[🇮🇳India T20I : 32/4 (5) vs Japan 🇯🇵 30/3 (5) ( 200th win Ind)

🇮🇳This game has No connection with Asian Games, India and japan completed 75 years for Business so both country decides to starts deeper Friendship as only T20I match organized. Japan will be 20th international team india will play international official match🎌

Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming to lead Japan against India in historic T20I

Charlie Hara-Hinze is a part of Japan's squad for the historic game.

Japan have announced their squad for the historic, one-off T20I against India, set to be played in Sano on September 22.

Headlined by their regular captain Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming, their top run-getter in T20Is, the squad mirrors the one picked for the Asian Games 2026, set to be hosted by Japan in the city of Aichi-Nagoya.

The 15-member unit includes 12 players from the list of national cricketers announced by the selection panel for the 2026 season in June, alongside three other players from the A squads:

Tsuyoshi Takada, Jake Kusuda-Nairn and Alester Kadowaki-Fleming.

Called the Suzuki Cup,

🇯🇵japan squad for India T20I: Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming, Charlie Hara-Hinze, Benjamin Gou-Ito Davis, Kohei Kubota, Wataru Miyauchi, Reo Sakurano-Thomas, Declan Suzuki-McComb, Shoma Sugaya-Slater, Alexander Shirai-Patmore, Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake, Makoto Taniyama, Ibrahim Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Takada, Jake Kusuda-Nairn, Alester Kadowaki-Fleming

India v japan toss at 9 am

https://www.cricinfo.com/series/india-in-japan-2026-1552857/japan-vs-india-only-t20i-1552859/match-preview

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Pitch and conditions: Eyes on the skies

There is a small glitch in this big occasion for Japan cricket. It will be a big test for the draining facilities in Sano as there has been heavy rain in the city a day before the match, which ended up cancelling India's training session as well. The match against Hong Kong on September 20, two days before the big India fixture, was also abandoned without a ball bowled. The Japan authorities will hope the rain relents and they can get a game going.

Stats and trivia

Japan have a 41-19 win-loss record in T20I cricket.

Among those who have batted at least 20 times in T20Is since Abhishek Sharma's debut in July 2024, nobody has struck as quickly as Abhishek's 194.55 per 100 balls.

Indian team for t20I vs Japan

Shreyas Iyer (capt), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma (vice-capt), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yash Thakur, Vipraj Nigam

Shamful act by number 🚦1 team after winning toss🤣

Abhi 0

Samson 8

Kishan 3

Iyer 16 ( includiing 1 chance)

32/4 (5)

"Mer bhi jaye- to -bhi -Suryavanshi ko nahi Lenge"

🇯🇵Japan need 33 in 30 ball

Axar 1st over 2 runs but kishan throw very well

1 over 2 for 1 🇯🇵

2nd over Washy & Gone after nice 6

:8/2🇯🇵

Japan need 18:ball 25

Bishnoi 1/0/10/0

14/2*

🎌11 ball 13 to win

10 ball 11 to win 🇯🇵

Axar bapu back

5 ball 8 to win

2 ball 5 to win

Last ball 4 to win

Axar 2/0/7/0 won it for Pride match rathar than Friendship

India won by 2 runs

Playing INTERNATIONAL match without 3rd umpire

Rf : Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming, 2 runs,

run-out appeal by Ravi Bishnoi, but the umpire was in no position to adjudge that out. His eyes were off the target. This was slapped towards cover by Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming and Shreyas Iyer had a direct-hit at the bowler's end, clearly run out, not given

There's no third umpire available, hence it will be nothing more than two runs

This guy was run out and still scored further 8 runs india should win by 10 runs not 2

JPN vs IND, One-off T20I,

India won by 2 runs - 5 over game due to wet outfield

IND

32/4(5)

JPN

30/3(5)

India become the first team to register 200 wins in T20 Internationals (including Super Over wins).

1st win: vs SA, Joburg, 2006 (6 wkts)

50th win: vs SL, Colombo RPS, 2017 (7 wkts)

100th win: vs WI, Kolkata, 2022 (8 runs)

150th win: vs Aus, Gros Islet, 2024 (24 runs)

200th win: vs Japan, Sano, 2026 (2 runs)

Wins 1-50: 83 matches

Wins 51-100: 72 matches

Wins 101-150: 70 matches

Wins 151-200: 66 matches

Fewest winning margin for India (by runs)

1 vs SA Colombo RPS 2012

1 vs Ban Bengaluru 2016

2 vs SL Wankhede 2023

2 vs Japan Sano 2026 *

3 vs Zim Harare 2016

4 vs Ire Malahide 2022

Japan Game: India Accused Of 'Bullying' Umpires

September 22, 2026 15:48 IST

By REDIFF CRICKET

3 Minutes Read

'With five off four needed for the biggest upset in cricket history, India have just bullied the umpires into overturning a wide call against Japan.'

I spiritual rain, support my team " how you play International match without 3rd umpire or DRS?