Asian Games 2026 Day 4 Highlights: Harmanpreet Kaur's team wins first gold for India; medals assured in badminton, wushu

Asian Games 2026 Day 4 Highlights: The Indian women's cricket team made the biggest headline of the day by clinching the first gold medal of the campaign. Elsewhere, the Indian men's badminton team, and Wushu star Roshibina Devi assured two more medals for India.

The Indian women's cricket team won India's first Asian Games 2026 gold medal (PTI)

Asian Games 2026 Day 4 Highlights: The day 4 of the Asian Games was not as productive as the first few days of action. Yet, the biggest achievement of the campaign till now was achieved on September 22, as the Indian women's cricket team retained their gold medal by defeating Sri Lanka by 147 runs in the final. This was the countrys first gold at the continental event....Read More

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• 22 Sept 2026, 05:37:42 PM IST

  End of day's action for India

  That's a wrap for the Indian contingent on Day 3 of the Asian Games 2026. It was not as productive a day for India as the previous two days was. However, it was a big day as the country secured their first gold medal of the campaign, as the Indian women's cricket team beat Sri Lanka to clinch the gold medal. The Indian men's badminton team qualified for the semi-final, thus assuring a medal. In fact, Roshibina Devi assured another medal for India in Wushu.

• 22 Sept 2026, 05:22:38 PM IST

  Indian men's hockey team thrash Sri Lanka 16-1

  Comprehensive win for India in consecutive matches, as they beat Sri Lanka 16-1 days after they beat Indonesia 13-1. Eight different players contributed with goals, with Jugraj Singh scoring four and Abhishek and Dilpreet Singh also scoring hat-tricks. Sri Lanka did manage to score a consolation through Suresh Rathnayake, which was the first goal Sri Lanka has scored against India in Asian Games history.

  Up next for India what should be a tougher match against four-time Asian Games champion South Korea on Thursday

• 22 Sept 2026, 05:05:47 PM IST

  Women's TT team crash out!!

  The Indian women's table tennis team's campaign was defined by fights, until it fizzled out in the quarter-finals, one step short of a medal. North Korea, the draw's most unknown and dangerous opponents given their players don't compete in WTT events, swept India 3-0. A quarter-final finish is a step better than their Round of 16 exit in Hangzhou three years ago, although India's women are still searching for a first team medal at the Asian Games (the men won bronze in 2018). This team, without its star player Manika Batra who wasn't picked, produced fighting wins against Singapore and Thailand, but North Korea proved too strong in the end.

• 22 Sept 2026, 04:57:40 PM IST

  India continue goal fest vs Sri Lanka

  The goals continued to flow in the third quarter, with Manpreet Singh getting on the scoresheet within 45 seconds of the restart. Vivek Sagar Prasad and Dilpreet added to the team's tally before Jugraj Singh completed his hat-trick by converting a penalty stroke. Skipper Harmanpreet Singh closed out the half with a second goal for himself with another powerful drag-flick. India now leads 13-0 with one quarter to go.

• 22 Sept 2026, 04:53:50 PM IST

  India go 0-2 down vs North Korea

  Yashaswini Ghorpade lost the second tie of the quarter-final against North Korea, as she fell to Gyong Son Pyon by a margin of 4-11, 3-11, 6-11. India now need to win the final three ties on the trot to stay in contention for a medal.

• 22 Sept 2026, 04:21:55 PM IST

  India go 8-0 up at half-time

  Five goals came in the second quarter. Captain Harmanpreet Singh got in on the act within 30 seconds of the restart with a trademark thunderous drag-flick. Abhishek then scored his second in the 17th minute. Jugraj Singh got his second as well in the 22nd before Sukhjeet had the enviable task of tapping home into an empty net in the 29th minute. India still had time for another chance, with Dilpreet Singh - who scored four against Indonesia - deflecting home. India lead Sri Lanka 8-0 at half-time.

• 22 Sept 2026, 04:19:15 PM IST

  Sreeja Akula goes down as India trail

  In the women's table tennis team quarter-final against North Korea, India have lost the first match as Sreeja Akula goes down 7-11, 6-11, 5-11 against Kum Yong Kim.

• 22 Sept 2026, 04:13:02 PM IST

  India's table tennis quarter final begins

  India have begun their quarter-final bout against North Korea, with Sreeja Akula starting proceedings. India will be looking to win this game in order to assure another medal in Aichi-Nagoya.

• 22 Sept 2026, 04:07:06 PM IST

  Pranati Nayak reaches final!!

  Artistic gymnast Pranati Nayak boosted India's chances of a medal in the sport, as she was one of the eight athletes to qualify for the individual vault final.

• 22 Sept 2026, 04:05:58 PM IST

  Aryan crashes out!!

  In the men's 56 kg quarter-final against Saydulloh Abdurashitov of Afghanistan, Wushu star Aryan Sood crashes out, and misses out on a medal.

• 22 Sept 2026, 03:53:33 PM IST

  India smash three goals in first quarter

  Straight-forward and dominant display so far in the first quarter from defending champions India, as they lead Sri Lanka 3-0 in their Pool A match. Mandeep Singh opened the scoring in the fifth minute, followed by a powerful drag-flick by Jugraj Singh in the 10th. Abhishek chipped in with a field goal of his own a minute later.

• 22 Sept 2026, 03:42:41 PM IST

  Another medal assured for India

  India's Roshibina Devi storms into the semi-finals of the women's 69kg Sanda Wushu by defeating Macau, China's Chu Man Sin. She has thus assured India's 9th medal at the Asian Games 2026.

• 22 Sept 2026, 03:28:25 PM IST

  Hockey up next!!

  India will next be seen in action in the men's hockey as Harmanpreet Singh and his team take on Sri Lanka in their second Pool A game of the tournament. They beat Indonesia 13-1 in their first game.

• 22 Sept 2026, 03:15:30 PM IST

  Disappointing finish for India's 4x100m men's relay swimming team

  India finish last in the 4x100m men's swimming relay final, as the quartet of Utkarsh Atil, Danush Suresh, Benedicton Benison, Akash Mani disappoint. China clinch the gold, with Japan winning the silver and South Korea winning the bronze.

• 22 Sept 2026, 02:52:28 PM IST

  Badminton medal assured for India

  India have assured their 8th medal at the Asian Games 2026. Ayush Shetty edges past Koki Watanabe in the third match-up of the Indian men's badminton's teams quarter-final against Japan. They have thus assured a medal, as they cruise into the semi-final, where they will face either China or South Korea.

• 22 Sept 2026, 02:38:17 PM IST

  India get first boxing win

  Jadumani Singh opens India's boxing campaign at the Asian Games 2026 on a high as he defeats Chandra Bahadur Thapa of Nepal in the men's 55kg category Round of 32. The Indian pugilist has now qualified for the Round of 16.

• 22 Sept 2026, 02:36:13 PM IST

  India's golden girls

  

  The women's cricket team seals the first gold for India at the Asian Games 2026 (AFP)

  The Indian women's team have received their gold medals, as Harmanpreet Kaur win back-to-back Asian Games golds.

• 22 Sept 2026, 02:27:47 PM IST

  India begin boxing campaign!!

  The Indian contingent have officially begun their boxing campaign, as Jadumani Singh takes on Nepal's Chandra Bahadur Thapa in the men's 55kg round of 32 bout. Jadumani comes into the contest having recently won the silver medal at the Commonwealth Games 2026.

• 22 Sept 2026, 02:23:26 PM IST

  Ayush bags first game!!

  Ayush Shetty gets off to a good start as he bags the first game against Koki Watanabe as he takes the first game. He needs to win two more games to ensure his victory, and also assure India of a bronze medal at the very least.

• 22 Sept 2026, 01:56:21 PM IST

  Ayush Shetty in action!

  Ayush Shetty is in action for India against Japan’s Koki Watanabe in the third match of the quarterfinal. A win for Ayush would seal India’s place in the semifinals and guarantee the team a medal in the men’s badminton event.

• 22 Sept 2026, 01:45:47 PM IST

  No surprises there

  Tanishka Khatri's journey ends. She loses 9-15 against reigning world champion Sera Song in the women's epee individual round of 16.

• 22 Sept 2026, 01:45:27 PM IST

  Satwik-Chirag beats Japanese pair!

  The second game between Satwik Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty and Japan’s Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi turned into a thrilling battle, with the scores tied at 20-20, 21-21 and 22-22. Neither pair was willing to give an inch, but Satwik and Chirag finally held their nerve to close out the game 24-22. India now lead Japan 2-0 after the first two matches of the men’s badminton quarterfinal.

• 22 Sept 2026, 01:26:03 PM IST

  India women's cricket team win gold!

  India have opened their Asian Games 2026 gold medal account, with the women’s cricket team delivering the first top finish for the country. Smriti Mandhana’s sublime 79 helped India post a commanding 216/3, setting Sri Lanka a daunting target. The chase never got going as India’s bowlers dominated from the outset, dismissing Sri Lanka for just 69. India completed a massive 147-run victory to seal the gold medal in emphatic fashion.

• 22 Sept 2026, 01:12:41 PM IST

  Satwik-Chirag wins first game!

  Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have taken the opening game 21-18 against Japan’s Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi. Chirag and Satwik held their nerve in a tight finish as India’s pair edged ahead in the second match of the men’s badminton team quarterfinal.

• 22 Sept 2026, 01:05:30 PM IST

  Satwik-Chirag fighting it hard!

  Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are locked at 14-14 against Japan’s Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi in the second match of the men’s badminton team quarterfinal. It is finely poised as both pairs look to gain the edge in the opening game.

• 22 Sept 2026, 12:52:44 PM IST

  Women's cricket: India in touching distance of gold

  Sri Lanka are imploding in the chase of 217 and five wickets are already lost. The spinners are spinning a web but India look set to defend their gold medal. What a flawless performance so far!

• 22 Sept 2026, 12:49:07 PM IST

  Satwik-Chirag in Action!

  Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are up next for India as they take on Japan’s Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi in the second match of the men’s badminton team quarterfinal.

• 22 Sept 2026, 12:43:51 PM IST

  Aryan Thakur loses in Soft Tennis!

  Aryan Thakur's men's singles campaign has come to an end after he suffered a 0-4 defeat to Chinese Taipei's Chen Po-yi in his final Group C match. Chen won 4-1, 4-2, 4-2, 4-1, leaving Aryan to finish second in the group.

• 22 Sept 2026, 12:42:33 PM IST

  Wushu - Hanjabam Langlentombi Devi finishes 9th

  Hanjabam Langlentombi Devi finishes in the ninth position in the Women’s Nanquan and Nandao final with a total score of 18.839. She had previously finished ninth in the Nanquan with 9.403 and now she finishes eighth in the Nandao final with 9.436.

• 22 Sept 2026, 12:41:53 PM IST

  Lakshya Sen completes sensational comeback!

  Lakshya Sen has produced a stunning comeback to beat Kodai Naraoka 11-21, 21-5, 21-19. After losing the opening game, Lakshya dominated the second and then fought back from a difficult position in the decider. He was trailing 6-14 at one stage. The change of ends once again worked in his favour as he sealed the third game in the closing stages. India’s team is pumped up after the comeback win.

• 22 Sept 2026, 12:19:13 PM IST

  Lakshya Sen fighting hard!

  Lakshya Sen is putting up another strong fight in the deciding game against Kodai Naraoka. The Indian shuttler is just one point behind at 5-6 as the contest remains finely poised.

• 22 Sept 2026, 12:08:39 PM IST

  Lakshya Sen finds his mojo to win second game!

  Lakshya Sen has turned the contest around after the change of ends, producing a dominant display in the second game against Kodai Naraoka. He stormed to a 21-5 win, making a strong statement after losing the opening game 11-21.

• 22 Sept 2026, 12:00:18 PM IST

  Lakshya Sen bounces back!

  Lakshya Sen has finally found his rhythm and taken control of the tempo, racing to a 7-1 lead against Kodai Naraoka. He has responded strongly after a difficult start, with little going his way in the early phase of the game.

• 22 Sept 2026, 11:52:57 AM IST

  Lakshya Sen disappoints again!

  Lakshya Sen could not maintain his early momentum against Kodai Naraoka, despite putting up a strong fight in the opening exchanges. The Japanese shuttler soon took control and pulled away to win the first game 21-11, adding to India's disappointment in badminton.

• 22 Sept 2026, 11:39:55 AM IST

  Lakshya Sen in action!

  Lakshya Sen and Kodai Naraoka have made a lively start to their team event clash, with the Japanese shuttler using the net effectively in the early exchanges. Naraoka leads Sen 4-3 in the opening game.

• 22 Sept 2026, 11:37:45 AM IST

  Mandhana nears century in gold medal match!

  Smriti Mandhana is holding the innings together brilliantly in the middle as she closes in on a century. India remain on course for a big total despite losing Shafali Verma and Harmanpreet Kaur. A 200-plus score is now well within reach, but India will need Mandhana and Richa Ghosh to stay at the crease and build a strong finish. The pair have put India in a good position, but the final few overs will be crucial if India are to make the most of the platform and put the opposition under serious pressure.

• 22 Sept 2026, 11:31:21 AM IST

  India men's badminton team tie begins!

  The Indian men's badminton team clash against Japan begins!

  Match 1: Lakshya Sen vs Kodai Naraoka

  Match 2: Satwik-Chirag vs Hoki-Kobayashi

  Match 3: Ayush Shetty vs Koki Watanabe

  Match 4: Hariharan-Arjun vs Kumagai-Nishi

  Match 5: Srikanth vs Yushi Tanaka

• 22 Sept 2026, 11:17:47 AM IST

  India men's team loses in TT!

  One match point, six game points – India had it all against powerhouses Republic of Korea, but blew it. The Indian men’s table tennis team crashed out of the team competition in the Round of 16 after a 3-0 defeat against the Hangzhou Asian Games silver medallists. Manush Shah ran world No.23 Oh Junsung really close in the second tie. The Indian had a match point in the fourth game and was 4-1 up in the decider, before Oh stamped his class. Manav Thakkar was 10-4 up in the first game against An Jaehyun before the Korean turned the tables. A closer-than-expected fight against Korea, yet it capped a rather underwhelming teams campaign for the men who made Iran look like continental heavyweights in the group tie.

• 22 Sept 2026, 11:07:07 AM IST

  Taniksha wins in Fencing!

  Taniksha Khatri has advanced to the next round of the fencing competition after defeating Thailand's Natpapat Sangngio 15-10. She becomes the first Indian fencer to register a knockout win today. Khatri will face reigning world champion Song Sera of the Republic of Korea in the round of 16.

• 22 Sept 2026, 10:59:59 AM IST

  Aadhya beats Pakistan's Kainaat but still remains out of contention!

  Aadhya Tiwari signed off with a 4-0 win over Pakistan's Kainaat Shallwani, winning 4-2, 5-3, 4-1, 5-3. However, the victory was not enough to take her into the quarterfinals, as Alisha Ziegler had already beaten Shallwani to secure top spot in the group. Only group winners advance to the last eight.

• 22 Sept 2026, 10:53:14 AM IST

  Manav throws it away!

  Manav Thakkar throws it away against Jaehyun An. He was leading the game for most of the time with a healthy 10-4 lead, but in the end, he threw it away and lost the game 12-10 as India on the verge of elimination.

• 22 Sept 2026, 10:39:57 AM IST

  Manush Shah loses!

  Manush Shah could not get past Junsung Oh in the deciding game, going down 6-11 as the Korean sealed a hard-fought victory. Two of the five games went to deuce, underlining how closely contested the match was.

• 22 Sept 2026, 10:27:02 AM IST

  Anant Jeet Singh in 2nd spot in men's skeet qualifiers!

  Donning BIB no. 1103, the Indian stands second in the men's skeet individual qualifiers with 96 points after Round 4. Malraj Ahmad stands 23rd with 91 points, while Bhavtej Singh Gill is 35th with 86 points.

• 22 Sept 2026, 10:26:33 AM IST

  Manush and Junsung putting up a show in TT!

  Manush Shah and Junsung Oh have taken their thrilling contest into a fifth and deciding game after four closely fought games. The score stands at 4-11, 11-8, 13-11, 11-13, with two games going to deuce, underlining the intensity of the clash.

• 22 Sept 2026, 10:17:11 AM IST

  India opt to bat first in gold medal match!

  India women's team skipper Harmanpreet Kaur wins the toss and elects to bat first against Sri Lanka women in the gold match finale. (Follow Live Updates here)

• 22 Sept 2026, 10:11:28 AM IST

  India face early jolt in South Korea clash

  Harmeet Desai lost to Jang Woojin 3-1 in the opening tie. Manush Shah is up against Oh Jungsung in the second tie, where he leads two-games-to-one (4-11, 11-8, 13-11).

• 22 Sept 2026, 10:09:57 AM IST

  Aryan Thakur wins in Soft Tennis!

  Aryan Thakur got the better of Mongolia's Bold-erdene Altangerel with a 4-0 (4-1, 4-1, 4-0, 4-1) win in the Group C contest in men's singles Soft Tennis. He will next clash against Chen Po-yi of Chinese Taipei.

• 22 Sept 2026, 10:05:48 AM IST

  India eke out a draw

  The pair of Chinmay Sahoo and Shakeel Patel hold Uzbekistan to a 0-0 draw in Group F clash in eFootball (Esports). India will face Mongolia later in the day at 2pm.

• 22 Sept 2026, 10:03:27 AM IST

  Tanvi Sharma loses as India miss out on medal!

  A disappointing outing for Tanvi Sharma as she struggled against Nozomi Okuhara and went down in straight games, 12-21, 10-21. It is Tanvi's third defeat to Okuhara in as many meetings. With PV Sindhu and Unnati Hooda also losing earlier, India have missed out on a medal in the women's badminton team event.

• 22 Sept 2026, 09:59:10 AM IST

  Know more about Sakshi!

  Having boxed all her senior career in 54kg, moving to the 51kg category wasn’t an easy choice for boxer Sakshi Chaudhary. The lowest Olympic weight class in India is stacked — there’s two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen, 48kg world champion Minkashi Hooda, and former CWG and world champion Nitu Ghanghas. In the selection trials for Asian and Commonwealth Games, Sakshi stunned Nikhat 4-1 in the semi-final before beating Minakshi — who had beaten Nitu in her semi-final — 5-0 in the decider. Following her gold in Glasgow CWG, she is now gunning for her first Asian Games medal. Beating Paris Olympics bronze medallist Aira Villegas of the Philippines (5-0) in her opening bout is just the start she would've wanted. (Read full story)