secured a victory by two runs in the rain-curtailed historic T20I match against Japan at the Sano International Cricket Ground in Sano.
Meanwhile, the Indian women’s cricket team registered a win by 147 runs in the final of Asian Games 2026 against Sri Lanka. With this, the Harmanpreet Kaur-led women’s team clinched the gold medal for India in the continental event.
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Asian Games 2026: Sreeja Akula stars as India beat Thailand in table tennis thriller
India staged a dramatic comeback to beat Thailand 3-2 in a thrilling women’s team table tennis Round of 16 encounter at the Asian Games 2026 on Tuesday, with clinching the decisive victory in the final round.
The Indian table tennis star was 6-8 down in the fourth game but produced a strong finish, winning five consecutive points to close out the game and the match. Sreeja won 11-9, 11-6, 12-10, 11-8 to send India into the quarterfinals. India will face North Korea in the women’s team quarterfinal.
Asian Games 2026: Sakshi Chaudhary stuns Olympic medalist Villegas, moves to next round
looked back to her absolute best, beating Paris Olympics bronze medalist Aira Villegas of the Philippines with a dominant 5-0 unanimous decision in the women’s 51kg round of 32 at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya.
Asian Games 2026: PV Sindhu loses; Indian women’s team out in quarterfinals
The Indian women’s badminton squad were knocked out of medal contention at the Asian Games 2026, losing 1-3 to host nation Japan in the quarterfinal round.
started the singles encounter against Yamaguchi competitively and drew the first blood. Trailing 9-11 at the first break, the Indian fought back to level the score at 12-12 and 18-18 before saving game point to claim a hard-fought 23-21 opening game. However, Yamaguchi regrouped in the second to win 21-18, forcing a decider. The Japanese star took total control in the final game, pulling ahead 11-4 at the break to close out an 11-21 victory and hand Japan a crucial 1-0 lead.
IND vs JPN T20I: India beat Japan by 2 runs in a 5-over thriller
India narrowly avoided an upset, edging past host nation Japan by two runs in a dramatic, five-over-a-side T20I encounter after Axar Patel successfully defended eight runs in the final over.
Asian Games 2026: Indian women’s team win gold medal, beat Sri Lanka by 147 runs
The continued their recent dominant run, retaining their Asian Games gold medal with a dominant 147-run victory over Sri Lanka in final.
India dominated with the bat and the ball to emerge as the champions at the Asian Games. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led team defeated Bangladesh in the semi-final before sealing the medal against Sri Lanka in the title clash.