In the end, Team India reigned after rain, but this is not to suggest for even a moment that the Ruturaj Gaikwad-led Men in Blue did not deserve to win the gold medal at the Zhejiang University of Technology Pingfeng Cricket Field on Saturday.

After impressive performances in the quarter-final (beat Nepal by 23 runs) and semi-final (beat Bangladesh by nine wickets with 64 balls to spare), the Indians were looking good to restrict Afghanistan to around the 140-run mark in the final, which would have been gettable. Shahidullah Kamal was batting well for Afghanistan with an unbeaten 43-ball 49 (3x4, 2x6) with skipper Gulbadin Naib (27 not out) at the other end, when rain halted play with the score reading 112-5 after 18.2 overs. No further play was possible and as per the Asian Games rules here, the higher ranked team—India—were declared gold medal-winners since the match could not be completed.