Asian Games 2026 Day 3 Results: Cricket brings India's first gold; table tennis campaign over; medals assured in badminton, wushu

Table tennis saw the women’s team stage a brilliant comeback to win against Thailand

The Indian women’s cricket team dominated their way to India’s first gold medal in the Asian Games 2026. It was the same old script of openers. Shefali Verma and Smriti Mandhana provided a rollicking start in the power play. Smriti, who top-scored with 79, along with Shafali contributed to a 99-run opening stand.

Richa Ghosh then displayed a finishing masterclass with a 22-ball 49 to put a score of 216.

It was too much for the Lankans, and their only chance was with Chamari Athapaththu producing a blinder. But she was dismissed as soon as her nemesis Deepthi Sharma came on to bowl.

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After the skipper was dismissed, the Lankans lost the plot, losing seven wickets for 23 runs, giving India’s first gold medal of the Asian Games 2026.

The domination continued in boxing as well, with Sakshi Chaudhary beating the Paris Olympics bronze medalist Aira Villegas 5-0 in the opening round. Jadumani Singh continued his form from the CWG 2026 as he swept his Nepali opponent 5-0 to move into the pre-quarter-finals.

The men’s Kabaddi and hockey team also gave happiness to the Indian fans with impressive results. The day started with the Sunil Kumar-led Kabaddi team beating South Korea 63-31. Jan Kun Lee possessed the sole challenge for the defending champs, as India won by a canter.

If one Harmanpreet smashed the Sri Lankan women’s cricket team to take the gold, the other Harmanpreet-led hockey team annihilated Sri Lanka 16-1 in the men’s pool A encounter. India had a better conversion rate in shots on target to goals converted and would have pleased Craig Fulton.

It was a mixed day for India from other sports, as the Indian men’s team showed their class against hosts Japan in the badminton quarter-finals, while the women’s team lost against Japan 1-3.

Star Shuttler PV Sindhu lost the first game against Akane Yamaguchi, and the team lost the momentum. The doubles pair of Gayatri Gopichand and Tanvi Sharma pulled one back, but India failed to win any singles as they were knocked out.

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The men’s team assured a medal with Lakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty, and the pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, giving no chance for their Japanese opponents to move into the top four.

In Wushu, Roshbina Devi moved into the semi-finals of women’s 60kg, assuring a medal, while Aryan lost to his Uzbekistan opponent in the men’s 56kg quarter-finals.

Table tennis saw the women’s team stage a brilliant comeback to win against Thailand in the round of 16. But they lost later in the day to North Korea in the quarter-finals. The men’s team failed to make it to last eight, with South Korea beating them 3-0.

India’s challenge in the fencing men’s foil individual event and women’s epee individual event came to an end as all four Indians got knocked out on Tuesday.

Chetan Bhatt missed a bronze medal in the men’s karate event by the senshu rule, which meant if the match is tied, then the fighter who scored the first point in the bout is declared the winner.

It was unfortunate for Chetan, who deserved a medal for doing everything he could. In the women’s karate event, Alisha fell short in the round of 16. Big disappointments in swimming, sepak takraw, and soft tennis, as India couldn’t come closer to challenging the medal winners.

The biggest shock came in the shooting with Elavenil Valarivan and Parth Mane finishing fourth in the mixed team 10m air rifle event. The pair finished in second place during qualification, but in the finals, Elavenil couldn’t step up, as they ended at fourth place.

India stands a chance in the shotgun events tomorrow, with the women’s team placed third and the men’s team placed ffith. Anant Jeet Singh at 2nd place and Raiza Dhillon at 5th place will look to secure a medal in the individual men’s and women’s events, respectively.

Updated India Results – Asian Games 2026 (Day 3, September 22)

Artistic Gymnastics

• Pranati Nayak qualified for the Vault finals, with total combined score of 12.916

Badminton

• India lost to Japan 1-3 in the women’s team quarter-finals
• India beat Japan 3-0 in the men’s team quarter-finals – Report

Boxing

• Sakshi Chaudhary beat Aira Villegas (Philippines) 5-0 in the round of 32 in the women’s 51kg category
• Jadumani Singh beat Chandra Bahadur Thapa (Nepal) 5-0 in the round of 32 in the women’s 51kg category – Report

Cricket

• India beat Sri Lanka by 147 runs to win the Gold in the Women’s T20I event

Equestrian

• Ashish Limaya, Fouaad Mirza, and Arjan Singh Nagra finished 7th in the eventing dressage
• Ashish Limaya, Fouaad Mirza, and Arjan Singh Nagra were eliminated in the jumping event.

Fencing

• Hemash Singh Sanasam lost to Galim Nurumov (KAZ) 15-9 in the round of 32 of the men’s foil individual event
• Sachin lost to Timofey Semyonov (KAZ) 15-9 in the round of 32 of the men’s foil individual event
• Mitva Chaudhari lost to Jingwen Yang (CHN) 15-14 in the round of 32 of the women’s epee individual event
• Tanishka Khatri lost to Sera Song (KOR) 15-9 in the round of 16 of the women’s epee individual event

Hockey

• India beat Sri Lanka 16-1 in the Men’s Pool A game – Report

Kabaddi

• India beat South Korea 63-31 in the Men’s Pool A game – Report

Karate

• Chetan Bhatt to Meng-yu Cheng (Chinese Taipei) by Senshu in the bronze medal match in the men’s kumite 84 kg event
• Alisha lost to Agung Sanistyarani 6-1 in the round of 16 of the women’s kumite 55kg event

Sepaktakraw

• India lost to Malaysia 0-3 in the Men’s Regu Team event

Shooting

• Parth Mane and Elavenil Valarivan finished 4th in the Mixed 10m Air Rifle Team event
• Anant Jeet Naruka, Mairaj Khan, and Bhav Tegh Singh Gill with 273 points at fifth place in the Men’s Skeet Team event after Day 2
• Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan and Parinaaz Dhaliwaal with 266 points at third place in the Women’s Skeet Team event after Day 2

Soft Tennis

• Aryan Thakur beat Bold-erdene Altangeral (MGL) 4-0 in the Group C Men’s singles match
• Aryan Thakur lost to Po-yi Chen (TPE) 0-4 in the Group C Men’s singles match
• Jay Meena beat Arain Hussain (PAK) 4-0 in the Group D Men’s singles match
• Aadhya Tiwari lost to Alisha Ziegler 1-4 in the Group D Women’s singles match
• Aadhya Tiwari beat Kainaat Shallwani (PAK) 4-0 in the Group D Women’s singles match

Swimming

• Aryan Nehra finishes 12th in the men’s 1500m freestyle
• India finished 8th place in the men’s 4x100m medley relay in the finals

Table Tennis

• India beat Thailand 3-2 in the pre-quarterfinals of the women’s team event – Report
• India lost to South Korea 0-3 in the pre-quarterfinals of the men’s team event
• India lost to North Korea 3-0 in the quarter-finals of the women’s team event – Report

Wushu

• Langlentombi Devi Hanjabam finished at 8th place in the women’s nanquan final
• Roshbina Devi beat Man Sin Chu (MAC) 5-0 in the women’s 60kg quarter-finals
• Aryan lost to Saydullo Abdurashitov (UZB) 1-2 by in the Men’s 56kg quarter-finals

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