Asian Games 2026: Women's cricket brings India's first gold - Highlights

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Cricket: India won the women’s cricket gold medal, beating Sri Lanka by 147 runs in the final. India posted 216/3, the highest-ever women’s cricket total at the Asian Games, before bowling Sri Lanka out for 69.

Men’s Hockey: India thrashed Sri Lanka 16-1 in their men’s Group Stage clash. Jugraj Singh scored four goals and Abhishek struck three as India dominated from the start.

Men’s Badminton: India reached the semifinals and secured at least a bronze medal after beating Japan 3-0. Lakshya Sen, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty and Ayush Shetty all won their matches.

Women’s Badminton: India lost 1-3 to Japan in the quarterfinals and exited the women’s team competition. PV Sindhu, Unnati Hooda and Tanvi Sharma lost their singles matches, while Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand won the doubles tie.

Women’s Table Tennis: India’s campaign ended in the quarterfinals after a 0-3 loss to North Korea. Sreeja Akula, Yashaswini Ghorpade and Diya Chitale all lost their respective matches.

Men’s Table Tennis: India were knocked out in the round of 16 after losing 0-3 to South Korea. Harmeet Desai, Manush Shah and Manav Thakkar all lost their matches.

Shooting: Elavenil Valarivan and Parth Rakesh Mane finished fourth in the mixed 10m air rifle team event, missing bronze by 0.8 points. Anantjeet Singh Naruka remains in medal contention after moving joint-top in men’s skeet qualification with 96/100.

Wushu: Roshibina Devi secured a medal after beating Macao’s Chu Man Sin in the women’s 60kg quarterfinal. It will be her third consecutive Asian Games medal.

Aryan lost 1-2 to Uzbekistan’s Saydullo Abdurashitov in the men’s 56kg quarterfinal and missed out on a medal. Langlentombi Devi Hanjabam finished ninth in the women’s Nanquan and Nandao final.

Boxing: Sakshi Chaudhary opened her women’s 51kg campaign with a 5-0 win over 2024 Olympic bronze medallist Aira Villegas. Jadumani Singh also advanced to the pre-quarterfinals with a 5-0 win over Nepal’s Chandra Thapa.

Swimming: India’s men’s 4x100m medley relay team finished last in the final with a time of 3:44.26. The quartet had qualified for the final after clocking 3:40.41 in the heats.

Aryan Nehra clocked 15:34.71 in the 1500m freestyle and finished fourth in his heat.

Soft Tennis: Jay Meena topped his group to reach the men’s singles quarterfinals after beating Pakistan’s Hussain Arain. Aadhya Tiwari finished second in her group and exited the women’s singles competition.

Equestrian: Ashish Limaye is sixth after the opening day of eventing with a penalty of 35.50, while Fouaad Mirza is 24th. India’s men’s team was eliminated after Arjan Singh Nagra was eliminated in jumping.

Fencing: Taniksha Khatri reached the women’s épée round of 16 before losing 9-15 to South Korea’s Sera Song. Mitva Chaudhari, Hemash Singh and Sachin also exited, leaving India without a fencing medal.

Karate: Chetan Bhatt finished fifth in the men’s 84kg category after losing his bronze-medal bout to Chinese Taipei’s Meng-Yu Chung on Senshu. Alisha Choudhary also exited after losing 1-6 in the women’s 55kg round of 16.

Gymnastics: Pranati Nayak scored 12.916 in the women’s vault qualification and is currently fourth after the second subdivision. The remaining subdivision will determine the final qualification positions.

Sepak Takraw: India lost 0-3 to Malaysia in their second men’s Team Regu group match, having earlier lost 1-2 to Japan. They will face the Philippines in their final group match.

FULL TIME: India complete a dominant 16-1 victory over Sri Lanka in their men’s Group Stage clash. Jugraj Singh scored four goals, while Abhishek struck three as India cruised to a commanding win.

55' GOAL! Dilpreet Singh adds another to India’s tally after a brilliant piece of play from Mandeep Singh creates the opening. India now lead 16-1.

53' GOAL! Jugraj Singh adds another from the penalty stroke to extend India’s lead to 15-1.

Diya Chitale also failed to register a win as the Indian women’s team went down 0-3 to North Korea in the quarterfinals.

India did not win a single game in the tie, with Diya losing in straight games, 9-11, 7-11, 8-11, to Su Yong Cha in the third singles.

Earlier, Sreeja Akula and Yashaswini Ghorpade had also suffered defeats, bringing India’s solid-looking campaign to an end in the last eight.

50' GOAL! Sri Lanka pull one back in the final quarter, but India still hold a commanding 14-1 lead.

49' GOAL! Abhishek adds another to his tally with a lovely finish, converting a pass from Sukhjeet Singh. India now leads 14-0.

44' GOAL! What a stunning goal from captain Harmanpreet Singh! He produces a cheeky Panenka-style finish from the penalty corner, leaving the Sri Lankan goalkeeper with no chance. India lead 13-0.

42' GOAL! Jugraj Singh completes his hat-trick with a powerful penalty-corner strike. India extend their lead to 12-0.