Nagoya, Japan, Oct 3, 2026 (AFP) - India-Pakistan blockbuster brings cricket fever to Japan baseball field

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2026-10-03

One of sport's fiercest rivalries descended on a sleepy corner of Japan on Saturday as India and Pakistan clashed in the men's cricket final at the Asian Games on a converted baseball field. The neighbours only meet in international tournaments because of long-running political tensions and matches between them typically attract television audiences of hundreds of millions back home. The gold-medal encounter in a suburban park in Nagoya was a onc......

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