Asian Games Highlights, Day 7: IND thrash PAK in hockey, Squash; medals- 38

Asian Games 2023, Day 7 Highlights: India thrashed Pakistan 10-2 in hockey and beat them 3-2 in Squash to win the men's team gold. The contingent finished with 10 Gold, 14 Silver and 14 Bronze medals

8:57 PM

Asian Games 2023 LIVE | India's schedule on October 01, Day 8

 

Archery- 06:30 AM IST

 

Recurve and Compound Men’s and Individual qualification 

 

India’s Prathamesh Jawkar, Abhishek Verma and Jyothi Surekah Vennam among others will be in action. 

 

Athletics- 04:30 AM IST onwards

 

India medal events

 

Men’s Shot Put Final- India’s Tajinderpal Singh Toor in action

 

Men’s Long Jump Final- Murli Sreeshankar, Jeswin Aldrin in action

 

Men’s 3000m steeplechase final- India’s Avinash Sable in action

 

Women’s 1500m Final- India’s Harmilan Bains and Deekshan in action

 

Women’s Discuss Throw Final- India’s Seema Punia in action

 

Men’s 1500m Final- India’s Ajay Kumar Saroj and Jonson Jhonson in action

 

Women’s Heptathlon final- India’s Swapna Barman and Nandidni Asgara in action 

 

Women’s 110m hurdles- India’s Jyothi Yarraji and Nithya Ramaraj in action

 

Golf- 04:00 AM IST onwards

 

Men’s and Women’s Individual and Team events where India’s Anirban Lahiri, Aditi Ashok and Shubhankar Sharma will be in action

 

Women’s Basketball- 05:30 PM IST onwards

 

India vs China

 

Badminton- 02:30 PM IST 

 

India vs China in Men’s Team Final

 

Boxing- 12:15 PM IST

 

India’s Praveen, Nikhat Zareen in women’s and Jaismine Lambhoria in action

 

Bridge- 06:30 AM IST

 

India’s men’s, mixed and women’s teams in action

 

Canoe Sprint- 07:00 AM IST

 

India’s Megha and Soniya Devi in action

 

Chess- 12:30 PM IST onwards

 

India’s men’s and women’s teams in action in classic format

 

Equestrian- 05:30 AM IST onwards

 

Eventing Cross Country Team and Individual Rounds

 

Indian team and Ashish Limaye in action 

 

Hockey- 12:30 PM IST

 

India vs Korea- Women’s Preliminary

 

Kurash- 07:00 PM IST

 

India’s Aditya Dhopaokar in action 

 

Sepak Takraw- 07:30 AM IST onwards

 

India’s men’s and women’s Quadrant teams will be in action 

 

Shooting - 06:30 AM IST onwards

 

Men’s and Women’s Trap Individual and Team Competition 

 

India’s Zoravar Randhawa, Darius Chenai, Rajeshwari Kumari, Preeti Rajak and Manisha Keer will be in action 

 

Squash- 08:30 AM IST onwards

 

India’s Deepika Palikkal and Harinderpal Singh Sandhu in action in mixed Doubles

 

Volleyball- 04:30 PM IST

 

India vs North Korea- Women’s Preliminary 

8:20 PM

Asian Games LIVE | India’s medal winners at the end of Day 7 at Hangzhou 2023

 

Medals: Gold - 10; Silver - 13; Bronze - 13 - Total 38

 

01  Athletics- Men's 10,000m race- Gulveer Singh wins bronze

02  Athletics- Men's 10,000m race- Kartik Kumar wins silver

03. Squash- Men's Team Squash- India beat Pakistan to win GOLD

04. Tennis- Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale win Mixed Doubles GOLD

05. Shooting-- Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol- Divya and Sarabjot win Silver

06. Shooting -- 10m Air Pistol Women's individual event - Palak wins GOLD

07. Shooting  -- 10m Air Pistol Women's individual event - Esha Singh win Silver

08. Shooting - 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's team- Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Suresh Kusale and Akhil Sheoran win OLD.

09. Shooting - 10m Air Pistol Women's team - Palak, Esha Singh, and Divya TS win Silver

10. Shooting - 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's (individual event) - Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar wins Silver

11. Tennis -- Men's doubles -- Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan win Silver

12. Squash -- Women's team event -- Tanvi Khanna, Anahat Singh and Joshana Chinnapa win Bronze

13. Shooting -- 10m air Pistol men's team event - Arjun Singh Cheema, Sarabjot Singh and Shiva Narwal win GOLD

14. Wushu --  Sanda 60kg - Roshibina Devi wins Silver

15. Equestrian- Individual Dressage- Anush Agarwalla wins Bronze

16. Shooting -- 50-metre three-position individual event -- Sift Kaur Samra wins GOLD

17. Shooting -- 25m air pistol team event -- Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Rythm Sangwan win GOLD

18. Shooting -- 25 m air pistol individual event -- Esha Singh win Silver

19. Shooting- Men's Skeet individual- Anant Jeet Singh Naruka- Silver

20. Shooting -- 50-metre three-position individual event-- Ashi Chouksey wins Bronze

21. Shooting -- Team skeet men's -- Anant Naruka, Gurjaot Singh and Angad Bajwa win Bronze win Bronze

22. Sailing- Men’s Dinghy - ILCA7 - Vishnu Saravanan wins Bronze

23. Shooting - 50-metre three positions team event - Sift Kaur Samra, Ashi Chouksey and Manini Kaushik win Silver

24. Equestrian - Dressage team competition - India wins GOLD

25. Sailing - Girls Dinghy ILCA4 - Neha Thakur wins Silver

26.Sailing - Men's windsurfer RS:X - Eabad Ali wins Bronze

27. Shooting - Men's 10m air rifle team event -- Divyansh Singh Panwar, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Rudrankksh Patil win GOLD

28. Cricket- India women's team beat Sri Lanka by 19 runs to clinch GOLD

29. Rowing - Men's Four event -- Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar and Ashish win Bronze

30. Rowing -- Men's Quadruple Sculls -- Satnam Singh, Parminder Singh, Jakar Khan, Sukhmeet Singh win Bronze

31. Shooting - Men's 10m air rifle - Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar wins Bronze

32. Shooting - Men's Men's 25m rapid fire pistol Team event - Anish, Vijayveer Sidhu, Adarsh Singh win Bronze

33. Rowing - Men’s lightweight double sculls Final A -- Arjun Lal Jat, Arvind Singh win Silver

34. Rowing - Men’s coxed eight Final A - Charanjeet Singh, DU Pande, Naresh Kalwaniya, Neeraj, Neetesh Kumar, Ashish, Bheem Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Punit Kumar win Silver

35. Rowing - Men coxless pair Final A -- Babu Lal Yadav, Lekh Ram win Bronze

36. Shooting -- Women’s 10m air rifle team -- Ashi Chouksey, Mehuli Ghosh, Ramita win Silver

37. Shooting -- Women's 10m air rifle individual event -- Ramita Jindal wins Bronze

38: Athletics -- Women's Shot put - Kiran Baliyan

8:18 PM

Asian Games LIVE | Here’s what the Indian contingent did on Day 7 at Hangzhou 2023

 

On Day 7 (September 30) of Asian Games 2023, India beat Pakistan Squash men's team final by 2-1 to clinch the 10th gold medal of the Asian Games 2023 for India. Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale made the country proud by continuing the tradition of Tennis gold as they beat the Chinese Taipei pair to win the mixed doubles final and gave India the ninth gold medal. 

 

Indian shooters, Divya and Sarabjot won the Silver medal in the mixed team 10m air pistol event. They went down to China in a thriller 14-16. Two medals were also won in athletics as Kartik Kumar and Gulveer Singh finished with silver and bronze in the 10,000m race. 

 

The Indian hockey team thrashed Pakistan 10-2 in a group-stage encounter while the Badminton men's team entered the final by beating Korea 3-2 in the semi-final. In Boxing, Lovlina Borgohain, Narender Berwal and Preeti Pawar booked their place in the semi-final. This confirmed the fourth boxing medal for the country.

 

Mirabai Chanu and Bindiyarani Devi disappointed in the weightlifting event. It was the only bad news for the Indian contingent as Mirabai failed to win a medal and finished fourth in the women's +49kg category and Bindiyarani finished 5th in the women's +55kg event. 

 

8:00 PM

Asian Games LIVE | Men’s Hockey, India thrash Pakistan 10-2

 

India finished the game with ease and they beat arch-rivals, who are actually no match now, 10-2 to remain as the only unbeaten side at the group stage. It is the Paris Olympics that is in the sight of the Indian team right now. 

 

Image Courtesy- Hangzhou 2022

 

7:57 PM

Asian Games 2023 LIVE | India in the final of the Men's Badminton Team event

 

India will take on home side China in i9n the final for the gold medal in the men's team Badminton on October 01, 2023. 

 

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7:53 PM

Asian Games 2023 LIVE | Men's Badminton Team Semi-Final, India beat South Korea 3-2

 

Kidambi Srikanth does it for India as he beat Cho Geonyeop in the last tie of the men's team semi-final of the Badminton event at the Asian Games 2023. Srikanth won the match 2-1 and India won the tie 3-2.

 

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7:45 PM

Asian Games LIVE | Men’s Hockey, India 10-2 Pakistan

 

This is the first time that an India-Pakistan match has seen a team score 10 goals. The 10th goal came courtesy of Varun Kumar, which was the second from Kumar. 

 

7:36 PM

Asian Games LIVE | Men’s Hockey, India 8-2 Pakistan

 

In the third quarter, India scored one goal while the Pakistan team managed to score two. However, India scored once again in the fourth quarter and took an 8-2 lead. This is the highest number of goals that India have scored against Pakistan in one match. 

 

Image Courtesy- Hangzhou 2022

 

7:34 PM

Asian Games LIVE |Women's Heptathlon- Nandini Agsara records personal best in 200m race

 

India’s Nandini Agsara achieved her personal best in the 200m race of the women’s heptathlon event. She clocked 24.47 seconds. After this finish in the last event of the day, she ranked 4th in the overall ranking after the end of the first four disciplines of the event which included 100m hurdles, shot, high jump, shot put and 200m race. 

 

Tomorrow, i.e. On October 1, 2023, two Indians Swapna Barman and Agsara will participate in the remaining events- Javelin throw, Long Jump and 800m race to decide the final rankings. At the end of the first four disciplines, China’s Zheng Ninali is at the top. Barman, the defending champion is in the 6th position. 

 

7:25 PM

Asian Games 2023 LIVE | Men's Badminton Team Semi-Final, India vs South Korea

 

Kidambi Srikanth have kept the Indian team in the hunt as after dropping the first game in the final tie, he won the second game and now it will go to the last game of the last tie in the men's team semi-final of the Badminton event. 

 

Image Courtesy- Hangzhou 2022

 

7:23 PM

Asian Games LIVE | Indian Bridge results

 

After the first four games in the second Round Robin, the Indian men’s team finished at the second position. They were second at the end of the first Round Robin games. 

 

The mixed team of India which finished tied fifth at the end of the first round robin rounds, have been ranked fourth at the end of the first four games in the second round-robins. 

 

The women’s team’s struggle continues. After finishing 7th in the first round-robins, they are struggling at seventh at the end of the first three games in the second round-robins. 

 

7:17 PM

Asian Games LIVE | Indian Chess results- Both teams are in second position

 

Both India's men's and women’s teams did well. While the men’s team had a 2-2 draw and finished in the second position at the end of the first two rounds, Indian women beat Vietnam 2.5 to 1.5 and are also ranked second at the end of the second round. 

 

7:13 PM

Asian Games LIVE | Men’s Hockey, India 5-0 Pakistan

 

3rd Quarter

 

Harmanpreet has scored a hat-trick here. He scored his first goal through a penalty stroke, the second through a penalty corner and the third through a stroke as well.  

 

Image Courtesy- Hangzhou 2022

 

 

 

7:04 PM

Asian Games 2023 LIVE | Men's Badminton Team Semi-Final, India vs South Korea

 

Kidambi Srikanth dropped the first game, but now he is looking to make a comeback and leads the second game. The tie is at 2-2 with the final match in progress. 

 

Image Courtesy- Hangzhou 2022

 

6:59 PM

Asian Games LIVE | Men’s Hockey, India 4-0 Pakistan

 

Half- Time

 

The first two quarters have ended and India, with two goals in each quarter have taken a comfortable 4-0 lead to keep themselves comfortable ahead in the match. While Mandeep and Harmanpreet scored in the first quarter, Sumit and Harmanpreet did it in the second. 

 

Image Courtesy- Hangzhou 2022

 

6:56 PM

Asian Games LIVE | Men’s 10,000m race- Indians secure personal best timings

 

India’s Kartik Kumar and Gulveer Singh won the silver and bronze in the men’s 10,000m race with their personal best performances. 

Image Courtesy- Hangzhou 2022
 

 

6:50 PM

Asian Games LIVE | Men’s Boxing- India’s Nishant Dev ousted

 

India’s Nishant Dev has been ousted in the quarterfinal of the men’s 63.5-71 kg quarterfinal. He failed to join the four Indians in the semi-final. Two more Indians remain in the fray for the semi-final contention.

Image Courtesy- Hangzhou 2022
 

 

6:46 PM

Asian Games LIVE | Women’s Heptathlon- Swapna Barman and Nandini Agasara in action

 

Two Indian players Swapna Barman and Nandini Agasara couldn’t get going in the shotput part of the Heptathalon. 

Image Courtesy- Hangzhou 2022
 

6:40 PM

Asian Games LIVE | Men’s Hockey- India 2-0 Pakistan

 

The Indian team was in the lead at the end of the first quarter as Mandeep Singh and Harmanpreet scored to keep India way ahead of their opponents. 

 

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6:38 PM

Asian Games 2023 LIVE | Men's Badminton Team Semi-Final, India vs South Korea

 

The match is now headed into the final round where Kidambi Srikanth will be in action as India lost their second men's doubles featuring MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila against South Korea to to bring the tie down to 2-2. India's HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen won their ties in singles to give India a 2-1 lead. India's top-rated doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Rankireddy lost unexpectedly as well. 

 

Image Courtesy- Hangzhou 2022
 

 

6:31 PM

Asian Games LIVE | Women’s 3x3 Basketball- India out in quarterfinal

 

India lost to Chinese Taipei in the women’s 3x3 Basketball quarterfinal 21-10. Their medal campaign ends here. 

 

Image Courtesy- Hangzhou 2022
 

 

6:27 PM

Asian Games LIVE | Weightlifting- India’s Bindayarani Devi finishes 5th in women’s 55kg

 

After the disappointment of Saikhom Mirabai Chanu in the women’s 49kg weightlifting category, Sorokhaibam Bindiyarani Devi finished with a total of 196 kg- 83 in snatch and 113 in clean and jerk to remain 3rd in women’s 55kg category. She will finish fifth. 

 

Image Courtesy- Hangzhou 2022

 

6:22 PM

Asian Games LIVE | India win silver and bronze in men’s 10,000m race

 

India’s Kartik Kumar and Gulveer Singh finished second and third in the men’s 10,000m race to give India their second and third medals in athletics. Bahrain finished first. 

 

6:09 PM

Asian Games LIVE | Indian divers finish 5th in springboard competition

 

The Indian duo of Siddarth Pradesi and Heman Lonson Singh finished fifth in the men’s 3 m synchronized springboard final. 
 

 

6:01 PM

Asian Games 2023 LIVE | Men's Badminton Team Semi-Final, India vs South Korea

 

India's Laksya Sen kept the team ahead at 2-1 after an easy win. 

 

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5:59 PM

Asian Games LIVE | India’s Aishwarya Mishra finish 4th in women’s 400m race

 

India’s Aishwarya Mishra finished fourth in the women’s 400m race. She finished with a timing of 53.50 seconds. 

 

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5:54 PM

Asian Games LIVE | India’s Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi finish 5th in men's 400m

 

India’s Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi finishes fifth in the men’s 400m race. He finished with a timing of 45.97 which was way off the mark of his personal best timing of 45.36 seconds. Had he merited his best, India would have surely been among the medals. 

 

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5:39 PM

Asian Games 2023 LIVE | Men's Badminton Team Semi-Final, India vs South Korea

 

After Chirag Shetty and Satwik Sairaj Rankireedy dropped their game, Lakshya Sen brought India into the lead, taking the first game and taking the lead in the second one.  

 

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5:31 PM

Asian Games LIVE | History created by India in women’s doubles table tennis

 

The world number 16 pairing of Ahykia and Suthritha Mukherjee have defeated the world number two Chinese pairing of Chen Meng and Wang Yidi to give India their first-ever medals in women’s doubles table tennis and only third overall in the game. 

 

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5:25 PM

Asian Games LIVE | Table Tennis Women’s Doubles QF, IND 3-1 CHN

 

India’s pairing of Suthritha Mukherjee and Ahyika Mukherjee is just two points away from creating history against the leading Chinese pair, but just like Manush Shah and Manav Thakkar in the men’s doubles, they are also making unforced errors and the Chinese have saved two match points. But not anymore say the Mukherjees as they qualify for the semi-final and secure India’s first-ever medals in women’s doubles. India have had only two medals in table tennis and both of them came in the 2018 edition.