India's Dipika Pallikal and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu guided India to Gold in the squash mixed doubles event on Thursday, October 5. The duo gave India their second Gold of the day and 20th in the Asian Games 2023 to take the overall medals tally to 83. India beat Malaysia Aifa Azman and Kamal Mohammad Syafiq in the final by 2-0 (11-10, 11-10) to take the Gold home.
Pallikal was part of the team that won Bronze in the team's event and Sandhu helped India clinch Gold in the men's team event. Both were excellent from the start in the latest event but faced a tough challenge from Malaysia's Aifa Azman and Kamal Mohammad Syafiq in the mixed doubles final.
In India's last game in squash at Asiad 2023, Saurav Ghosal walked away with silver after losing 9-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-7 to Malaysia's Eain Yow Ng in the men's singles final. India famously beat Pakistan in the team's event to take squash gold while the women's team bagged the bronze earlier. Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh won the bronze in mixed double on Wednesday which takes India's medal tally in squash to five in the Hangzhou Games.
A medal from Pallikal and Sandhu also took India's Gold tally to 20 as the contingent continued to enjoy their best-ever performance in the Asian Games history. India won three Gold medals on Thursday and overall five to take the tournament tally to 86.
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