Sports丨Shaking up the batting order

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Inexperienced Mongolian team defies the odds and grabs spotlight at Asiad's cricket tourney ▲Mongolia's Battsogt Narangerel is bowled out during a cricket match at the Asian Games in Hangzhou. The Mongolian team was formed only two years ago. XINHUA With the sport's continental powers set to jostle for gold, an unheralded Mongolian women's team has stolen the show as cricket returns to the Asiad. A hugely popular team sport in South Asian countries, cricket is back on the Asian Games program following a nine-year absence, having been dropped from the 2018 edition in Jakarta. Three from the powerhouse quartet of Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are virtually guaranteed to occupy the podium places, however debutant Mongolia's journey to the games against long odds has supplied an inspirational subplot at the tourney. After opening with a 172-run defeat to Indonesia, Mongolia was thrashed by Hong Kong, China, by 180 runs on Wednesday to end its first Asian Games campaign with ………………………………