Asian Games 2026 Day 3 LIVE: India win third shooting silver; women’s TT team thrash Pakistan 3-0, move to quarters

What a start to Day 3 for India at the Asian Games. A third silver in shooting. Indian men's 10m Air Rifle team, comprising Himanshu Dhillon, Parth Mane, and Rudrankksh Patil, finished second with 1890.1 points. China take gold with 1899 points.

That's it! Quick demolition job from India. Sreeja beats Fatima 11-4, 11-4, 11-5. India win 3-0 against Pakistan, and they are through to the next round.

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In match 2 of the men's team regu Group B clash, Japan won the opening set 15-12 against India. Remember, these regu clashes are best of 3. So India need to buckle up.

Syndrela Das beat Kalsoom Khan 11-6, 11-7, 11-5 to hand India a 2-0 lead against Pakistan. Sreeja Akula is up next, against Fatima Khan. She wins this and the clash is over.

Rudrankksh slipped from the third to the fifth and then went back to the fourth place after scoring 578.8 points at the end of Series 6. Himanshu Dhillon is in the sixth place with 515.5 points. The top two are Chinese, with Sheng Lihao creating a new Asian qualifying record with 635.4 points. He missed his own world record by 2.5.

Here is more on Rudrankksh Patil and his new mantra -- Less obsession, more calm, another shot at Asian Games glory

Aadhya Tiwari and Jay Meena have won their second match on the group stage, beating Mongolia's Bud Nyamdorj and Enkhkhuslen Ganbaatar 4-2, 4-1, 4-1, 4-0, 5-3. That's two wins in a row, and up next is Korea.

Yes. Sutirtha and Aleena Khan shook hands after the end of the opening tie of the India-Pakistan TT clash. So the no-handshake stance remains only in cricket, is it?

The women's team surely avoided that with Pakistan not making the final in cricket. What will happen in men's cricket if both India and Pakistan qualify for the finale?

Sutirtha put on a dominant show against Aleena, winning 11-3, 11-3, 11-4 to hand India an early lead against Pakistan. Syndrela Das up next, against Kalsoom Khan.

Srihari Nataraj makes the cut to the final, with a time of 25.37 seconds, to finish third in the heat and ninth overall. Rishabh Das clocked 25.41 to finish fourth in the heat.

Overall, 10 swimmers qualified in the men's 50m backstroke final.

It's the first of the two India vs Pakistan matches that we have today. The women's TT team, comprising Sreeja Akula, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Syndrela Das, Yashawinin Ghorpade and Diya Chitale, will be in action. Sutirtha faces Aleena Khan in the first tie.

Men's 10m Air Rifle Qualifying begin. India have Himanshu Dhillon, Parth Mane and Rudrankksh Patil among the long list of participants. This event also serves as the final of the team event.

India were 14-4 in the second set and on match point. But they then lost three points in a row. Signs of jitters? Shouldn't be. They still have a huge lead in hand. Just one more point...but they take a time-out.

That time-out didn't help. India lose another point. It's 14-9 now. Still at match point. And finally! Unreturnable serve that was, and India finally closed out the match.

They were 5-10 down in the first set. But Akash was the inspiration for India, and what a turnaround it has been.

Triple block to no effect! Akash Yumnam has been in terrific form...what a bicycle kick. India lead 9-4 in the second set, and Japan take a time-out. To do this in front of the roaring Japanese crowd...next-level show that is.

An unfortunate start for India in Wushu, as Nyeman Wangsu was eliminated in the women's Changquan Final with a score of 9.573. She finished 13th among the 14 participants in the discipline.

India take a lead on the men's team regu Group B match in Sepaktakraw, against Japan, winning the opening set 15-13. Akash orchestrated this comeback with superb bicycle kicks and deft touches.

The Indian pair of Jay Meena and Aadhya Tiwari have put on quite a show against the Cambodian pair, winning all five games in the group-stage fixture -- 4-1, 4-0, 4-2, 4-1, 4-2.

They will next face Mongolia in their second group game in about half an hour.

This is very impressive in how the Indian team made a comeback. They were trailing 5-10 at the first time-out, before winning the next five points to level the score at 10-all. The set is for 21 points.

The Indian pair of Aadhya Tiwari and Jay Meena have taken the opening three games -- 4-1, 4-0 and 4-2.

India are up against Japan in the men's team regu Group B match.

Yes, it's the same sport...foot-volleyball, played on a badminton-like court, with teqball-like acrobatics.

India is currently trailing 4-6 in the match.

Aadhya Tiwari-Jay Meena get India's soft tennis campaign underway in the mixed doubles category against Cambodia's Viva Chao-Chanroseka Khun.

No. There is no 15-30-40 system in this sport like in lawn tennis. The first player/pair to win four points, wins the game. There is deuce at 3-all, after which the player/pair must win the next consecutive points to win the game. Singles are best of seven games, while in doubles, it's best of nine.

It's basically the tennis we know, but played with a hollow, soft rubber ball that's more susceptible to wind and spins far more easily than regular tennis balls. This sport originated in Japan, and then spread fast through Asia and Eastern Europe. The racquet used is different as well -- lighter, more flexible, and strung at a lower tension.

It’s soft tennis, which was introduced at the Asian Games in 1994. India sent its first-ever soft tennis team to the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, but the contingent failed to advance to the knockout stages in 2010, 2018 or 2023.

5:30 a.m.: Soft tennis - Aadhya Tiwari-Jay Meena vs Cambodia's Viva Chao-Chanroseka Khun in mixed doubles Group B match.

5:30 a.m.: Wushu - Nyeman Wangsu in women's Changquan final.

5:30 a.m.: Sepaktakraw - India vs Japan in men's team regu Group B match.

6:15 a.m.: Table tennis - India vs Pakistan in women's team Group F match.

6:15 a.m.: Shooting - Himanshu Dhillon, Parth Mane and Rudrankksh Patil in men's 10m air rifle individual qualification and team final.

6:30 a.m.: Soft tennis - Aadhya Tiwari-Jay Meena vs Mongolia's Bud Nyamdorj-Enkhkhuslen Ganbaatar in mixed doubles Group B match.

6:30 a.m.: Shooting - Mairaj Khan, Anant Jeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill in men's individual skeet and team final Day 1.

6:30 a.m.: Shooting - Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon and Maheshwari Chauhan in women's individual skeet and team final Day 1.

6:32 a.m.: Swimming - Rishabh Das and Srihari Nataraj in men's 50m backstroke heat.

6:46 a.m.: Swimming - Mani Akash in men's 50m freestyle heat.

6:50 a.m.: Swimming - Gitesh Shah in men's 50m freestyle heat.

7:06 a.m.: Swimming - Dhanush Suresh in men's 100m breaststroke heat.

7:30 a.m.: Soft tennis - Aadhya Tiwari-Jay Meena vs South Korea's Kim Yeon-hwa-Jaekyu Park in mixed doubles Group B match.

8:00 a.m.: Mixed Martial Arts: Suchika Tariyal vs Singapore's Teo Hui Hoon in women's traditional 60kg semifinal.

9:00 a.m.: Shooting - Himanshu Dhillon, Parth Mane and Rudrankksh Patil in men's 10m air rifle individual final (subject to qualification).

9:30 a.m.: Hockey - India vs Indonesia in women's Pool B match.

9:45 a.m.: Kabaddi - India vs Japan in Men's Group A match.

11:30 a.m.: Badminton - India vs Bangladesh in men's team first round.

12 p.m.: Soft tennis - Aadhya Tiwari-Jay Meena in mixed doubles semifinals and final (subject to qualification).

2:45 p.m.: Boxing - Sumit vs Bunjong Sinsiri in men's 70kg Round of 32 bout.

3:15 p.m.: Wushu - Roshbina Devi vs Most Khatun in women's 60kg Round of 16 match.

3:30 p.m.: Table tennis - India vs Pakistan in men's team Group F match.

3:50 p.m.: Wushu - Aryan vs Shahzada Safi in men's 56kg Round of 16 match.

4:15 p.m.: Kabaddi - India vs. Bangladesh in women's Group A match.