At the Asian Games 2026, India enjoyed another action-packed day in Japan today with the men’s Hockey and Cricket teams reaching their respective finals.
The men’s hockey team defeated their arch-rivals Pakistan 4-3 in a thrilling semifinal, while the cricket team beat Sri Lanka by 124 runs to book a place in the gold-medal match. Greco Roman wrestler Nitesh Siwach today bagged silver medal in men’s 97kg at Asian games in Japan. Nitesh lost to Japan’s Yuri Nakazato 0-4 in the final.
Nitesh missed out on a historic gold but secured India’s first silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the Asian Games since 1962.
Indian pair of Manu Francis and Prince Kurisinkal Noble bagged the silver medal in the men’s skiff opening race 9 of the Asian Games sailing competition. It is India’s first sailing medal of the Asian Games.
The team of Harshita Tomar and Shital Verma won the bronze medal in the women’s skiff sailing event. Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru got bronze in individual compound archery. The men’s and women’s squash teams, also settled for bronze after suffering semifinal defeats.
India’s medal tally has risen to 66, including 10 gold, 23 silver and 33 bronze medals.