Rain washed out the second quarterfinal between India and Afghanistan at the Karogi Sports Park here on Monday, with India advancing to the Asian Games semifinals as the higher-ranked team. It had rained on the eve of the quarterfinal too, and the heavens opened up once again on the match day too. It mirrored the outcome of the first quarterfinal between Pakistan and Hong Kong, China, which was also abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain as the Nisshin weather played spoilsport with Pakistan qualifying for the semis. The Pakistan-Hong Kong, China game was scheduled to start at 5:30 AM IST, but it was abandoned without a toss due to rain.
The QFs are scheduled to take place on Tuesday, while the semifinals will be held on Thursday. India and Pakistan were the higher-ranked teams in the ICC rankings against their respective opponents and made it to the next stage. Pakistan are placed sixth in the team rankings, while Hong Kong, China are ranked 24th. India will now meet the winner of the third quarterfinal between Sri Lanka and Nepal in the semifinal, while Pakistan will face the winner from the fourth quarterfinal between Bangladesh and Malaysia.
India are ranked No.1 in the world, while Afghanistan are the 10th-ranked side.
