Top 3 Run-Getters from Asian Games 2026 Men’s Cricket

The Asian Games 2026 men’s cricket tournament was held in T20 format at Korogi Park Athletic Stadium in Aichi-Nagoya, running from September 24 to October 3, 2026. Ten nations took part, making it cricket’s fourth appearance at the Asian Games after Guangzhou 2010, Incheon 2014, and Hangzhou 2023.

India claimed the gold medal by beating Pakistan by 19 runs in the final on October 3, 2026, posting 211/6 and restricting Pakistan to 192/6. Sri Lanka won bronze on the same day, defeating Bangladesh by 63 runs. Amid the action, three batters rose above the rest with the bat across the tournament.

3. Sundeep Jora (Nepal)

Sundeep Jora of Nepal finished third among the tournament’s run-scorers with 91 runs in two innings at an average of 91.00. The right-handed batter, born October 20, 2001, in Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur, accumulated his runs at a strike rate of 135.82 across the two innings. One of his standout contributions was an unbeaten 57 off 32 balls against Japan, an innings that included four fours and three sixes at a strike rate of 178.12. Jora’s performances underlined Nepal’s growing presence in Asian cricket and showed that the so-called smaller nations in the tournament were capable of producing individual batting displays of genuine quality.