Asian Games 2026 Day 2 LIVE Updates: India off to strong start vs Bangladesh; shooting silver, MMA medal assured

Two Indians -- Elevenil and Soman -- are among the eight participants vying for the three medals. Elevenil, the veteran, had finished seventh in the qualification round, four places below Sonam.

Manush Shah defeats Pratama Affan in the third tie 11-9, 11-9, 12-10 as India script a 3-0 win against Indonesia in Men's team Group F clash. India will take in Iran in their next match, tomorrow, followed by a clash against Pakistan on Monday.

Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and opted to bat against Bangladesh in women's cricket semifinal.

India Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Bharti Fulmali, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Richa Ghosh(w), Gunalan Kamalini, Deepti Sharma, Shreyanka Patil, Shree Charani, Nandani Sharma, Kranti Gaud

India’s women’s semifinal will start in another half an hour against Bangladesh. The winner will take on Sri Lanka, who beat Pakistan by eight wickets, chasing down 178 with 13 balls to spare. Should India beat Bangladesh, just like they did in the Asia Cup earlier this month in Dubai, we could get a repeat of the final, albeit without all the Mohsin Naqvi drama. The ACC chief is reportedly not flying to Japan, so there should be no awkwardness for the Indian team.

Indian team, comprising G Sathiyan, Manav Thakkar, Manush Shah, is up against Indonesia in Men's team Group F clash. Sathiyan won the opening tie 11-8, 11-7, 11-9 against Negara Muhammad. Manav is up against Junindra Muhammad in the second tie.

The final scoreline of 19-0 against Uzbekistan in the Asian Games is India's third biggest win in the Asian Games, after 22-0 against Hong Kong in 1982 and 21-0 against Kazakhstan in 2018. Those 19 goals include eight from Deepika, three from Ishika, two each from Neha and Lalthantluangi, and one apiece from Lalremsiami, Baljeet, Sakshi Rana, Navneet Kaur.

India -- Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar and Vidarsa Vinod -- amass 1898 points to win the SILVER medal in 10m Air Rifle Women Team.

China won the gold medal with a record-breaking world record score of 1904.2. The previous best was 1902. Not to forget, there are three Chinese shooters in the individual final.

Elavenil Valarivan wraps up her campaign with 633.5 points and finished seventh on the list. She will be through to the final, alongside Sonam Uttam Maskar, who stands third.

Eight goals! You read it right. That's a record -- most goals by an individual in Asian Games hockey. And five of those came from penalty corners. For India, the score reads 19-0 with less than five minutes remaining.

India have scored 16 goals past Uzbekistan already. And we have one more quarter left in this group-stage match. For the record, India's biggest-ever win at the Asiad in women's hockey is 22-0, dating back to 1982 in New Delhi against Hong Kong. India had finished with the silver medal in that edition of the Games.

That comes in Mixed Martial Arts, the sport that has made its debut at the Asian Games!

Suchika Tariyal storms into Traditional 60kg Semis, defeating Mongolian athlete Altanchimeg Baigalmaa in QF.

That's an absolute demolition job. 10 goals for India! Five from Deepika. The last one came from a penalty corner. What a start this has been for India to their Asiad women's hockey campaign.

Suchika Tariyal, who represented India in Judo at the 2022 CWG and in kurash in the last Asiad, comes onto the mat. She is up against Mongolia's Altanchimeg Baigalmaa for a place in the semifinal.

Meanwhile, in the pool, Rishabh Das has qualified for the final of the men's 100m backstroke with an impressive timing of 54.85s, the fifth fastest overall from the heats. It is young Rishabh's personal best in the event, previously 55.44s, set at this year's national championships.

In shooting, the women's 10m women's rifle qualification is underway at the General Shooting Gallery in Aichi. At the end of first relay featuring 29 shooters, India's Sonam Maskar finished third with a score of 634.1 and on course to make the final. China's 19-year-old world No.1 Zifei Wand takes the pole with 636.8 followed by South Korea's world No.5 Ban Hyojin (634.9).

Vidarsa Vinod, with 630.4, is ninth and out of contention to make the final. India's medal contender Elavenil Valarivan to shoot in the second relay shortly. Top eight shooters qualify.

(with inputs from our correspondent Shantanu Srivastava)

The Indian women’s hockey team is delivering an absolute pasting to Uzbekistan, taking an impressive 8-0 lead. And we’re only in the second quarter. Three for Deepika.

This is also Baljit Kaur’s 50th appearance for India

Indian women's TT team scripts a 3-0 win against Indonesia with Yashaswini Ghorpade winning the third match 12-10, 11-4, 11-4 against Citra Rasmi. India stand top of the Group F table with two points. They will take on Singapore in their second group-stage fixture tomorrow.

Quimcy returns, but looks in discomfort. She is clutching her back as she serves. You can see the struggle. India, trailing 5-9 when Set 2 resumed, managed to win just one more point. India lose another bronze-medal match and Quimcy is distraught.

Lalremsiami strikes in the sixth minute, and Deepika finds the back of the net in another four minutes, and India lead 2-0 against Uzbekistan in the first quarter.

Indian women's hockey team gets its campaign underway against Uzbekistan in the group stage.

Asian Games 2026 Day 2 LIVE Updates: This is unfortunate for Quimcy. She has taken an injury break in the middle of Set 2. Obviously, she had no break between the two bronze-medal matches, and her back is hurting. If I’m not wrong, she just told her team that she can’t serve. The umpire came over to check on her, and India have been given an extension, leading to a complaint from the Vietnam team.

Asian Games 2026 Day 2 LIVE Updates: Sreeja Akula beat Maharani Ni 3-1 in Match 1 of the Women's Team Group F clash. Diya Chitale then took down Almaira Nebuchadnezzar 3-0. Currently, Yashaswini Ghorpade is up against Citra Rasmi in Match 3.