India captain Harmanpreet Kaur wins the toss and India opt to bowl first against Japan in the women’s cricket quarter-final at the 2026 Asian Games on Friday, September 18. The match is played at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin, with Japan hosting the clash.
For India, the quarter-final is their opening fixture of the Asian Games campaign as they aim to defend the gold medal they won at the 2022 Hangzhou Games. India come into the game following an eighth consecutive Women’s Asia Cup title, after beating Sri Lanka in the final, and they seek to carry that momentum into the knockout stage.
Japan captain Mai Yanagida leads the hosts, who hope to use home conditions to upset the defending champions. The meeting is Japan’s first against India in women’s T20I history, and the tournament is a direct knockout format, so a quarter-final win is required to reach the semi-finals. Bangladesh has already qualified for the last four after their quarter-final against China was abandoned due to a wet outfield.
