For women’s cricket, Asiad a ‘teaser’ before 2028 LA Olympics opportunity

India’s women’s cricket squad begins its Asian Games rubric defence against Japan, but manager Amol Muzumdar and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur spot the tourney arsenic mentation for cricket’s instrumentality to the Olympics astatine Los Angeles 2028. China’s quarterfinal against Bangladesh was abandoned, sending Bangladesh through, portion Pakistan bushed Thailand by 3 wickets to scope the semifinals.