Asian Games 2026 Day 9 LIVE Updates, India In Action: Esha Singh’s heroic silver-medal performance in the women’s 25m pistol headlined India’s Day 9 at the Asian Games. Qualifying 8th for the final, the young shooter showed incredible resilience, surviving five nerve-wracking shoot-offs, including forcing a 38–38 tie in regulation with China’s Xiao Jiaruixuan, before narrowly missing gold by a single hit. Her triumph helped the country recover to some extent from shooting disappointments earlier in the day, where Manu Bhaker missed individual qualification, and India fell short in the team event after Rahi Sarnobat hit the frame. India’s momentum continued elsewhere as Pincky Balhara earned a Kurash bronze in the women’s 78kg event, while Lovlina Borgohain secured another guaranteed medal with a dominant 5-0 boxing win to reach the 75kg semi-finals. Meanwhile, the men’s cricket team advanced to the semi-finals after rain washed out their quarter-final against Afghanistan. In boxing, Priya Ghanghas qualified for the semifinals in women’s 60kg boxing to assure India another medal. (Asian Games Medals Tally)
Asian Games 2026, September 28 Results:
Archery (Men’s Compound Individual Round of 32): Sahil Jadhav defeated Jamiyangombo Purevdorj (Mongolia) 149-137.
Archery (Men’s Compound Individual Round of 32): Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru defeated Sostar Andaru Rinaldi (Indonesia) 144-142.
Archery (Men’s Compound Individual Round of 16): Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru defeated Sahil Jadhav 149-148 to qualify for the quarter-finals on 1 October.
Surfing (Men’s Shortboard Round 3): Sivaraj Babu lost 7.83-11.50 to Jayuard Alciso (Philippines).
Kurash: India’s Pincky Balhara suffers a defaet in women’s 78kg semifinals, wins bronze in Kurash.
Volleyball: India beat Hong Kong 3-0 in men’s volleyball group game.
Squash: India beat China 2-1 in women’s team Pool game.
Shooting: India finished 5th in women’s 25m Air Pistol team final, missing out on a medal. Esha Singh qualified for individual final in the same event by finishing 8th.
Surfing: Kishore Kumar Anbarasu defeated Ma Wensong of China 9.86 – 8.80 in men’s shortboard round 3.
Sepaktakraw: India lost 1-2 to Japan in women’s doubles, which meant India finished bottom of Group B and were eliminated.
Squash: India Beat China 2-0 in Men’s Team Pool C match
Cricket: India’s quarterfinal clash against Afghanistan called off, Shreyas Iyer’s men qualify for semifinals.
Boxing: Lovlina Borgohain defeats Korea’s Seong Suyeon to qualify for Women’s 75kg semifinals, assures India a medal.
Shooting: Esha Singh earned India a silver medal in women’s 25m Air Pistol Individual final
Squash: India beat China 3-0 in women’s team pool game.
Squash: India beat China 3-0 in men’s team pool game.
Tennis: India’s Ankita Raina-Rutuja Bhosale go down to to Anna Danilina-Yuliya Putinseva of Kazakhstan in women’s doubles first round.
Tennis: Sumit Nagal vs Hong Seong-chan men’s singles 2nd round match postponed.
Shooting: Shapath Bharadwaj placed 5th, Kynan Chenai 19th and Ahvar Rizvi 32nd in men’s trap qualifying after Day 2.
Shooting: Neeru placed 1st, Manisha Keer 21st, and Aashima Ahlawat 23rd in women’s trap qualifying after Day 2.
Squash: India beat Japan 2-1 in women’s team pool game.
Boxing: Priya Ghanghas qualifies for women’s 60kg semfinals after beating Tajikistan’s Mijgona Samadova, assures a medal.