India's struggling recurve archers were in for more shock with Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das suffering an upset defeat at the hands of lower-ranked Mongolia in the Asian Games here via shootout.
The 4-5 loss in the mixed team quarterfinals left the Indian squad shell-shocked as Deepika yet again floundered in pressure situation, finding a seven in the second shot of the shoot-off, which led to their ouster.
Meanwhile, India's compound team of Abhishek Verma and Jyoti Surekaha moved to the quarter-final with a 155-147 win over Iraq's Fatima Saad Mahmood and Eshaq Ibrahim Mohammed. They will next take on Iran.
India’s swimmers have had a good day in the pool with Sandeep Sejwal qualifying for the 50 meter breaststroke final.
His compatriot, Advait Page has also qualified for the 1500M Freestyle final.
In shooting, at end of 1st stage (Qualification) of 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event, 15 year old Anish Bhanwala is at 3rd spot with 293 points, Shivam Shukla at 11th spot with 289 points.
The 2nd stage of Qualification event scheduled for Saturday.
Among other shooters, Harjinder Singh & Amit Kumar finished 4th & 5th respectively in the Final of 300m Standard Rifle Event.