Archive · 19 Sep 2026
India Resolves Asian Games Kit Issue Before Japan T20I
India’s cricket team had a problem getting its official Asian Games uniforms.
Officials now say the problem has been fixed and the team has received the kits.
India will wear its normal BCCI jersey against Japan.
That match is a friendly game, not an Asian Games match.
It will be played on September 22 in Japan.
The game will help begin celebrations of 75 years of diplomatic relations between India and Japan.
It is also connected to the Sport 75 initiative.
India will use the official Asian Games kits for its other matches.
India’s first cricket match at the Games is scheduled for September 28.
India will wear its regular BCCI jersey in the one-off T20I against Japan on September 22.
The team has received its official Asian Games kits after concerns over availability, sizing and logistics.
The Japan match is a friendly bilateral fixture and is not part of the Asian Games competition.
The T20I will be played at the Sano International Cricket Ground in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
India’s Asian Games cricket campaign begins on September 28 at the quarter-final stage.
- Who
- The Indian men’s cricket team, the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Japan’s team and Asian Games officials are involved.
- What
- India will wear its regular BCCI jersey against Japan and its official Asian Games kit during the rest of the tournament.
- When
- The friendly T20I is scheduled for September 22; India’s Asian Games campaign begins on September 28, during the Games running from September 19 to October 4.
- Where
- The T20I will be played at the Sano International Cricket Ground in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan; the Asian Games are being held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.
- Why
- The Japan fixture is outside the Asian Games and is intended to launch celebrations of 75 years of India-Japan diplomatic relations and the Sport 75 initiative.
- Friendly match
- India versus Japan one-off T20I
- Friendly match date
- September 22
- Venue
- Sano International Cricket Ground, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
- Asian Games dates
- September 19–October 4
- India’s first cricket match
- September 28, at the quarter-final stage
- Kit decision
- Regular BCCI jersey against Japan; official Asian Games kit thereafter
- Related initiative
- Sport 75, promoting sports cooperation and human exchanges between India and Japan
