Cricket brought India’s first gold at Asian Games 2026, and it was women who opened the account. India justified the ‘favourites’ tag with a 147-run demolition of Sri Lanka. Most remarkable was how predictable victory felt. India was expected to dominate, win, bring home gold. Over to the men now.
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