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World T20 champions India on alert for Afghanistan after Japan scare

Pakistan Published 28 September 2026, 12:40 · archived 28 Sep 2026

NAGOYA: India captain Shreyas Iyer ruled out any complacency ahead of Monday’s Asian Games quarter-finals against Afghanistan, conceding last week’s scare against ​Japan had jolted the Twenty20 world champions out of any complacence. In a ‌rain-hit match at Sano, India edged Japan in a five-over shootout to lift the Suzuki Cup in the maiden one-off meeting between the men’s sides — a jolt that underlined the danger of underestimating ​any opponent in alien conditions. India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are seeded ​directly into the last eight, while Nepal, Afghanistan, Malaysia and Hong...

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