India and Japan to Face Off in Historic T20 Cricket Match

The India-Japan T20 match will be played on 22 September between the 2026 Asian Games. This match is being organized to mark 75 years of diplomatic relations between India and Japan. This historic match will be played at the Sano International Cricket Ground in Sano. This is the first time that the Indian and Japanese cricket teams will be facing each other in a T20 international match. This will also be the first match under the Sport75 initiative. Sport75 is a bilateral cultural and sports diplomacy initiative launched to mark 75 years of diplomatic relations between India and Japan. Team India has reached Japan for this match. The Asian Games are also being played in Japan, where India's men's team is scheduled to play its first match on 28 September. India has reached Japan with its full-strength team, including Shreyas Iyer, Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh. If you want to watch this match live, know when and where you can watch the India T20 match on JioStar and Japan's FNCODE mobile app.