Asian Games 2023 Highlights Day 5: Sunil Chhetri-led India suffer pre-QF exit; hockey team win Pool A tie vs Japan
Asian Games 2023 Highlights: India clinched gold in the men's 10m air pistol team event and bagged silver in wushu, on Wednesday in Hangzhou.
Asian Games 2023 Highlights, Day 5: It was another eventful day for India in Hangzhou. The nation clinched gold in the men's 10m air pistol team event on Day 5. The shooting team, comprising Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Singh Cheema, Shiva Narwal, staged an incredible comeback to bag the top spot. ...Read More Meanwhile, Naorem Roshibina Devi clinched the silver after losing in the women's 60kg wushu gold medal bout, to China's Wu Xiaowei. Meanwhile, Anush Agarwalla won bronze in equestrian's dressage individual intermediate I freestyle event. Also, India assured themselves of two medals in tennis. While the men's doubles pair of Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan will vie for the elusive gold on Friday, Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale assured themselves of at least a bronze in mixed doubles.
Boxer Jasmine stormed into the women's 60kg quarterfinals. In squash, the women's team defeated Malaysia 3-0 to enter the semifinals, and have been assured of a medal. Day 5 ended with a heartbreak as Indian football team crashed out in the round of 16 after loss to Saudi Arabia.
Catch the Highlights of all the action on Day 5 of the Asian Games:
India's medal tally-
Gold: 6
Silver: 8
Bronze: 11
Results-
Wushu: Roshibina Devi wins SILVER in women's 60kg category
Shooting: India clinch GOLD in men's 10m air pistol team event
India finishes 7th in mixed skeet team final
Sarabjot Singh 4th in men's 10m air pistol final
Table tennis: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Manika Batra lose to China's Zhe Yu Clarence Chew, Jian Zeng in mixed doubles team event
Harmeet Rajul Desai, Sreeja Akula lose to Thailand's Phakpoom Sanguansin and Orawan Paranang, in the mixed doubles round of 16
Manika Batra beats Nepal's Nabita Shrestha 4-0 in women's singles round of 32
Sreeja Akula, Diya Parag beat Ngoc Mai Tran and Nga Thi Nguyen of Vietnam, advance to women's doubles round of 16
Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee beat Kazakhstan's Anastassiya Lavrova and Zauresh Akasheva in women's doubles, enter round of 16
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Sharath Kamal are through to men's singles round of 16 after beating Turki Lafi H Almutairi and Mohamed Shaffan Ismail respectively
Golf: Aditi Ashok T2 in women's individual round 1, Sharath T17 and Prashant T21
India finish in fifth place in women's team round 1
Squash: India defeat Malaysia 3-0, and enter semi-finals in women's team event
India defeat Nepal 3-0 in men's team event
Boxing: Jasmine defeated Saudi Arabia Hadeel Ashour by RSC in the women's 60kg round of 16
Equestrian: Anush Agarwalla wins BRONZE in the dressage individual intermediate I freestyle event
Artistics gymnastics: Pranati Nayak comes 8th in women's vault final
Cycling: David Beckham finished eighth in men's sprint event
Tennis: Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan through to men's doubles gold medal match, beat South Korea's Seongchan Hong and Soonwoo Kwon 6-1, 6-7(6).
Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale through to mixed doubles semifinal as they assured India of second medal in tennis.
Football: India get knocked out in Round of 16 tie against Saudi Arabia after suffering 0-2 loss
Hockey: India beat Japan in Pool A tie in men's hockey to remain unbeaten in the tournament
Follow all the updates here:
- Sep 28, 2023 07:49 PM IST
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Men's hockey
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.
Sep 28, 2023 07:30 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Men's hockey
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.
Sep 28, 2023 07:30 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Men's hockey
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.
Sep 28, 2023 07:12 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Boxing
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
Sep 28, 2023 07:04 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Hockey
India go 2-0 ahead against Japan with Mandeep Singh finding the back of the net in the 24th minute
Sep 28, 2023 06:57 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Swimming
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
Sep 28, 2023 06:51 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Men's football
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.
Sep 28, 2023 06:45 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Swimming
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.
Sep 28, 2023 06:43 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Men's hockey
India take an early lead in top of the table clash as Abhishek scored in the 13th minute of the opening quarter against Japan.
Sep 28, 2023 06:23 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Men's Hockey
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.
Sep 28, 2023 06:18 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Men's Football
Khalil Marran put Saudi Arabia 2-0 up against India in the round of 16 tie.
Sep 28, 2023 06:14 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Swimming
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.
Sep 28, 2023 06:10 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Men's Football
Saudi Arabia finally break the deadlock as Khalil Maran's header put Saudi Arabia 1-0 ahead against India in the pre-quarters match
Sep 28, 2023 05:52 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Men's football
Banking in flawless defending and an equally impressive show from the goalkeeper, India managed to held Saudi Arabia to a goalless first half.
Sep 28, 2023 05:46 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Boxing
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.
Sep 28, 2023 05:34 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Tennis
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.
Sep 28, 2023 05:32 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Men's football
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.
Sep 28, 2023 05:27 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Tennis
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
Sep 28, 2023 05:08 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Tennis
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
Sep 28, 2023 04:57 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Sunil Chhetri and Co. get ready for pre-quarters tie
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
Sep 28, 2023 04:32 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Boxing
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.
Sep 28, 2023 04:17 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Table tennis - men's singles
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.
Sep 28, 2023 04:16 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Tennis- mixed doubles
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.
Sep 28, 2023 03:52 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: AT LEAST SILVER FOR MYNENI AND RAMANATHAN!
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.
Sep 28, 2023 03:46 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Golf
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).
Sep 28, 2023 03:44 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Golf
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: India are currently tied-5th in the team event (alongside Hong Kong, China) in men's golf after Round 1 with a score of 16-under par. Korea leads the way with a brilliant 26-under par score, followed by Singapore and Japan at 2nd and 3rd respectively.
In the individual event, Anirban Lahiri is currently the highest-ranked (T9) after Round 1 with 7-under par. SSP Chawrasiya is T19, while Shubhankar Sharma is T22.
Sep 28, 2023 03:43 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Tennis - men's doubles
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: South Korea's Seongchan Hong and Soonwoo Kwon saved match point in the second set tie-break to force a decider against the Indian pair of Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan in the semifinal tie. They won 7-6(6)India had won the opening set 6-1.
Sep 28, 2023 03:40 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Tennis - men's doubles
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: The Indians force the game into tie-break and had taken a 4-2 lead. But once again, the Koreans fought back and they managed to save match point as well to make it 6-6.
Sep 28, 2023 03:26 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Tennis - men's doubles
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan are in the semifinal against Korea's Seong Chan Hong and Son Woo Kwon. They had won the first set 6-1 and were leading 3-0 in the second but the Koreans have fought back and now lead 6-5 in the second.
Sep 28, 2023 02:52 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Anush Agarwalla clinches bronze in equestrian!
Anush Agarwalla has bagged bronze in the dressage individual intermediate I freestyle event, with a score of 73.030, behind Malaysias Mohd Qabil Ambak (75.780) and Hong Kong's Jacqueline Wing Ying (73.450).
Sep 28, 2023 02:50 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Squash - Update
India have sealed a 2-0 win against Nepal in the men's team event in the men's team Pool A!
Sep 28, 2023 02:42 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Equestrian - Update
After Hriday's elimination, Anush Agarwalla rose to third place and has a total score of 73.030 in the dressage individual event!
Sep 28, 2023 02:41 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Tennis - Update
Indian pair of Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan comfortably take the opening set 6-1 in just 24 minutes against the South Korean combination of Seongchan Hong and Soonwoo Kwon in the semis after securing a double break. India have been dominant on serve, losing only three points behind first serve and securing a 100 per cent behind second (6/6).
Sep 28, 2023 02:31 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Table tennis - Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee beat Kazakhstan's Anastassiya Lavrova and Zauresh Akasheva!
India's Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee beat Kazakhstan's Anastassiya Lavrova and Zauresh Akasheva in straight games 3-0 (11-7, 11-4, 11-7) to advance to the round of 16 in women's doubles.
Sep 28, 2023 02:29 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Tennis - Update
India's Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan have broken Seongchan Hong and Soonwoo Kwon of Korea. They lead the first set 3-1. This is the men's doubles semi-final and the winner will play for gold.
Sep 28, 2023 02:28 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Equestrian - Dressage individual intermediate I freestyle
India's Hriday Chheda has been elimiated in the individual dressage event, after blood was spotted on his horse's leg!
Sep 28, 2023 02:25 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Tennis - Men's Doubles Semifinals
Indian pair of Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan aim for at least a silver as they take on the South Korean combination of Seongchan Hong and Soonwoo Kwon in the semis. India lead 2-1 on serve in the opening set.
Sep 28, 2023 02:22 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Squash - Update
India lead 2-0 in squash now after Mahesh defeats Nepal's Arhant 3-0. The Indian won Game 1 11-2, followed it up with 11-3 and 11-3 in the next two games!
Sep 28, 2023 02:05 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Table tennis - Update
Sreeja Akula and Diya Parag Chitale beat Ngoc Mai Tran and Nga Thi Nguyen of Vietnam in straight games (11-8, 15-13, 11-6) to advance to women's doubles round of 16.
Sep 28, 2023 02:00 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Squash - Update
India lead 1-0 against Nepal. Abhay Singh won Match 1 vs Amrit Thapa, claiming a 3-0 (11-2 11-4 11-1) victory!
Sep 28, 2023 01:43 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Squash - Update
India are in action now in their squash men's team Pool A fixture against Nepal!
Sep 28, 2023 01:27 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Golf - Update
Lahiri is tied at eighth, with a total of 65. Chawrasia and Sharma are tied at 18th in men's individual round 1. Meanwhile, India are fifth in the men's team event.
Sep 28, 2023 01:20 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: India assured of medal in women's team squash
India have been assured a medal in squash women's team event. They defeated Malaysia 3-0 on Thursday to enter the semis.
Sep 28, 2023 01:07 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Pranati out of medal race!
India's Pranati Nayak fails to get a perfect landing in her first vault. It was a very difficult attempt and could have straightaway put her in medal contention if she had managed a perfect landing. She got a 5.2 on the difficulty level, 7.2 on execution and a penalty of 0.3 to take her first-round score to 12.1.
Her second vault was a much better one and she also got a perfect landing. She got 4.2 in difficulty level, 8.4 in execution. Her second-round score is 12.6
Pranati's average score after two vaults is 12.35. She is at the 4th spot now
Sep 28, 2023 12:47 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Focus shifts to equestrian and artistic gymnastics
India is in action now in equestrian and artistic gymnastics! All eyes on Pranati, who seeking a medal in gymnastics!
Sep 28, 2023 12:10 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Jasmine advances to quarters!
India's Jasmine continues her dominance in the second round. And the referee stops the contest midway. Jasmine wins the bout by RSC (Referee Stops Contest). Jasmine advances to the quarter-finals without breaking a sweat.
Sep 28, 2023 12:05 PM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: Jasmine's boxing bout - Update
Combination of punches followed by terrific defence... Jasmine forces Hadeel Ashour of Saudi Arabia to counterfeit in the opening round. This women's 60kg round of 16 round bout might turn out to be a one-sided affair.
Sep 28, 2023 11:54 AM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: 15-year-old Anahat goes down!
India's 15-year-old squash player Anahat Singh goes down fighting to Malaysia's Rachel Mae Arnold in straight games. India lose 0-3 to Malaysia in the women's team pool B match.
Sep 28, 2023 11:41 AM ISTAsian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 5: India lose to Malaysia
India lose to Malaysia 0-2 in the women's team pool B match. They are still well-placed to advance through
Tanvi put on a gallant effort against CWG gold medallist Aifa Binti Azman, going down 2-3.
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