Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 11:37am on 20 Sep 2026,Sunday Sports
India made a strong start at the Asian Games 2026, winning two silver medals on Day 1. Shooter Elavenil Valarivan took silver in the women's 10m air rifle individual event, after earlier helping India win team silver with Sonam Maskar and Vidarsa Vinod. The women's cricket team beat Bangladesh by 114 runs in the semi-final and will face Sri Lanka for gold. Suchika Tariyal's quarterfinal win in mixed martial arts guaranteed another medal. The men's hockey team thrashed Indonesia 13-1. In swimming, Rishabh Das finished sixth in the 100m backstroke final, while India's teqball players missed out on bronze. (PC: NDTV)
