Rain washes out Asian Games cricket, sets up Pakistan-Bangladesh semi-final

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All four men's cricket quarter-finals at the Asian Games were washed out by rain.
Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh advanced to the semi-finals based on higher rankings.
Pakistan will face Bangladesh, and India will play Sri Lanka in the semi-finals on Thursday.

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Persistent rain at the Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin forced the abandonment of all four men's cricket quarter-final matches at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. Matches scheduled over two days between Pakistan-Hong Kong, India-Afghanistan, Sri Lanka-Nepal, and Bangladesh-Malaysia were all called off without a ball being bowled, setting up the semi-finals based on team rankings.

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Rain has washed out all four men's cricket quarter-finals at the Asian Games. As a result, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh have advanced to the semi-finals based on their higher T20I rankings.

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