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Day 2 Wrap: India add four shooting medals, Suchika wins MMA bronze as hockey and kabaddi dominate!

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Published: 2026-09-21 12:27:00

• Shooting: Himanshu Dhillon won silver and Rudrankksh Patil claimed bronze in the men’s 10m air rifle individual event, giving India its first-ever double podium finish in the event at the Asian Games. 

• Shooting: Himanshu, Rudrankksh and Parth Mane also won silver in the men’s 10m air rifle team event, taking India’s shooting medal tally to five.

• MMA: Suchika Tariyal won bronze in the women’s 60kg Traditional category after losing her semifinal to Singapore’s Hui Hoon Teo in overtime. It is India’s first-ever Asian Games MMA medal..

• Women’s Hockey: India thrashed Indonesia 17-1, with Rutuja Pisal, Deepika Sehrawat and Navneet Kaur scoring hat-tricks.

• Men’s Kabaddi: India opened their title defence with a dominant 49-24 win over Japan, producing four all-outs and two super tackles.

• Women’s Kabaddi: India defeated Bangladesh 42-21 in their Group A opener. India dominated for most of the contest, taking an 11-point lead at half-time before completing a comfortable 21-point victory.

• Table Tennis: India defeated Pakistan 3-0, with Harmeet Desai, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Payas Jain winning their matches in straight games. Indian women's team also swept Pakistan 3-0 in their final Group F clash.

• Men’s Badminton: India began their campaign with a 3-0 win over Bangladesh, with Lakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty and Kidambi Srikanth winning their singles matches..

• Boxing: Sumit Kundu defeated Thailand’s Sinsiri Bunjong 5-0 by unanimous decision in the men’s 70kg preliminary round.

• Wushu: Roshibina Devi advanced to the women’s 60kg Sanda quarterfinals after beating Bangladesh’s Most Shika Khatun by point difference. Aryan also reached the men’s 56kg quarterfinals with a 2-0 win over Afghanistan’s Safi Shahzada.

• Soft Tennis: Jay Meena and Aadhya Tiwari reached the mixed doubles Round of 16 before losing to the Philippines.

• Swimming: Srihari Nataraj finished last in the men’s 50m backstroke final, while India’s men’s 4x200m freestyle relay team finished ninth and missed the final.

• Sepak Takraw: India lost 1-2 to Japan in the men’s Team Regu Group B tie despite winning the opening match.

• Wushu Changquan: Nyeman Wangsu finished 15th in the women’s final.

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