A bizarre wide call, an intervention from the square-leg umpire and a two-run escape. India’s rain-shortened T20I against Japan had all the ingredients of a far more dramatic contest than a five-over game had any right to produce.With Japan needing eight ...

India became the first team to a big match-winning milestone after surviving a scare against Japan in a rain-shortened historic clash.

Overnight rain in Tokyo and nearby areas led to delay of more than two hours in the one-off T20I match between India and Japan at the Sano International Cricket Ground on Tuesday.

Japan came within two runs of cricket's biggest upset as India sneaked home to avoid embarrassment in a dramatic 5-over rain-hit T20I at Sano. Read the recap.

T20 World Cup champions India will take on Japan in a first-ever T20I match at Sano International Cricket Ground on September 22.

A brief history of cricket in Japan, from its 19th-century origins and slow down during baseball’s rise to its modern revival.