India have been declared winners of the ultimate beneath an Asian Video games-specific rule after the sport was washed out by rain.
Gifted an armchair experience by Asian Video games organisers, India have taken gold within the males’s cricket because the rain-hit T20 ultimate in opposition to Afghanistan was determined by the superpower’s superior world rating.
Afghanistan, ranked tenth within the ICC’s T20 rankings versus world primary India, have been left with silver on Saturday and powerless to do something about it after rain halted the match after they have been 112 for 5 after 18.2 overs of the primary innings.
With India unable to bat a minimal 5 overs, play was deserted quickly after 5pm native time (09:00 GMT), leaving Ruturaj Gaikwad’s staff to rejoice victory by default.
Deciding outcomes primarily based purely on groups’ world rankings is sort of remarkable in cricket, not to mention for finals in main tournaments.
Most permit spare days in order that deciders could be accomplished if rain washes out play within the authentic match.
If no spare days are offered, a winner is usually declared by way of tie-breaking standards primarily based on a staff’s performances inside the match they’re taking part in.
Twenty20 cricket has been performed on the Asian Video games twice earlier than, at Guangzhou 2010 and Incheon 2014, with Bangladesh after which Sri Lanka topped males’s winners.
Afghanistan have been runners-up each occasions, however India didn’t participate.
The rankings rule additionally helped India’s gold medal-winning ladies’s staff attain the semifinals after rain washed out their quarterfinal in opposition to Malaysia. India went on to beat Sri Lanka by 19 runs to be topped ladies’s champions final week.
Bangladesh take bronze
Rain additionally hit the boys’s bronze medal playoff gained by Bangladesh in opposition to Pakistan however held off lengthy sufficient to no less than guarantee a contest between the groups.
It turned out to be a thriller as a last-ball 4 from Rakibul Hasan secured the win, the Bangladeshis having chased down 65 runs in 5 overs in a victory goal adjusted by the Duckworth-Lewis methodology.
The chase started disastrously, with Pakistan fast Arshad Iqbal eradicating Bangladesh opener Zakir Hasan and captain Saif Hassan for geese within the first three balls.
However Afif Hossain (20) steadied the innings with quantity 4 Yasir Ali (34), who went on a slogging spree to drive Bangladesh to the brink of victory.
Needing 20 runs within the final over, Yasir smashed 16 of them, together with two sixes, within the first 4 balls earlier than being bowled by Sufiyan Muqeem.
Rakibal then whacked Muqeem to the boundary on the final ball to sentence Pakistan to a medalless match.
