Asian Games 2023 Highlights Day 5: Sunil Chhetri-led India suffer pre-QF exit; hockey team win Pool A tie vs Japan

India beat Japan 4-2 to stay atop in the points table of Pool A. They secured their third consecutive win in th Asian Games 2023 after a brace from Abhishek and two others from Mandeep Singh and Amit Rohidas. India also secured their second cleansheet.

Japan had threatened to take the game away late into the tie with two goals struck in the final quarter in a space of just three minutes. Mitani Genki was Japan's first goal scorer as he managed to find the back of the net after a well-worked penalty corner while Kato scored the second goal.

India now have two more opponents left to face in the group stage - Pakistan and Bangladesh.

That is a perfect team goal for India! Great play between Abhishek and Mandeep before the former scored his second goal in the match. Marvellous work by the two! India go 4-0 up against Japan in the fourth quarter.

Amit Rohidas score the third goal for India, of a penlaty corner, just four minutes into the third quarter as India lead 3-0 against Japan.

World Championships bronze medalist Nishant Dev (71kg) knocked out Vietnam's Tung Phuoc Bui in the 1st round to enter the quarter-finals at the Asian Games

India go 2-0 ahead against Japan with Mandeep Singh finding the back of the net in the 24th minute

Indian team comprising Dhinidhi Desindhu, Vritti Agarwal, Shuvangi Sarma and Hashika Ramachandra finished eighth (8:37:58) in Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay final

Khalil Marran's brace at the start of the second half saw Saudi Arabia beat India, thus ending the hopes of the Sunil Chhetri-led side in the pre-quarters of Asian Games 2023. India get knocked out owing to the defeat while Saudi Arabia are through to the last eight.

India n team comprising Srihari Nataraj, Anand Shylaja Anilkumar, Vishal Grewal, Tanish George Mathew finished sixth (3:21:46) in Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Final.

India take an early lead in top of the table clash as Abhishek scored in the 13th minute of the opening quarter against Japan.

Indian side are in action against Japan in Pool A match. India stand top of the table after 16-0 win against Uzbekistan and 16-1 against Singapore. Japan stand second after 7-2 win against Bangladesh and 10-1 against Uzbekistan.

Khalil Marran put Saudi Arabia 2-0 up against India in the round of 16 tie.

India's Nehra Aryan (8:04.06) and Kushagra Rawat (8:14.01) finish seventh and eighth respectively in Men's 800m Freestyle Fast Heat.

Saudi Arabia finally break the deadlock as Khalil Maran's header put Saudi Arabia 1-0 ahead against India in the pre-quarters match

Banking in flawless defending and an equally impressive show from the goalkeeper, India managed to held Saudi Arabia to a goalless first half.

Another disappointment in men's event as former world champion Tomoya Tsuboi of Japan beats Deepak Bhoria with 1-4 score in the Pre-Quarterfinals (51kg). It surely was closer than what the score reflects, as Deepak had made a terrific comeback after the first round with three judges ruling in his favour in the second. Tomoya eventually reigned supreme with four 10s in the final round to seal the tie.

Deepak had earned his place in the Asian Games ahead of his senior compatriot Amit Panghal.

India's Rohan Bopnanna and Rutuja Bhosale have guaranteed themselves with at least a bronze and India, its second medal in tennis, after the pair beat Kazakhstan's Grigory Lomakin and Zhibek Kulambayeva 7-5, 6-3 in one hour and 24 minutes in the mixed doubles quarterfinal tie.

30 minutes into the match and the score between India and Saudi Arabhia still stands as 0-0. Remember, Saudi Arabia had delivered a stunner last December in the FIFA World Cup when the side beat Lionel Messi-led Argentina in the group stage.

Mixed doubles quarterfinal: India's Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale secure the first break in the second set before holding serve to go 5-2 up. They stand a game away from securing a medal for India

Mixed doubles quarterfinal: India's Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale deny an opening set tie-breaker as they secured a break in the nick of time, in the 12th game, gain an early lead in the quarterfinal match against Kazakhstan's Grigory Lomakin and Zhibek Kulambayeva. India win the first set 7-5

Indian football team face a tough test at Hangzhou as they take on Saudi Arabia for a place in the quarterfinal. Ranked 57 in the world, Saudi Arabia have an edge over India, having powered 18 goals in their last five games against Igor Stimac's men

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: The boxing bouts have begun at the Hangzhou Gymnasium. India's Deepak Bhoria is in the round of 16 of the 51kg category and he will face Tomoya Tsuboi of Japan at 5.30.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Sharath Kamal have advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of men's singles. Both secured convincing 4-0 victories in the second round.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: After the stunning show from Saketh and Ramkumar, another Indian pair get ready to assure the nation of a second medal in tennis. The legendary Rohan Bopanna will be in action alongside Rutuja Bhosale in mixed doubles quarters against Kazakhstan's Grigory Lomakin and Zhibek Kulambayeva.

A win today will assure the Indian pair of at least a bronze and a huge reprieve for Bopana, who had suffered a shock exit two afternoons back in men's doubles second round, alongside Yuki Bhambri, against lower-ranked Sergey Fomin and Khumoyun Sultanov from Uzbekistan.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Indian pair of Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan played flawlessly in the 10-point decider as they wrapped up the semi-final tie with a stunning 6-1, 6-7(6), 10-0 win against South Korea's Seongchan Hong and Soonwoo Kwon. India are now assured of at least a silver. They will face Thailand's Isaro Pruchya and Jones Maximus Parapol, who beat the Chinese Taipei combination of Jsu Yu-hsiou and Jung Jason 6-4, 7-6(5), in the gold medal match tomorrow.

While it will be third Asian Games medal for Myneni, who won the men's doubles silver and mixed doubles gold in 2014 -- it will be the first-ever medal for Ramkumar, who has endured a torrid 2023 season, in which he lost 17 first round singles matches.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Aditi Ashok leads the way with an impressive tied-T2 position after Round 1 in women's individual event (5-under par). Pravani (T17) and Avani (T21) will need a better performance in the upcoming round.

The Indian women's team is currently 5th after Round 1 (-6).