Asian Games 2023, Highlights Day 13: India reclaim gold in men's hockey, Satwik-Chirag enter final

Aman seals a 6-1 win vs South Korea's Kim Sunggwon and advances to the men's freestyle 57kg quarterfinal!

Aman is currently up against South Korea's Kim Sunggwon in the wrestling men's freestyle 57kg pre-quarters!

10 to start from An San, Misun Choi gets a 9 and Sihyeon Lim has a 9 too. Ankita Bhakat begins with a 10 for India, a good start by the southpaw. Simranjeet up next, a 10 from her too. Great stuff! Bhajan nails it. A perfect 30 for India to start the first series.

Pressure on Korea. An San gets a 10. Misun Choi goes just wide and gets 9. Sihyeon finishes with a 9. Korea have 56 on the board. India just need 27 from the three arrows. And oh no, Ankita starts with a 7. Simranjeet with an 8 and with that this set is Korea's. Bhajan gets 9. Korea take this set 56-54. India 0-2 Korea in the semi-final.

India crash to a 0-2 defeat vs Myanmar in men's sepaktakraw. They lost 15-21 in the first set, followed by 13-21 in the second.

India's Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur, and Simranjeet Kaur are in action in the women's recurve archery semi-final against South Korea. Action begins!

India beat Nepal 61-17 to storm into the women's kabaddi final, assured of at least silver. This is the highest score that the Indian women's kabaddi team has achieved in this Games. Their previous best was 56 points against South Korea. This has been an absolute statement from the Indian women's team. They now await the winner Iran vs Chinese Taipei semi-final 2.

India 61-17 Nepal

Bangladesh are crumbling right now and have reached 58/6 in 12.4 overs against India. Sai Kishore has taken three wickets, Washington Sundar and Tilak Varma have scalped two and one dismissals respectively.

What a start by India in the second half. 13 points compared to just 3 from Nepal. They are making light work of the Nepalese. It's 40-13 in India's favour.

India 40-13 Nepal

Vishal Kewat qualifies for the final, with a timing of 134.15.

A good passage of play for India to end the first half. They have inflicted an all-out twice and have a huge 19-point lead. India 29-10 Nepal after the first 15 minutes in the women's kabaddi semi-final.

India 29-10 Nepal

Anuja Rai has been the performer of the day for Nepal today. They get back-to-back points for the first time in this match - one through a raid from Anjua and then from a tackle on India's raider. India, however, still have a comfortable 19-9 lead.

India 19-9 Nepal

Bangladesh 21/3 at the end of the powerplay. Washington Sundar (2) and R Sai Kishore are the wicket-takers for India. Run-scoring has not been easy for Bangladesh in the men's cricket semis. The Indian spinners have been on top.

Ritu Negi, the captain, with the charge in the tackle and India have inflicted an all-out 12 minutes into the semi-final. They will get 3 points for the all-out. India lead 14-5 against Nepal.

India 14-5 Nepal

An ankle hold from Priyanka! A quality one that is. India slowly warming up to a good lead now. They are 7 compared to Nepal's 2 in the women's kabaddi semi-final.

India 7-2 Nepal

Bist grabs a touchpoint for Nepal, of Indian captain Ritu. Nepal get their first point!

India 2-1 Nepal

India captain Ritu wins the toss and chooses court. Nepal will start with a raid and India will raid first in the second half.

Lineups-

India: Sakshi Kumari, Pushpa, Nidhi Sharma, Priyanka, Ritu Negi, Pooja Hathwala, Jyoti

Nepal: Manmati Bist, Menuka Kumari Rajbanshi, Jayanti Badu, Sunita Thapa, Rabina Chaudhary, Anuja Kulung Rai, Ganga Ghimire

India are up against Nepal now in their women's kabaddi semifinal! STAY TUNED FOLKS!

10! Good start from Japan. But the next one is a 7. They finish with a 9. So it's 26 after three arrows. Ankita for India now, she gets a 9, marginally. Simranjeet with a clear 9. Bhajan needs a 9 to give India the lead and she gets it. India have the advantage again.

Japan with the second round. Bad start, it's an 8. Another 8. They finish with a 9. Their total is 51. India just need three 8s from their archers to go through. Ankita starts with an 8. Simranjeet smacks it in the middle. Bhajan needs a 6 to win it for India. She gets a 9. India win this 54-51 and with that they win the match 6-2 to advance to the semi-final in the women's recurve archery.

India claim the first set against Myanmar, winning 21-15. They lead 1-0 now! Time for Set 2!

27 from the Japan archers to start. Ankita and Simranjeet shoot 9 and Bhajan once again with a 10 to give India the advantage. Japan again now. 9, 9, 8. This should India's now. Ankita to start. Oh, it's an 8. 9 from Simranjeet. Bhajan shoots an 8. And Japan hangs on. This set belongs to them. It's India 4-2 Japan.

Bhajan Kaur with a 10 when a 9 is all she needed. Brilliant from the Indian archers. They have taken the second set with a two-point lead (56-54). It's India 4-0 Japan in the women's recurve archery quarterfinal.

India's Vishal Kewat is currently in second position, with a timing of 134.15. He is behind Thailand's Nantipat Ongchit (116.75). The qualification rules are that the first eight enter the final and the rest are eliminated.

Playing XIs-

India: Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Arshdeep Singh

Bangladesh: Parvez Hossain Emon, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Zakir Hasan, Saif Hassan(c), Afif Hossain, Shahadat Hossain, Jaker Ali(w), Rakibul Hasan, Hasan Murad, Mrittunjoy Chowdhury, Ripon Mondol

India's Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur, and Simranjeet Kaur have won the first set comfortably (53-49) against Satsuki Noda, Tomomi Sugimoto, and Azusa Yamaguchi in the women's recurve archery quarterfinal. India 2-0 Japan. It's a best of 4 sets.