India captain Ruturaj Gaikwad with Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib (X) 
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Asian Games, Men's cricket: India wins toss, opts to bowl first against Afghanistan

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CHENNAI: Team India has won the toss and opted to bowl first against Afghanistan in the Men's cricket final of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou.

Playing XI:

India: Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahamad, Sai Kishore, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh

Afghanistan: Gulbadin Naib (C), Mohammad Shahzad (WK), Noor Ali Zadran, Afsar Khan Zazai, Karim Janat, Shahidullah Kamal, Akbari Zubariullah, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Qais Ahmad, Farid Malik, Zahir Khan

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