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India are sending a full-strength squad to Japan, including Jasprit Bumrah, despite playing the West Indies in a three-match ODI series at the same time back home.
Bangladesh are the only other team to send a first-choice squad, with Litton Das as captain.
This is only the fourth edition of the Asian Games to feature cricket as a competition, after the sport debuted at the 2010 Guangzhou Games.
Afghanistan have won silver in all three previous editions, while Bangladesh have a gold and two bronze medals.
Sri Lanka and India have won one gold apiece.
India, however, did not participate in the 2010 or 2024 editions, making their debut in 2022 and being awarded gold despite the final being abandoned due to weather.
The group stages begin on September 24, with six teams – Japan, Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Oman and Nepal – battling for four quarter-final spots.
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh go straight into the quarter-finals as the highest-seeded Full Member teams based on ICC rankings.
The tournament gets underway with hosts Japan taking on Afghanistan at Korogi Athletic Park in Nisshin, Aichi, Nagoya.
All matches will be played at the venue, which has boundaries of around 65 meters on either side, meaning we could be in for plenty of runs and sixes.
The recently concluded women's competition, which India won, saw 56 sixes across just eight matches.
Afghanistan will be smart not to take the hosts lightly after Japan's spirited performance against India in their one-off T20 in Kano, Santo.
Japan restricted India to just 32 runs in the five-over dash and came within two runs of chasing it down.
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