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India successfully defended their Asian Games men's cricket gold medal, beating rivals Pakistan by 19 runs in Saturday's final in Nisshin, Japan.

After posting 211-6 backed by Abhishek Sharma's 61 off 20 balls and a late effort from Tilak Varma and Shivam Dube, India restricted Pakistan to 192-6 despite a big knock of 96 off 51 balls from Hasan Nawaz.

Nawaz fell four runs short of a century on the final ball of the innings, when he was caught by wicketkeeper Sanju Samson off Dube's bowling. It marked Pakistan's first-ever appearance in a men's Asian Games cricket final.

The event also marked one of the game's fiercest rivalries played out on an unlikely stage: a converted baseball field in suburban Nagoya, where Indians and Pakistanis living in Japan queued for hours to fill the 2,500-capacity venue.

"I think this is never going to happen again, India against Pakistan in Japan," Pakistan supporter Umer Dar, a 26-year-old Nagoya resident, told AFP.

"Even if it's in Japan, the craze of India versus Pakistan is always there," added Tokyo-based India fan Afroz Khan. "Anywhere they play in the world, it's always crazy."

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