Asian Games 2026 Day 2: India’s medals today, results and highlights as tally reaches six after shooting for double

Himanshu Dhillon, centre, Rudranksh Patil, left and Parth Rakesh Mane (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s medal tally rose to six at the 2026 Asian Games on Monday, with shooters adding three medals and Suchika Tariyal adding a historic bronze in mixed martial arts.Teenager Himanshu Dhillon won silver and former world champion Rudrankksh Patil bagged bronze in the men’s 10m air rifle individual event. Their podium finish came barely an hour after the pair, along with Parth Man, helped India clinch silver in the team event.Dhillon scored 252.4 points to finish behind China’s Lihao Sheng (254.2), while Rudrankksh finished third with 230.9. Rudrankksh led in the final stages before Dhillon moved into second after 10.6 in the sixth series.Three shooting medals after two silver medals on Sunday took India’s tally in the sport to five.Tariyal’s bronze in the women’s 60kg traditional MMA event was India’s sixth medal and the first ever at the Asian Games in the discipline, which is making its first appearance at the Games.Elsewhere, India defeated Japan 49-24 in men’s kabaddi, beat Indonesia 17-1 in women’s hockey and beat Pakistan 3-0 in women’s table tennis. Boxer Sumit also advanced with a 5-0 win over Thailand’s Bunjong Sinsiri.In swimming, Srihari Nataraj qualified for the men’s 50m backstroke final. India also secured two wins in soft tennis before losing to South Korea and the Philippines.

Asian Games 2026: India Results 21 September

Soft tennis – Aadhya Tiwari-Jay Meena beat Cambodia’s Viva Chao-Chanroseka Khun 5-0 in a Group B mixed doubles matchwushu – Nyeman Wangsu finished 15th in the women’s Changquan finalSoft tennis – Aadhya Tiwari-Jay Meena defeated Mongolia’s Bud Nyamdorj-Enkhkhuslen Ganbaatar 5-0 in a Group B mixed doubles matchSwimming – Rishabh Das finished 11th, Srihari Nataraj finished 10th in men’s 50m breaststroke heat – (Srihari qualified for the final)Swimming – Akash Mani and Heer Gitesh Shah did not qualify from the men’s 50m freestyle heatsSwimming – Dhanush Suresh did not qualify from the men’s 100m breaststroke heatShooting – Rudrankksh Patil finished 3rd, Himanshu Dhillon 7th and Parth Mane 11th in Men’s 10m Air Rifle Individual Qualification – Team India won SILVER Table tennis – India beat Pakistan 3-0 in the women’s team Group F match.Soft tennis – Aadhya Tiwari-Jay Meena lost 1-5 to South Korea’s Kim Yeon-hwa-Jaekyu Park in the Group B mixed doubles matchhe agreed – India lost to Japan in the men’s Group B openerBox – Sumit defeated Bunjong Sinsiri 5-0, Men’s 70kg, Round 32Mixed martial arts – Suchika Tariyal lost to Singapore’s Teo Hui Hoon in the women’s 60kg traditional semi-final – she won BRONZESoft tennis – Aadhya Tiwari-Jay Meena lost to Christy Sanosa-Sherwin Nuguit of the Philippines in the mixed doubles roundShooting – Himanshu Dhillon won SILVER and Rudranksh Patil won BRONZE in the men’s 10m air rifleKabaddi – India beat Japan 49-24 in Men’s Group A matchShooting – Raiza Dhillon is 9th, Parinaaz Dhaliwal is 14th and Maheshwari Chauhan is 16th after Day 1 in Women’s Skeet Individual QualificationShooting – Anant Jeet Singh Naruka is 21st, Mairaj Khan 26th, Bhavtegh Singh Gill 27th after Day 1 of Men’s Skeet Individual Qualification.Hockey – India beat Indonesia 17-1 in the Women’s Group B matchBadminton – India beat Bangladesh 3-0 in the men’s team match in the first roundSwimming – Srihari Nataraj finished 10th in the men’s 50m breaststroke finalwushu – Roshibina Devi defeated Most Khatun in the women’s 60kg round of 16wushu – Aryan beat Shahzad Safi 2-0 in the men’s 56kg round of 16 match