India at Asian Games, Oct 6, live: HS Prannoy in action; four wrestlers to fight for bronze
Live updates from the Asian Games 2022 in Hangzhou.

Key updates
Kabaddi: Women’s team defeat Nepal 61-17 to reach the final.
Archery: Women’s recurve team defeat Vietnam 6-2 team to win bronze.
Cricket: Men’s team defeat Bangladesh by 9 wickets to enter final.
Live updates
Badminton, men’s singles semi-final, IND vs CHN: Tight opening exchanges between Prannoy and Li Shifeng. Eventually the Indian takes an 11-10 lead into the first game interval.
Badminton, men’s singles semi-final, IND vs CHN: HS Prannoy is only the second Indian to win a men’s singles medal at the Asian Games. Syed Modi had won bronze in 1982. Now, world No 7 Prannoy faces world No 8 Li Shifeng in the semi-final, hoping to go one better.
Wrestling, Men’s 65kg Semi-Final: Two standing takedowns – four points each, by the reigning Asian and former world champion Rahman Amouzadkhalili sees Bajrang Punia go down 1-8. The Indian will fight for bronze.
Wrestling, Women’s 76kg Semi-final: Kiran loses by fall to Bakbergenova Zhamila of Kazkhstan. She joins Sonam and Aman in fighting for bronze.
Wrestling, Men’s 57kg Semi-Final: Aman Sehrawat goes down 10-12 to Japan’s Hasegawa Toshihiro in a closely contest bout. The Indian will now fight for bronze later today,
Wrestling, Women’s 62kg Semi-final: Sonam Malik gets pinned by North Korea’s Mun Hyongyong. The Indian was trailing 0-7 when she lost by fall. Malik will now fight for bronze against the winners of the repechage match.
Soft tennis, women’s singles group matches: Aadhya Tiwari lost her Group B match 0-4 to South Korea’s Lee Minseon. Raga Sri Kulandaivelu Manogarbabu won her Group F encounter 4-1 against Ki Mengchoung of Vietnam.
Yesterday, in mixed doubles, the duo of Tiwari and Meena Jay lost both their Group A encounters – 1-5 to Chinese Taipei and 3-5 to the Philippines to finish last in the group with two losses.
Also in the same event, Manogarbabu and Aniket Patel won one match – 5-3 against the Philippines – and lost two matches, 0-5 to both South Korea and Chinese Taipei in Group F. Although they finished in third place, they failed to qualify for the quarter-finals.
Volleyball, women’s classification 9th-12th: India beat Mongolia 3-0 to move into the 9th-10th classification match where they will face Hong Kong.
Sepaktakraw, Women’s Regu, Semi-Final: After defeating China in the Preliminary Group A match on Thursday, India will look to add to their medal tally as they take on Thailand today.
Wrestling, Men’s 65kg 1/4 Final: Bajrang Punia enters the semi-final with a 4-0 win over Bahrain’s Alibegov Alibeg in the quarters. The Indian will now face off against Iran’s Rahman Amouzadkhalili for a spot in the gold medal bout.
Bridge, Men’s Team Final Session 4: India lose 32-42. They now trail Hong Kong 123-174.1. With just two more sessions left in the competition, a gold medal seems increasingly unlikely for the Indians.
Wrestling, Women’s 68kg 1/4 Final: Radhika goes down 5-10 to Mongolia’s Enkhsaikhan Delgermaa in the quarter-finals. The Indian will now hope for a smooth run into the final for the Mongolian to have another shot at the medal via the repechage route
Badminton: HS Prannoy and the men’s doubles team of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have confirmed medals for India. They play their respective semi-finals today in an attempt to make it to the gold-medal match. Prannoy’s match against China’s Li Shifeng is estimated to begin at 10.30 am IST.
Wrestling, Men’s 57kg 1/4 Final: Aman Sehrawat scripts a stunning comeback to enter the semi-finals. The Indian trailed 1-8 at the end of the first period against Iran’s Ebrahim Khari but turns it around to win 19-8 on technical superiority. Sehrawat was extremely quick on his feet and the Iranian could not counter him in the second period.
Highest T20I score by Indian men at age 20 or less
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) October 6, 2023
55* - Tilak Varma (today)
51 - Tilak Varma
50* - Rohit Sharma
49* - Tilak Varma
39 - Tilak Varma#INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/tV17OmIztg
Cricket, IND vs BAN, semi-final: India win by 9 wickets! It took less than 10 overs. Tilak Varma races to a 26-ball 55* in a comfortable win for the Ruturaj Gaikwad-led. They will fight for gold tomorrow and they look like favourites to win it. IND 97/1 (9.2)
Archery, women’s recurve team bronze medal match: They almost stumbled with their final three arrows but Ankit Bhakat, Simranjeet Kaur and Bhajan Kaur have done it! The beat Vietnam 6-2 to win India’s first medal in the event since 2010!
#AsianGames #HangzhouAsianGames #Archery
— The Field (@thefield_in) October 6, 2023
Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur and Simranjeet Kaur clinch bronze to win India’s first medal in the recurve women’s team event since 2010!https://t.co/kOCg67L9Z2 pic.twitter.com/E57xBHR2VU
Archery, women’s recurve team bronze medal match: A good comeback from Simranjeet as India take the third set 57-50 to take a 4-2 lead. They just need a point from the final set to clinch bronze!
Sportclimbing, Men’s Boulder and Lead Semifinal - Boulder: India’s Bharath Stephen Pereira is placed eighth with 43.9 points while Aman Verma is placed 13th with 23.9 points at the end of the boulder round. Both of them will be out for the lead later today.
Archery, women’s recurve team bronze medal match: The two 8s from Simranjeet hurt India as Vietnam take the second set 56-55. It’s level at 2-2 and we will have four sets.
Wrestling, Men’s 65kg 1/8 Finals: Bajrang Punia starts off with a dominating 10-0 technical win over Ronil Tubog of Philippines. The Olympic medallist moves into the quarter-finals.
Wrestling, Women’s 76kg 1/4 Finals: Kiran gets better of Japan’s Nodoka Yamamoto 3-0 to enter the semi-finals.
Cricket, IND vs BAN, semi-final: 21 runs off the over! Gaikwad is in some hurry to chase this down. Two back-to-back sixes and two back-to-back fours to go after Mondol. IND 36/1 (3)
Ju-Jitsu, Women’s -57kg: Angitha Syjhu loses by submission to South Korea’s Geum Gaeun in the Round of 32, while Nikita Choudhary goes down by submission to Mongolia’s Udval Tsogkhuu.
Wrestling, Women’s 62kg: Sonam Malik makes her way into the semi-finals. She registers yet another 10-0 technical superiority win as she brushes past Cambodia’s Soeurn Noeurn in just 51 seconds.
Cricket, IND vs BAN, semi-final: WICKET! Surprise, surprise. Last match’s centurion Yashasvi Jaiswal departs for a duck. Ripon Mondol with the early breakthrough for Bangladesh. IND 0/1 (0.4)
Sepaktakraw, Men’s Regu, Preliminary Group B: India lose 15-21, 13-21 to Myanmar. The Indians have now lost all their three group stage matches and are out of the contest.
Archery, women’s recurve team semi-final: More erratic shooting from Ankita, Simranjeet and Bhajan and the South Koreans duly punish them. The Indians lose the fourth set 57-52 and go into the bronze medal match now.
Cricket, IND vs BAN, semi-final: WICKET! And Bangladesh lose their ninth in Ripon Mondol in the last delivery of the over to finish with 96/9. Arshdeep picks a wicket as well. India need 97 to play for gold. BAN 96/9 (20)
Wrestling, Women’s 62kg: A comfortable start in Hangzhou for Sonam Malik as she cruises to the quarter-final with a 10-0 technical superiority win over Nepal’s Sushila Chand.
Archery, women’s recurve team semi-final: That’s more like it from Ankita, Simranjeet and Bhajan! Three 10s and three 9s and the trio win the third set 57-55 to force a fourth set.
Wrestling, Men’s 57kg 1/8 Final: Aman Sehrawat advances into the quarter-finals with a comfortable 6-1 win over South Korea’s Kim Sunggwon. Three points apiece in both periods of play for the Indian as he asserts early dominance as a medal contender.
Archery, women’s recurve team semi-final: The Indians have another mixed set. Three 10s but also two eights sees them lose the second set 57–54.
Cricket, IND vs BAN, semi-final: WICKET! Shahbaz Ahmad picks up his first. Rakibul Hasan departs as Bangladesh lose their eighth. BAN 81/8 (16.6)
Archery, women’s recurve team semi-final: Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur and Simranjeet Kaur get off to a perfect start shooting 30 out of 30. However, with their next three arrows, they shoot a 7 and an 8 to lose the first set 56-54.
Cricket, IND vs BAN, semi-final: WICKET! Ravi Bishnoi gets his first with a wrong ‘un and Mrittunjoy Chowdhury departs. BAN 65/7 (15.5)
Archery, women’s recurve team semi-final: India start as underdogs against the defending champions South Korea. They will need to be shooting at their best to have a chance of causing a massive upset.
The pitch for the #AsianGames is a really tough one to bat…therefore, the game isn’t following the T20 template. #INDvBAN
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) October 6, 2023
Kabaddi, women’s semi-final, IND 61-17 NEP: Pooja Narwal gets three Nepali players out and India effect the fifth all-out within a minute of the fourth one. Nepal try to get a raid on but the buzzer has already gone off and INDIA REACH THE FINAL.
A dominating win by the 2018 bronze medallists as they await their opponent in the winner of the second semi-final between Iran and Chinese Taipei.
Canoe Slalom, Women’s Kayak Semi-final: Shikha Chouhan finishes sixth with a timing of 185.23s. She is through to the final, which will be held later today.
Canoe Slalom, Men’s Canoe Semi-final: Vishal Kewat qualifies for the final with a total timing of 190.1s. He finished the race in 134.15s before a 56s penalty was added.
Cricket, IND vs BAN, semi-final: WICKET! Sai Kishore has his third and more than half the Bangladeshi line-up is back in the hut. Afif Hossain departs. BAN 58/6 (12.4)
Kabaddi, women’s semi-final, IND 52-17 NEP: Sakshi Kumari makes no mistake in her running tackle from behind to give Nepal their fourth all-out in the game. India inch ever so closer to the final.
Kabaddi, women’s semi-final, IND 48-16 NEP: Brilliant tackling from Sakshi Kumari who makes a huge solo effort to take down the Nepali raider. Just before, India debutant Akshima gets a super raid and Nepal continue to lag behind.
Ju-Jitsu, Women’s -52kg Round of 16: India’s Rohini Kalam goes down 0-50 by submission to UAE’s Asma Alhosani, while Anupama Swain loses 0-12 to home favourite Jie Miao to exit from the competition.
Cricket, IND vs BAN, semi-final: WICKET! Bangladesh are crumbling to spin here. Sai Kishore gets his second as Shahadat Hossain departs. BAN 45/5 (10.3)
Kabaddi, women’s semi-final, IND 40-12 NEP: Another all-out effected by Pooja Hatvala which included a successful pursuit raid by corner defender Sakshi Kumari as India continue to dominate. A substititon with Hatvala coming off for Snehal Shinde.
Cricket, IND vs BAN, semi-final: WICKET! The set batter departs. If Bangladesh had some hopes after the triple blows, they were pinned on Emon. But Tilak Varma dismisses him for 23. Another victim of spin. BAN 36/4 (8.4)
Kabaddi, women’s semi-final, IND 29-10 NEP: A big raid by Pooja Hatvala and smart coordination between the two corners as India effect another all-out on Nepal. A good raid from Nidhi Sharma in the buzzer raid and India are comfortably placed with a 19-point lead at half-time.
Kabaddi, women’s semi-final, IND 20-9 NEP: Nepal may have taken out Pooja Hatvala in a superb tackle but the Indian team continue to hold the lead.
Cricket, IND vs BAN, semi-final: WICKET! Sundar gets two in an over. Zakir Hasan departs for a duck. What a start for India. They’re in some hurry. BAN 21/3 (5.6)
Kabaddi, women’s semi-final, IND 14-5 NEP: A good steady opening spell that sees Nepal score a few points including a couple of touches, but Pooja Hatvala makes sure that India get an all-out quickly.
Cricket, IND vs BAN, semi-final: WICKET! Another breakthrough via spin. This time it’s Sundar who dismisses the new batter Saif Hassan. BAN 21/2 (5.4)
Cricket, IND vs BAN, semi-final: WICKET! The first breakthrough for India as Mahmudul Hasan Joy departs. Spin from Sundar was introduced in the previous over but it is Sai Kishore who gets the wicket. BAN 18/1 (4.2)
Kabaddi: It may have been a little difficult in the opening game against Chinese Taipei, but the Indian women’s team have proved their mettle and their hunger for the gold medal as they take on Nepal in the semi-final.
Later on in the day, the Indian men’s team will take on Pakistan as they too look for redemption.
Cricket, IND vs BAN, semi-final: Pace from both ends from India to start proceedings. Arshdeep and Dube have managed to keep things tight barring the one six off Dube by Emon. BAN 15/0 (3)
Archery, women’s recurve team quarter-final: And they have done it! The team of Bhajan Kaur, Ankita Bhakat and Simranjeet Kaur take the fourth set 54-51 and win the match 6-2! Their reward? A semi-final against powerhouses South Korea.
Archery, women’s recurve team quarter-final: Japan force a fourth set by the skin of their teeth. Needing a 9 to tie the set at 54 each and win the match, Bhajan Kaur shoots an 8! India still lead 4-2.
Archery, women’s recurve team quarter-final: Not the best shooting from the Indian trio but still better than the Japanese archers who also shoot a 6. India take the first set 53-49 to take a 2-0 lead
Cricket, IND vs BAN, semi-final: India are going in with just one specialist seamer in Arshdeep Singh. Shahbaz Ahmed joins Washington Sundar and Ravi Bishnoi in the spin department.
India Playing XI - Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Arshdeep Singh
#TeamIndia play a quick game of cricket with the local volunteers in China ahead of the #AsianGames semifinal 😃👌#IndiaAtAG22 pic.twitter.com/4LhzvGV1Zq
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 5, 2023
Archery, women’s recurve team quarter-final: A day after the men’s and women’s compound archery teams clinched gold in their respective events, it’s time for the recurve teams to fight for medals. The women’s recurve team of Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur and Simranjeet Kaur takes on Japan in their quarter-final first.
Cricket, IND vs BAN, semi-final: India win the toss and opt to bowl first.
Cricket, IND vs BAN, semi-final: In action shortly will be the men’s cricket team against Bangladesh in the semi-final in Hangzhou. While India defeated Nepal by 23 runs in the quarter-final to qualify, guided by a stunning century by Yashasvi Jaiswal, Bangladesh defeated Malaysia by 2 runs to qualify. The other semi-final between Pakistan and Afghanistan will take place after this.
India remains in fourth position in the medal standings with 86 medals – 21 gold, 32 silver and 33 bronze. They trail only South Korea, Japan and China.
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India won five medals including three gold on Thursday as it’s medal tally rose to 85.
On Friday, more medals will be up for grabs as the men’s hockey team competes for gold with archers and badminton players also looking to confirm themselves of medals.
The Indian cricket team takes on Bangladesh in the semi-finals as they look to mark their debut in the Games with a medal.
The Indian men’s and women’s kabaddi teams will be in action in the semi-finals as they both aim to reach the finals. Defending champion wrestling Bajrang Punia will begin his title defence today.
That, and so much more today. Stay tuned!
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