Asian Games 2026 Highlights, Day 13: India to face Pakistan in men's cricket final; Wrestler Nitesh settles for silver

Harshita Tomar and Shital Verma finish fourth on water, then move onto the podium when China’s crew is disqualified. Japan take gold, Hong Kong silver. Landmark sailing day with the men’s skiff silver earlier.

India's Nitesh Siwach misses out on a gold medal as he goes down to Japan's Yuri Nazakato with a 4-0 margin. Nitesh had showed brilliant defensive resilience, but Nazakato was too strong in the end.

Nitesh will thus settle for silver.

It is time for the gold medal bout in the men's 97kg Greco-Roman wrestling category as India's Nitesh takes on Japan's Yuri Nakazato.

Inungambi Takhellambam, a Manipur-based judoka, has missed out on a bronze medal in the women's 70kg category. She goes down to Anujin Uran-Ulzii of Mongolia via Waza-ari, with the final score reading 12-0 for the Mongolian.

India's Nitesh Siwach will be in action soon in the men's Greco-Roman 97kg Gold Medal bout as he takes on Yuri Nakazato of Japan. The bout is scheduled to begin at 3.35 pm IST.

Mansi Ahlawat will be in action in the women's 62kg bronze medal bout against Altjin Togtokh of Mongolia. That will begin at 3.45 pm IST.

GAME OVER! India have beaten Pakistan 4-3 in a thrilling semifinal of the men's hockey competition. India were 3-0 ahead at one stage, but Pakistan staged an excellent comeback to level the scores 3-3.

In the 60th minute, Abhishek scored a stunning goal to give his team a 4-3 lead, and there weren't any more slip-ups after that.

Pakistan have scripted an excellent comeback in the men's hockey semifinal against India. Pakistan were trailing 3-0 and India were looking comfortable with their lead.

However, Pakistan are still alive in this match as the match heads to a thrilling few final minutes. India 3-3 Pakistan.

India were a player down for a couple of minutes after Dilpreet received a green card. Pakistan capitalised on that and scored one back.

India still have the lead, but the deficit is down to just one. India 3-2 Pakistan as fourth quarter gets underway.

Pakistan have a goal back against India in the men's hockey semifinal. India still lead the contest 3-1, but the goal from Pakistan skipper Abu Mahmood has given them some hope with two more quarters to be played.

India have tripled their lead against Pakistan on the back of a goal from Sukhjeet! Shilanand Lakra delivers an excellent pass towards just right in front of goal, and Sukhjeet then gets a deflection off the hockey stick to find the back of the net.

Less than three minutes to go in the second quarter.

Harmanpreet Singh doubled India's lead against Pakistan just before the end of the first quarter.

The second quarter got underway, and Pakistan are yet to respond with a goal. There's less than 10 minutes to go in the second quarter.

The Harmanpreet Singh-led Indian hockey team is currently facing Pakistan in the men's hockey semifinal in Japan. India have taken a 1-0 lead on the back of a goal from Harmanpreet.

The Shreyas Iyer-led Indian team has qualified for the final of the men's cricket tournament in Nisshin!

India will take on Pakistan in the gold medal match on Saturday whereas Sri Lanka will face Bangladesh in the bronze medal match.

Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to field first. India posted 169/7 on the back of a 46-ball 80 from Ishan Kishan. In reply, Sri Lanka were all out for just 45 in 9.5 overs.

India's Ganesh Thirumuru has won bronze medal in the men's compound archery individual event. Ganesh defeats Dang Cong Duc 149-144 in the bronze medal match.

India have posted a total of 169/7 from 20 overs in the men's cricket semifinal against Sri Lanka. Ishan Kishan was the standout batter with an unbeaten 80 from 46 deliveries.

Sri Lanka need 170 runs to win. The winners of this match will take on Pakistan in the gold medal match on Saturday, whereas the losers will face Bangladesh in the bronze medal match.

Indian archer Ganesh Thirumuru has missed out on a gold medal following a 144-148 loss to Korea's Kim Jong-Ho in the men's compound archery individual event.

He will still get a chance to win the bronze medal.

Sumit Nagal's men's singles tennis campaign has come to an end following a 4-6, 4-6 loss to Wibing Yu of China in the quarterfinal

The Indian men's skiff sailing duo of Prince Noble and Manu Francis have won silver. The Indian duo finished second behind China, wgo won gold and ahead of Hong Kong, who won bronze medal.

Indian wrestler Mansi Ahlawat will set her sights on a bronze medal following a 0-6 loss to Japan's Nonona Ozaki in the women's 62kg semifinal.

The bronze medal match will take place later today.

The India women's squash team has secured a bronze medal after they lost to Hong Kong 1-2 in the semifinals.

Anahat Singh and Joshna Chinappa lost their respective matches, whereas Tanvi Khanna defeated Lee Ka Yi 3-1.