Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Highlights: Kiran Baliyan wins first athletics medal for India in Hangzhou

Lakshya Sen wins the first game 21-5 against Prince Dahal of Nepal in the first match of the men's team quarterfinal

India's Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee are on a roll. They win the second game 11-7.

India lead 2-0 against Thailand in the women's doubles round of 16 match

India are currently up against Nepal in men's team quarterfinal! Match 1 is between Lakshya and Prince, with the Indian leading 11-2 in Game 1.

India's Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee have taken the first game against Wanwisa and Jinnipa of Thailand 11-8 in the women's doubles round of 16 match.

Omurbek Uulu Bekzhigit of Kyrgzstan too good. India's Lakshya Chahar tried his level best to make a comeback after being outplayed in the first round but Bekzhigit was too strong. Lakshya loses the round of 16 bout in the men's 80kg event by 4:1.

A much better show from India's Lakshya Chahar in the second round but still not enough to convince the referees. Omurbek Uulu Bekzhigit of Kyrgzstan takes the second round in the men's 80kg event.

Akula-Chitale lost Game 3 too, 8-11 against Japan's Harimoto-Kihara. They have lost 0-3 in their round of 16 match and crash out!

India's Lakshya Chahar loses the first round 0-5 of the men's 80kg event against Omurbek Uulu Bekzhigit of Kyrgzstan in the men's 80kg event. The Indian was never in the game. He also got an 8-count in the first minute.

Akula-Chitale are trailing after second game too, 5-11 against Japan's Harimoto-Kihara. They trail 0-2, and will be looking to fightback in Game 3.

Akula-Chitale are trailing 0-1 against Japan's Harimoto-Kihara. They will be aiming to stage a comeback in Game 2, after losing 3-11 in Game 1 in the women's doubles round of 16.

India have climbed to fourth spot in the medal tally now, with 8 gold, 12 silver and 12 bronze. China top 95 gold, 55 silver and 27 bronze.

India are at third spot with 16-under in team event.

Meanwhile, Aditi Ashok is Tied 2 with 11-Under and Pranavi is T10 with 5-Under.

India's David Beckham advances to the semi-final of the Men's Kierin event in cycling. He finished second in his Heat. Esow, the other Indian in the event, failed to qualify after getting disqualified in his Heat.

India shooter Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar wins silver in Men's 50m Rifle 3 Position event. Swapnil Kusale finishes 4th. More medals for India!

Linshu Du with the gold medal for China with a Games Record of 460.6. Aishwary finished with a score of 459.7. He made a great comeback in the standing position after being at the 5th position at the end of the kneeling and prone round.

But Swapnil Bhosale, who was the leader after the first 30 shots in the kneeling and prone position, would be mighty disappointed with his show in the last 15 shots at the standing position. He shot a 7, which brought him down to No.4 from the top spot and the damage was such that he could not recover. He finished 4th with a score of 438.9

India's Parveen Hooda secured a 5:0 win against China's Xu Zichun in the round of 16 bout at the Asian Games to enter the quarterfinals. Parveen, who secured a bronze in the 2022 World Championships, stands one win away from assuring herself a medal at the continental showdown.

She secured all 10s in the opening two rounds. Her opponent tried producing a fight in the final round, which she won 3-2, but it was not enough as Parveen closed the bout 5:0.

Bopanna-Rutuja defeat Chinese Taipei's Hao-ching Chan and Yu-hsiou in the mixed doubles semi-finals. A gold or silver is assured now!

Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale lose the second set 3-6 to Chinese Taipei's Hao-ching Chan and Yu-hsiou Hsu in the mixed doubles semi-final.

Swapnil Kusale at No.1 with score of 310.8. He has got a healthy lead over the second-placed shooter.

Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar at No.5 with score of 306.4

kneeling and prone position ends, only 15 shots in standing position remain.

Bopanna-Rutuja are leading in the second set right now, 3-2. They won the first set 6-1 against their Chinese Taipei opponents in the mixed doubles semifinal.

India's Swapnil Kusale at No.3 after first 15 shots of the kneeling position with a score of 152.8

India's Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar at No.6 with a score of 151.6

Next up, 15 shots each in the prone and standing positions.

India's Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Swapnil Kusale off to contrasting starts in the men's 50m rifle 3 position final. Swapnil at No.3 and Aishwary at No.8 after first five shots in the kneeling position.

India are in action in the mixed doubles semifinal right now! Rutuja-Bopanna are in dominant form and wrapped up the first set 6-1 against their Chinese Taipei opponents.

India's Manush Utpalbhai Shah and Manav Thakkar beat Yew En Koen Pang and Yong Izaac Quek of Singapore 3-2 (3-11, 11-9, 11-6, 5-11, 11-8) to advance to the men's doubles quarterfinal.

India's Joshana Chinappa, Tanvi Khanna, and Anahat Singh get bronze after losing in women's squash semi-final to Hong Kong.

India's 15-year-old youngster Anahat Singh has lost the first game to Ka Yi Lee in the deciding match of the women's quarter-final (team event).

It is India 1-1 Hong Kong in the overall match tally so far, whoever wins this match will advance to the gold medal match.