Asian Games 2023 Day 10 Coverage: Stay Tuned for Live Updates on Saturday's Actions Featuring Indian Athletes at the Hangzhou Asian Games.
Asian Games 2023 Day 10 Updates: Team India held off a spirited challenge from Nepal on a challenging pitch. Yashasvi Jaiswal's outstanding century (100), Rinku Singh's late fireworks (37*), and a stellar performance from the bowlers secured a hard-fought 23-run victory. With this win, India advanced to the semi-finals in the men's cricket event. In other events, India made a strong start in men's kabaddi, defeating Bangladesh 55-18, while the women's hockey team delivered a commanding 13-0 victory over Hong Kong China. In archery, Indians excelled in the Compound event, with Ojas Pravin Deotale and Abhishek Sharma setting up an all-Indian final in the men's category. Jyothi Surekha Vennam also secured her spot in the women's final.
In badminton, HS Prannoy, PV Sindhu, and Kidambi Srikanth cruised into the round-of-16 with ease. Kumari Chanda and Harmilan Bains secured spots in the women's 800m final, and India also qualified for the final in the men's 4x400m event.
The spotlight is on Tejaswin Shankar as he aims for a top podium finish in the men's decathlon. Parul Chaudhary, who won silver in the women's 3000m steeplechase earlier, will be striving for another medal in the women's 5000m final. Annu Rani seeks to add to her 2014 Asian Games bronze in the women's javelin final.
Current Medal Tally for India:
Gold: 13
Silver: 24
Bronze: 25
Results on Day 10 So Far:
- BRONZE MEDAL: Preeti Pawar in Women's 54kg Boxing
- BRONZE MEDAL: Arjun Singh & Sunil Singh in Men's Canoe Double 1000m
- Men's Cricket: India beat Nepal by 23 runs to enter semi-finals
- Kabaddi: India men's team beat Bangladesh 55-18, women's team defeated South Korea 56-23
- Women's Hockey: India defeated Hong Kong China 13-0 in Group A
- Archery (Compound): Ojas Pravin Deotale and Abhishek set up an all-Indian final in the individual men's event (final on Oct 7); Jyothi Surekha Vennam enters women's final, Aditi to compete for bronze (both on Oct 7)
- Archery (Recurve): Atanu Das and Dhiraj Bommadevara eliminated in quarter-finals
- Badminton: PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth enter round-of-16 in women's and men's singles, respectively
- Women's 800m: Kumari Chanda and Harmilan Bains qualify for the final
- Men's 4x400m: India qualifies for the final
- Squash: Saurav Ghosal advances to men's singles semi-finals, Abhay-Anahat & Dipika-Harinderpal also progress to the semis in mixed doubles.