Asian Games 2026 Highlights: Shooters, Suchika Tariyal headline India's September 22 haul with four medals

India began the defence of their women's kabaddi title at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya with a 42-21 win over Bangladesh in their opening Group A fixture at the Tokai Citizens Gymnasium on Monday morning. India produced a dominant all-round display to defeat Bangladesh, combining a disciplined defensive setup with consistent attacking pressure, led by Sanju Devi’s contribution in offence.

Two-time Olympian Srihari Nataraj finishes last in men’s 50m backstroke final with a timing of 25.52s. China's Xu Jiayu and Wang Zicheng won gold and silver respectively.

The Indian relay team of Sajan Prakash, Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda, Vedaant Madhavan and Dhakshan Shashikumar clocked 7:24.32 to finish 9th overall in the Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay – Heats. With the Top 8 teams advancing to the final, India missed out on qualification.

In boxing, Sumit advanced to the next round after defeating Bunjong Sinsiri in the men's 70kg Round of 32 bout.

India began the defence of their men's kabaddi title at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya with a commanding 49–24 win over hosts Japan in their opening Group A fixture at the Tokai Citizens Gymnasium on Monday morning. Under captain Sunil Kumar, India asserted authority from the opening whistle, with Ashu Malik's three-point Super Raid setting the tone early. He was ably supported by PKL star raiders Arjun Deshwal, Devank Dalal and Ayan Lohchab as the Indian team mounted the pressure.

India advanced to the quarterfinals in the men's team event following a 3-0 victory over Bangladesh. They will next face Japan on September 22 in a crucial tie to confirm a medal.

Results

India 3-0 Bangladesh

MS 1: Lakshya Sen bt Jaman Ayman Ibn 21-4, 21-12

MS 2: Ayush Shetty bt Gourab Singha 21-4, 21-13

MS 3: Kidambi Srikanth bt Jumar Al-Amin 21-15, 21-9

In swimming, Srihari Nataraj progressed to the men's 50m backstroke final, with Rishabh Das named as the reserve. Mani Akash and Gitesh Shah failed to make the men's 50m freestyle final, while Dhanush Suresh also missed out on the men's 100m breaststroke final.

The Indian women's table tennis team thrashed Pakistan in a group league fixture, winning by a 3-0 margin. Sutirtha Mukherjee started by beating Aleena Khan 11-3, 11-3, 11-4 in just 10 minutes. Seventeen-year-old Syndrela Das then made it 2-0 with an 11-6, 11-7, 11-5 victory over Kalsoom Khan. Sreeja Akula put the icing on the cake with a an easy 11-4, 11-4, 11-5 win over Fatima Khan in 11 minutes to power India into the last-eight stage. Earlier, India had defeated Indonesia and Singapore in their opening rubbers.

After a 19-0 win against Uzbekistan, the Indian women's team have thrash Indonesia 17-1 in their second group match. Rutuja Pisal, Navneet Kaur and Deepika scored hat-tricks. Savita Punia made history by becoming India’s most-capped women’s hockey player.

In soft tennis, India's mixed doubles campaign ends as the pair of Jay Meena and Aadhya Tiwari goes down 2-5 (4-2, 2-4, 2-4, 3-5, 2-4, 5-3, 6-8) to Sherwin Nuguit and Christy Sanosa of The Philippines in the round of 16.

Double podium in shooting for India! Himanshu Dhillon wins silver and Rudrankksh Patil wins bronze in Men's 10m Air Rifle (Individual Final). This is the first time two Indians are in the podium in this Asian Games.

HISTORIC MMA Bronze for India! Suchika Tariyal finishes her Asian Games 2026 campaign with a bronze in the women's traditional -60Kg category. Notably, MMA is one of the six sports making its Asian games debut.

India's medal run in shooting continued as the trio of Rudrankksh Patil, Parth Mane and Himanshu Dhillon secured a silver medal in the men's 10 m air rifle team event. Team India managed a silver with a score of 1890.1, short of first-place China's 1899.0. The bronze medal went to South Korea, with a score of 1841.4.

Hello and welcome to the live coverage on Day 3 of the Asian Games 2026.