Asian Games 2026: India win crusing, wrestling silver; cricket and hockey groups enter gold medal matches

India had a combined however medal-filled day on the Asian Games on Thursday, successful silver medals in crusing and Greco-Roman wrestling whereas the defending champions in males’s cricket and hockey reached their respective finals.India’s medal tally rose to 65, together with 10 gold, 23 silver and 32 bronze, holding the nation inside the highest 10 of the standings.

Sailing offers India early silver

Kerala cousins Prince Kurisinkal Noble and Manu Francis gave India an early medal within the males’s skiff crusing occasion. The Indian pair completed second behind China and forward of Hong Kong, China. They received one race and completed second in three of the 9 races.It was India’s first crusing medal of the continuing Asian Games.India additionally received a bronze within the girls’s skiff occasion, with Harshita Tomar and Shital Verma ending on the rostrum.

Silver in Greco-Roman wrestling

India added one other silver later within the day when Nitesh Siwach completed second within the males’s 97kg Greco-Roman wrestling occasion.Siwach misplaced 0-4 to Japan’s Yuri Nakazato within the closing. A silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling is a uncommon achievement for India on the Asian Games.

Squash groups accept bronze

Both India’s males’s and ladies’s squash groups ended their campaigns with bronze medals after shedding their respective semifinals. The girls’s group of Anahat Singh, Joshana Chinappa, Tanvi Khanna and Shameena Riaz misplaced 1-2 to Hong Kong.Anahat, who had already received silver within the singles occasion, had 4 match factors however couldn’t shut out her opening match towards planet No. 25 Sin Yuk Chan. She misplaced 2-3 (11-9, 11-8, 6-11, 11-13, 10-12).Tanvi then saved India’s hopes alive with a 3-1 (4-11, 13-11, 11-9, 13-11) win over planet No. 40 Ka Yi Lee. But veteran Joshana Chinappa misplaced in straight video games to planet No. 39 Ho Tze Lok, ending India’s hopes of reaching the ultimate.The defending champion males’s group of Abhay Singh, Velavan Senthilkumar, Veer Chotrani and Suraj Chand additionally settled for bronze after a 1-2 loss to Malaysia.

Ganesh provides one other archery bronze

Compound archer Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru added a bronze medal to India’s tally after successful his males’s particular person bronze medal match. Ganesh, who was a part of India’s gold-winning males’s group on Wednesday, defeated Vietnam’s Cong Duc Dang 149-144. The 20-year-old produced a superb efficiency within the playoff, hitting the goal with 14 of his 15 pictures.Ganesh had misplaced 144-148 to South Korea’s Kim Jongho within the semifinal. He went down 29-30, 29-30, 29-28, 29-30, 28-30.

Cricket: India crush Sri Lanka

India’s males’s T20 group had little follow and recreation time earlier than their semifinal towards Sri Lanka. But none of that confirmed as soon as the match started. Led by Shreyas Iyer, India posted 169/7 on a tough pitch earlier than bowling Sri Lanka out for simply 45.Ishan Kishan performed a key position with an unbeaten 80 off 46 balls, whereas tempo spearhead Jasprit Bumrah and Axar Patel took two wickets every.India now face Pakistan within the gold medal match after Pakistan beat Bangladesh within the different semifinal.

Hockey: Abhishek saves India from Pakistan scare

Defending champions India survived an enormous scare towards Pakistan earlier than Abhishek scored with simply 45 seconds left to seal a dramatic 4-3 win within the males’s hockey semifinal.Captain Harmanpreet Singh scored from two penalty corners within the fifth and thirteenth minutes, whereas Sukhjeet Singh added a discipline aim within the twenty third minute. India appeared in management at that stage, however Pakistan fought again strongly after the break.Abu Mahmood scored within the thirtieth minute, Hannan Shahid within the forty fifth and Waheed Rana within the forty ninth to convey Pakistan degree.India struggled to regain management as Pakistan’s forwards put the defending champions below sustained stress.With the match heading in the direction of a shootout, Abhishek produced the decisive second within the closing minute. His effort took a deflection off Pakistan defender Sufiyan and beat goalkeeper Ali Raza.India will face the winner of the opposite semifinal between South Korea and Malaysia within the closing.

Pranavi places India in golf medal hunt

Pranavi Urs produced top-of-the-line rounds of the day in girls’s golf, taking pictures a seven-under 63 to maneuver to second place. She is simply two strokes behind chief Shannon Tan of Singapore.Pranavi started with back-to-back birdies and made 4 birdies in her first six holes. She then added three extra birdies between the thirteenth and sixteenth holes. She accomplished the spherical with out dropping a shot. Her efficiency additionally lifted India to the bronze-medal place within the girls’s group occasion, with India at seven-under 273.Diksha Dagar is T-Twenty first after rounds of 71 and 73, whereas Aditi Ashok is T-Twenty fifth after scores of 71 and 74. The finest two scores from every spherical rely in the direction of the group medal.

India assured of sepaktakraw medal

India secured not less than a bronze medal in males’s quadrant sepaktakraw after reaching the semifinals. India beat Myanmar 2-1 to complete unbeaten and prime Group A. India received 10-15, 15-13, 15-7 after earlier victories over Laos and Vietnam. They had crushed Vietnam 2-0 (15-12, 15-9) earlier within the day. The semifinals might be performed on Friday.

Tennis marketing campaign ends and not using a medal

India’s tennis group will return from the Asian Games and not using a medal for the primary time since 1986.Sumit Nagal’s quarterfinal exit in males’s singles introduced the Indian tennis marketing campaign to an finish. Nagal misplaced 4-6, 4-6 to China’s Yibing Wu in a single hour and 38 minutes on Thursday.Indian judokas, cyclists and pistol shooter Anish Bhanwala additionally missed out on medals after making early exits from their respective occasions.