“India dominates in Asia again”- Netizens go berserk as Indian cricket team win GOLD in Asian Games after rain washes out final against Afghanistan

The match was stopped in the 19th over due to rain. After a long delay, the match was called off and India were declared the winners of the Men’s Cricket Competition as they had a higher seeding.

“India dominates in Asia again”- Netizens go berserk as Indian cricket team win GOLD in Asian Games after rain washes out final against Afghanistan

Indian Cricket Team on the podium (Image via Sony Sports)

On 7th October, India faced Afghanistan in the finals of the Men’s Cricket competition of the 2023 Asian Games. India won the toss and elected to bowl first and sent the Afghanistan team to bat first. 

India picked up the first 3 wickets in the first 4 overs thanks to Shivam Dube, Arshdeep Singh and a run out by Ravi Bishnoi. The Indian spinners then troubled the batters, as the Afghanistan batter struggled on a tough pitch. Shahidullah scored a well made 49 off 43, but missed out on his half century due to rain. 

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The match was stopped in the 19th over due to rain. After a long delay, the match was called off and India were declared the winners of the Men’s Cricket Competition as they had a higher seeding. Afghanistan had to compromise for a Silver Medal, while Bangladesh had beaten Pakistan earlier in the day to win their Bronze medal. 

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Historic Day for Indian Cricket in the 2023 Asian Games

In their first attempt in the Asian Games, the Men’s Cricket team achieved gold. Fans were ecstatic with the historical win, but in traditional twitter fashion, everyone had polarizing opinions on the win, while others were just having fun. India won Gold Medals in Men’s Kabaddi, Women’s Kabaddi and Men’s Double in Badminton as well. India has won 104 medals in the Asian Games so far.

Rinku Singh, Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan with their gold medals (Image via X)

Although Indian fans were happy, one user claimed India and Afghanistan should have shared the Gold Medal. Others started joking about how India won the tournament under Ruturaj Gaikwad’s captaincy, who played under MS Dhoni. Opposition fans were unhappy with how India won the Tournament as they didn’t even come in to bat. 

Check out their reactions here: 

https://twitter.com/Guri_Pbks/status/1710595837532029333?s=20
https://twitter.com/staaa_plarrr/status/1710595367883161729?s=20
https://twitter.com/balltamperrerrr/status/1710582992991904100?s=20
https://twitter.com/AmitSharmaoffic/status/1710596311362511072?s=20

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