Archive · 21 Sep 2026
India Targets More Medals on Asian Games Day 2
India is competing on the second day of the Asian Games.
The country has already won two silver medals in shooting.
More Indian shooters will compete in the men’s 10m air rifle event.
Suchika Tariyal has already guaranteed herself a medal in mixed martial arts.
She will try to win her semifinal and reach the gold-medal match.
India’s women’s hockey team will play Indonesia after a very large win over Uzbekistan.
The men’s and women’s kabaddi teams will begin their competitions.
Indian table tennis teams will also play Pakistan.
India hopes these events will bring more medals.
India begins Day 2 with two silver medals from shooting and sits 10th in the standings.
Himanshu Dhillon, Parth Mane and Rudrankksh Patil will compete in the men’s 10m air rifle events.
Medal-secured mixed martial artist Suchika Tariyal faces Singapore’s Teo Hui Hoon in a 60kg semifinal.
India’s women’s hockey team plays Indonesia after opening with a 19-0 win over Uzbekistan.
India also starts men’s and women’s kabaddi campaigns and faces Pakistan in both table tennis team events.
- Who
- Indian athletes and teams, including shooters, Suchika Tariyal, hockey, kabaddi and table tennis players.
- What
- India will compete in shooting, mixed martial arts, hockey, kabaddi, table tennis and other events while seeking more medals.
- When
- Day 2, Monday; the schedule begins at 5:30 a.m. IST.
- Where
- The Asian Games venues in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.
- Why
- India has several medal opportunities and wants to increase its tally beyond two silver medals.
- India’s current tally
- Two silver medals after the opening day
- India’s ranking
- 10th in the medal standings
- Main shooting event
- Men’s 10m air rifle team final at 6:15 a.m.; individual final at 9 a.m., subject to qualification
- Suchika Tariyal’s event
- Women’s traditional 60kg semifinal at 8 a.m.; she has already secured a medal
- Women’s hockey
- India plays Indonesia at 9:30 a.m. after defeating Uzbekistan 19-0
- Kabaddi schedule
- Men’s team versus Japan at 9:45 a.m.; women’s team versus Bangladesh at 4:15 p.m.
- Table tennis schedule
- India’s women’s and men’s teams face Pakistan at 6:15 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., respectively