| Most recent season or competition: Cricket at the 2022 Asian Games | |
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| Sport | Cricket |
|---|---|
| Founded | M: 2010 W: 2010 |
| First season | 2010 |
| Administrator | OCA |
| No. of teams | M: 10 W: 8 |
| Most recent champions | M: India (1st title)W: India (1st title) |
| Most titles | M: Bangladesh India Sri Lanka(1 title each) W:  Pakistan (2 titles) |
Cricket became a medal sport at the2010 Asian Games. India are defending champions in bothmen's andwomen's tournaments, having won during the2022 edition.
The last time cricket featured in a major multi-sport event was at the1998 Commonwealth Games held inKuala Lumpur,Malaysia. The gold medal was won on that occasion bySouth Africa, who defeatedAustralia by 4 wickets in the final withNew Zealand winning the bronze medal. At a general meeting of theOlympic Council of Asia, held inKuwait on 17 April 2007, it was announced thatcricket would be included as a medal sport in the2010 Asian Games to be held inGuangzhou. Matches would be played on aTwenty20, 20-overs per side format.
Following the announcement,Asian Cricket Council Chief ExecutiveSyed Ashraful Huq said "Cricket will receive a major boost across Asia and in particular China, as a result of this enlightened decision. The Asian Cricket Council pledges its support to theGuangzhou games organizers in order to make the event a success."
Asian cricketing powerhouses India and Pakistan have been the drivers behind the inclusion of cricket in the Asian Games. The Test status nations in the Asian Cricket Council,Bangladesh,India,Pakistan andSri Lanka would compete with the initial plan that the Associate teams such asNepal would also be invited to play in the inaugural competition.China will compete as the host nation[1] which serves as a boost for the Chinese Cricket Association which has boldly stated its ambition of China becoming a force inone-day cricket by the2019 World Cup.
The plans for including Associate nations in the Asian Games was later changed, along with the format that the competition would take place in, changing from 50 over matches toTwenty20 matches. It was decided that the2009 ACC Twenty20 Cup would serve as the pre-tournament qualifying competition.Afghanistan qualified as winners of the tournament along with the national teams ofOman and theUnited Arab Emirates.
Cricket was not held in2018 Asian Games but in 2019, duringOlympic Council of Asia's General Assembly it was decided the return of the sport in the2022 Asian Games, which will be held inHangzhou,China.[2][3]
The inclusion ofcricket in2026 Asian Games inAichi andNagoya was announced in April 2025.[4] TheAsian Cricket Council pushed for the bid andOCA PresidentRandhir Singh was hopeful about it prior to decision.[5][6]
| Year | Host | Venue | Final | Third place match | Teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||||
| 2010 details |  Guangzhou | City Forex Stadium | Bangladesh | 5 wickets |  Afghanistan | Pakistan | 6 wickets | Sri Lanka | 9 |
| 2014 details |  Incheon | Yeonhui Cricket Ground | Sri Lanka | 68 runs | Afghanistan | Bangladesh | 27 runs |  Hong Kong | 10 |
| 2022 details | Hangzhou | Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field | India | Win by higher seeding | Afghanistan | Bangladesh | 6 Wickets (DLS Method) | Pakistan | 14 |
| 2026 details |  Aichi | 10 | |||||||
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | |||
| 2010 details | Guangzhou | Pakistan | 10 wickets | Bangladesh | Japan | 7 wickets | China | 8 |
| 2014 details | Incheon | Pakistan | 4 runs | Bangladesh | Sri Lanka | 5 wickets | China | 10 |
| 2022 details | Hangzhou | India | 19 runs | Sri Lanka | Bangladesh | 5 wickets | Pakistan | 9 |
| 2026 details | Aichi | 8 | ||||||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan (PAK) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | India (IND) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Bangladesh (BAN) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Afghanistan (AFG) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh (BAN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | India (IND) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sri Lanka (SRI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Afghanistan (AFG) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan (PAK) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | India (IND) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Bangladesh (BAN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Team | 2010 | 2014 | 2022 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | |
 Bangladesh | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | |
 Cambodia | — | — | R1 | |
 China | QF | R1 | — | |
 Hong Kong | QF | 4th | QF | |
 India | — | — | 1st | |
 Japan | — | — | R1 | Q |
 Kuwait | — | QF | — | |
 Malaysia | QF | QF | QF | |
 Maldives | R1 | R1 | R1 | |
 Mongolia | — | — | R1 | |
 Nepal | QF | QF | QF | |
 Pakistan | 3rd | — | 4th | |
 Singapore | — | — | R1 | |
 South Korea | — | QF | — | |
 Sri Lanka | 4th | 1st | QF | |
 Thailand | — | — | R1 | |
| Total | 9 | 10 | 14 | 10 |
| Team | 2010 | 2014 | 2022 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | |
| China | 4th | 4th | — | |
| Hong Kong | R1 | QF | QF | |
| India | — | — | 1st | |
 Indonesia | — | — | QF | |
| Japan | 3rd | QF | — | |
| Malaysia | R1 | R1 | QF | |
| Mongolia | — | — | R1 | |
| Nepal | R1 | QF | — | |
| Pakistan | 1st | 1st | 4th | |
| South Korea | — | R1 | — | |
| Sri Lanka | — | 3rd | 2nd | |
| Thailand | R1 | QF | QF | |
| Total | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
