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India eye medals in shooting, kabaddi, squash and athletics on September 25
India return to action on September 25 with another packed day at the Asian Games, with several medal opportunities spread across shooting, kabaddi, squash, weightlifting and athletics.
The day begins before sunrise with surfing, while India’s shooting contingent gets its first major medal opportunity in the mixed team 10m air pistol event. The qualification round starts at 6:15 AM, followed by the final at 8:30 AM. The men’s 50m rifle 3P competition also takes centre stage, with the qualification at 7:15 AM and the final scheduled for 10:30 AM.
Kabaddi will be another major focus. India’s women face Nepal in the semifinal at 9:30 AM, before the men take on Thailand at 10:45 AM. Both teams entered the knockout stage unbeaten and will be targeting places in the finals.
Squash has an all-Indian women’s singles quarterfinal as Anahat Singh faces Tanvi Khanna at 10 AM. Abhay Singh takes on Japan in the men’s quarterfinal at 9:15 AM, while Veer Chotrani faces Pakistan at 10:45 AM.
In athletics, the women’s heptathlon continues with the long jump and javelin, while the evening session features the men’s 100m semifinals and final, men’s 10,000m and hammer throw finals, and the women’s 400m.
Weightlifting also offers a medal opportunity, with the women’s 61kg final scheduled for 1:30 PM.
Highlights:
Live Updates
- 25 Sept 2026 1:08 PM IST
Badminton, Men's Doubles R32: Satwik/Chirag trailing
The Thai pair briefly edged ahead 8-7, but Satwik-Chirag quickly hit back to make it 8-all. The Indians again trail 11-9 as the momentum continues to swing from one side to the other.
- 25 Sept 2026 12:54 PM IST
Badminton, Men's Doubles R32: Satwik/Chirag take opening game
Satwiksairaj Reddy and Chirag Shetty maintained their six-point lead and exteded their lead to breeze past their Thai opponents 21-12 in the opening game, wrapping it up in just 20 minutes.
The Indian duo looked completely in sync, with their sharp movement and quick rallies keeping their opponents under constant pressure.
Score: Satwik/Chirag 21-12 Sukphun/Pakkapon
- 25 Sept 2026 12:46 PM IST
Badminton, Men's Doubles R32: Satwik/Chirag start well against Thailand
India's men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Reddy and Chirag Shetty are off to a dominant start against Thailand's Sukphun and Pakkapon Teeraratsakul in their first-round clash.
The third-seeded Indian duo have raced to an 11-5 lead.
Score: Satwik/Chirag 11-5 Sukphun/Pakkapon
- 25 Sept 2026 12:03 PM IST
Equestrian: Indian Dressage team fails to defend title; currently at 4th place
Indian Dressage team of Shruti Vora, Hriday Chheda, Jai Sud, and Gaurav Pundir scored a total of 201.971 points and is currently in 4th place.
India has recorded the scores of all four riders and hence can't improve their score and has lost any chance of entering the top three.
Shruti (68.059) had the highest score among the Indians, followed by Hriday (67.353) and Jai (66.559).
Meanwhile, Gaurav scored 65.794, and his score was eliminated from the team event, as only the best three counts.
Current Standings:
- 25 Sept 2026 11:53 AM IST
Table Tennis: Manush Shah advances to round of 16 with a 4-0 win
A solid straight-game win for Manush Shah against the young Iranian paddler Benyamin Faraji in the round of 32, 11-9, 11-6, 11-6, 11-5.
The 16-year-old had upset Manav Thakkar in the team event but didn't get a chance against Manush, who comfortably claimed a win in 31 minutes.
Manush will now face world No.8 Lin Shidong of China in the prequarterfinals tomorrow.
- 25 Sept 2026 11:41 AM IST
Kabaddi, Men's Kabaddi Semis: Indian men in FINAL
India marches into the finallll. They beat Thailand 66-28.
- 25 Sept 2026 11:34 AM IST
Squash, Men's Singles: Veer Chotrani loses to Pakistan's Irfan in quarterfinals
Veer's campaign came to an end in men's singles as he lost his quarterfinal match to Pakistan's Muhammad Irfan in four games, 11-6, 8-11, 3-11, 3-1
Veer had a good start to the match, winning the first game, but then Irfan made a solid comeback with his deceptive shots and rattled him by winning the next three games.
Irfan will now face Abhay Singh in the semi-final tomorrow.
- 25 Sept 2026 11:25 AM IST
Table Tennis: Sreeja Akula and Manav Thakkar exit in the round of 32
Indian paddlers had a poor start in the singles, with both Sreeja Akula and Manav Thakkar bowed out in the round of 32.
Sreeja lost 1-4 to North Korea’s Pyon Song Gyong, 7-11,8-11,13-11,7-11,7-11, while Manav was also beaten by a North Korean paddler, U Tae Ryong, 2-4 (11-4, 2-11, 7-11, 7-11, 11-4, 3-11).
This also ended Manav's campaign in Japan, as he had faced defeat in men's doubles as well, while Sreeja still has one match in women's doubles alongside Syndrela Das.
- 25 Sept 2026 11:14 AM IST
Shooting, Men's 50m 3P Rifle Final: Aishwary Tomar finishes 5th with 327.6
Aishwary started the single-shot elimination with a magnificent 10.7 and then followed it with a 10.4 but it wasn't enough as he finished in 5th place, 1.5 points behind the Mongolian shooter in 4th place.
He finished with a total of 327.6, and India ended the final without a medal, as Niraj had earlier finished in 8th place.
- 25 Sept 2026 11:12 AM IST
Kabaddi, Men's Team Semi-finals: India leads against Thailand
India's men's kabaddi team have taken a comfortable 35-18 lead against Thailand. There ahve been some shortcomings in their defense that will require some correction.
Their counterpart, howerver, already marched into the final defeating Nepal in the semifinals.
