The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) on Monday confirmed the schedule for the men's and women's cricket competitions at the upcoming Asian Games, scheduled to run from September 17 to October 3. All matches will be played in the T20 format at the Paloma Mizuho Stadium in Nagoya.

Pakistan's women's team will begin its campaign on September 17 against Thailand. The women's semi-finals are scheduled for September 20, followed by the bronze-medal match and final on September 22.

In the men's competition, the group stage will be held from September 24 to 26. Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are among the seeded teams that will enter the competition at the quarter-final stage. Pakistan will play its quarter-final on September 28 against the team finishing second in Group B, while India will face the Group A runners-up on the same day.

Under the draw, India and Pakistan can meet only in the gold-medal match or the bronze-medal play-off, both scheduled for October 3. The men's semi-finals will be played on October 1. In the previous Asian Games men's cricket competition, held in China in 2023, India were awarded the gold medal after the final against Afghanistan ended without a result, while Pakistan suffered a defeat against Bangladesh in the third-place match.