Asian Games 2026 September 25 Live Updates: India Add 2 Shooting Medals, Assure At Least 2 Silver in Kabaddi

India started Day 6 of the Asian Games 2026 on a positive note, winning 2 medals, including gold and silver in shooting. There are also several other medal assurances and qualifications for India in Aichi-Nagoya.

As the competition now heats up, some exciting action awaits in the 20th edition of this continental tournament. Fans will be hoping for a significant change in India’s medal tally, with the country currently sitting in 12th position with 19 medals.

In this article, we will go through all the medal winners, medal assurances and results from India centric events on Friday.

Asian Games 2026: All the Live Updates from September 25

The day started with a gold medal for India as Kamaljeet and Suruchi Singh clinched the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event final with a historic record.

Another medal came in shooting, with Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudransh Patil, Balasahab Patil and Neeraj Kumar winning silver in the Men’s 50m Rifle 3P category.

India also ensured at least 2 silver medals in kabaddi, with both the men’s and women’s teams securing their places in the finals. With several other key highlights, India have assured 6 medals for the tally so far.

Medals Won 

Medals Assured 

These Indian athletes and teams have reached stages where they are assured of winning a medal:

Other Completed Results

Table Tennis

• Manush Shah beat Iran 4-0 in the Men’s Singles Round 2.

• Harmeet Desai & Sathiyan Gnanasekaran beat Indonesia 3-2 in the Men’s Doubles Round 2.

• Manav Thakkar & Manush Shah lost to Japan 1-3 in the Men’s Doubles Round 2.

• Yashaswini Ghorpade beat Syria 4-1 in the Women’s Singles Round 2.

• Sreeja Akula lost to DPR Korea 1-4 in the Women’s Singles Round 2.

• Manav Thakkar lost to DPR Korea 2-4 in the Men’s Singles Round 2.

• Harmeet Desai & Yashaswini Ghorpade lost to China 0-3 in the Mixed Doubles Quarterfinal.

Badminton

• Dhruv Kapila & Tanisha Crasto beat Maldives 2-0 in the Mixed Doubles Round 1.

• Unnati Hooda beat DPR Korea 2-0 in the Women’s Singles Round 1.

Squash

• Veer Chotrani lost to Pakistan 1-3 in the Men’s Singles Quarterfinal.

Hockey

• India women beat Japan 3-1 in the Women’s Pool B match.

Fencing

• India men lost to Hong Kong, China 27-45 in the Men’s Foil Team Table of 16.

• India women lost to Uzbekistan 29-45 in the Women’s Épée Team Table of 16.

Esports

• India lost to Republic of Korea 0-2 in the Pokemon UNITE Group C match.

Boxing

• Sachin beat Jordan 4-1 in the Men’s 60kg Round of 16.

Canoe Sprint

• Prasanna Kumar Chempadiyil Sathyaprakash & Prohit Baroi finished 3rd in the Men’s Kayak Double 500m Final with a time of 1:40.411.

• The same pair clocked 1:40.308 to finish 5th and qualify from the semifinal.

• Megha Pradeep & Neha Devi Leichonbam finished 4th in the Women’s Canoe Double 500m semifinal with a time of 2:08.306.

• India finished 8th in the Women’s Kayak Four 500m Final with a time of 1:45.670.

Swimming

• Sajan Prakash clocked 2:00.94 to finish 3rd in the 200m Butterfly heats.

• Dhakshan Shashikumar clocked 3:58.73 to finish 2nd in the 400m Freestyle heats.

• Aneesh Sunil clocked 3:58.08 to finish 8th in the 400m Freestyle heats.

• Rishabh Das clocked 2:00.53 to finish 2nd in the 200m Backstroke heats.

• Utkarsh Patil clocked 2:02.13 to finish 4th in the 200m Backstroke heats.

• Danush Suresh clocked 28.40 to finish 7th in the 50m Breaststroke heats.

Athletics

• Anamika Kozhinjaparambil recorded 5.62m to finish 6th in the Heptathlon Long Jump.

• Anamika Kozhinjaparambil recorded 29.78m to finish 10th in the Heptathlon Javelin Throw.

Surfing

• Sugar Shanti Gayen scored 3.84 to finish 3rd in the Women’s Shortboard Round 1.

• Kamali Prakash scored 3.74 to finish 2nd in the Women’s Shortboard Round 1.

• Kishore Kumar Anbarasu scored 9.33 to finish 1st in the Men’s Shortboard Round 1.

Shooting

• Niraj Kumar scored 588-34x to finish 4th in the Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions qualification and qualify for the next stage.

• Kamaljeet & Suruchi Singh scored 587-29x to finish 1st in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team qualification and qualify for the final.

• Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar scored 327.6 to finish 5th in the Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions individual final.

India’s Updated Medal Tally in Asian Games 2026

As of now, India have a total of 19 medals at the Asian Games 2026, including 2 gold, 8 silver and 9 bronze medals. 

More to follow…