Readers v our AI Asian Games 2026
Asian Games final: India bat first, readers back India
17 readers voted in our Telegram poll before the Pakistan v India final: 65% backed India. Our AI has India at 69%.
- 17 readers voted
- 65% backed India
- 69% our AI on India
Our calls before the match
- Match
- India to win (68.7%)
- Toss
- Bat first Called it ✓ India won the toss and chose to bat.
India won the toss in the Asian Games final and chose to bat first. Our readers back India as well: 11 of the 17 who voted in our Telegram poll picked them, and our AI has India at 69%. The match starts at 10:00 am IST.
How the vote went
India took 11 votes and Pakistan 6, a 65% share for India. The poll closed at 9:25 am IST, when picks for the final closed. The final is the gold medal match; earlier today Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 63 runs for bronze.
The toss
India chose to bat, as our toss call expected: bat first, at 55%. In both semi-finals on 1 October, the toss winners chose to bowl.
Our full preview of the final, with the pick and the numbers behind it, is here.
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Our pick: India (86.2%)
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