According to the sports schedule published by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) on Thursday, Nepal is in Group 'A' for the Asian Games to be held in Nagoya, Japan in October.
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Nepal's men's cricket team will play against host Japan and Afghanistan in the group stage of the Asian Games. According to the match schedule published by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) on Thursday, Nepal is in Group 'A' for the Asian Games to be held in Nagoya, Japan in October.
Similarly, Group 'B' includes Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Oman. The top team from each group will advance to the second round, and the top-seeded teams—India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh—will directly play in the quarterfinals.
This is the fourth time cricket has been included in the Asian Games. Nepal's men's team is also participating in the Asian Games for the fourth time. However, Nepal's women's cricket team failed to qualify this time.
In the most recent edition of the Asian Games, held in Hangzhou, China in 2022, Nepal was defeated by India in the quarterfinals. Afghanistan has finished as runners-up in all three previous editions of the Asian Games. In the 2014 Asian Games held in South Korea, Afghanistan defeated Nepal by 8 runs in the quarterfinals. Chasing a target of 120 runs, Nepal managed to score only 118 runs for the loss of 7 wickets.
Nepal defeated host Japan by 5 wickets in the Asia and Asia-Pacific qualifiers for the T20 World Cup held last October.
