanka won the men’s bronze by defeating Bangladesh.