Asian Games 2023 highlights Day 14: India’s medal tally reaches 107 with gold in kabaddi, cricket and badminton

Playing XIs-

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

Afghanistan: Zubaid Akbari, Mohammad Shahzad(w), Noor Ali Zadran, Shahidullah Kamal, Afsar Zazai, Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib(c), Sharafuddin Ashraf, Qais Ahmad, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Zahir Khan

India win the toss and opt to field vs Afghanistan. The toss was delayed due to rain.

Squads-

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Tilak Varma, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Tripathi, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar, Prabhsimran Singh, Akash Deep

Afghanistan: Sediqullah Atal, Mohammad Shahzad(w), Noor Ali Zadran, Shahidullah Kamal, Afsar Zazai, Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib(c), Sharafuddin Ashraf, Qais Ahmad, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Zahir Khan, Sayed Shirzad, Nijat Masood, Zubaid Akbari, Wafiullah Tarakhil

Deepak Punia steals two points now and takes the lead, 4-3 against Javrail Shapiev.

It is done and he wraps it up! Assured of a medal, into the final!

OH NO! Javrail Shapiev bags two points and leads now! 3-2 and Deepak Punia really needs to turn it around here!

Deepak Punia takes on Uzbek Javrail Shapiev, in men's freestyle 86kg semifinal. The Indian is leading 1-0 in the ongoing first period.

India women clinched a 15-9 win in the fifth set, defeating Hong Kong, China, 3-2.

India narrowly miss out on a medal here! Sai Samitha Akula finishes in fourth position. Meanwhile, Greeshma Dontara takes sixth place.

India are leading 10-8 in the fifth set against Hong Kong, with the match level at 2-2. The Indians won the first set 21-18, and then Hong Kong bagged the next two sets, 18-25 20-25. India staged a turnaround in the fourth set, claiming it 25-19.

The roller skating long program final is currently ongoing and Sai Samitha Akula is in second position. Meanwhile, Greeshma Donatara is fourth. Two more participants to go!

Deepak Punia wins his men's freestyle 86kg quarterfinal, defeating Japan's Shota Shirai, 7-3. He advances to the semis!

Meanwhile, Yash loses 1-8 to Tajikistan's Magomet Evloev, 1-8 in his men's freestyle 74kg quarterfinal bout.

Deepak Punia is up against Japan's Shota Shirai now, in the men's freestyle 86kg quarterfinal!

Also, Yash is facing Tajikistan's Magomet Evloev in the men's freestyle 74kg quarterfinal.

Raga Sri Kulandaivelu lost 1-4 to China's Ma Yue in his quarterfinal fixture.

Deepak Punia wins! The Indian wrestler defeats Indonesia's Randa Riandesta, 11-0 by superiority in the men's freestyle 86kg pre-quarters!

Yash seals a 10-0 victory by technical superiority against Cambodia's Chheang Chhoeun in men's freestyle 74kg pre-quarters!

Hitesh Kewat finishes in 10th position and qualifies for the final with a timing of 117.68. Meanwhile, Shubman Kewat does not qualify, finishes 11th with a timing of 130.01.

Sumit is beaten by Kyrgyzstan's Aiaal Lazarev, 0-10 in the men's freestyle 125kg pre-quarters.

Vicky loses 0-10 against Kazakhstan's Alisher Yergali in his men's freestyle 97kg pre-quarters.

India women's kabaddi team wins GOLD after beating Chinese Taipei 26-25.

India are faltering in the defence here. They are going out of position in trying to tackle Taipei, especially Priyanka. This is getting real close here. And India have called for timeout. They are leading 24-23 with about 2 mins to go.

India are all out! Oh my goodness! 4 points to Chinese Taipei. They are now in the lead by one point with only 4 minutes to go. India are faltering here. They are all out for the first time in this Games.

Deepak Punia seals a 3-2 win vs Bahrain's Magomed Sharipov in the men's freestyle 86kg qualification round.

This is getting a bit close here. Chinese Taipei are hanging in there. They have closed the gap with India. The favourites now only have three three-point lead with only 6 minutes to go. And India only have three players on the mat. This can get really interesting.

Abhishek: 10

Ojas: 10

Abhishek: 10

Ojas: 9/10

Abhishek: 10

Ojas: 10

So Ojas has won the gold unless there is a change in the scoreline, we will just wait for confirmation!

It's done! India's Ojas Pravin Deotale wins gold in Men's Compound Archery, Abhishek Verma gets silver.

It is halftime and India build a good lead in the final minute! India get a bonus time after tackling Feng for the first time in the match. Sakshi did it from the left corner!

India 14-9 Chinese Taipei