Asian Games 2023, Day 4 Highlights: India's medal tally reaches 22 as shooters, sailors impress

It was a great day for Indian shooters as they bagged as many as 7 medals out of 8 on Day 4 for the country. There are several more medal events slated for Thursday, including chess and wushu. Tune in tomorrow for more updates.

Indian men's team lost to Pakistan 1-2 in the men's squash event.

On the other hand, the other mixed doubles team of Yuki Bhambri and Ankita Raina lost to Alex Eala and Francis Alcantara from the Philippines 6-4,4-6, [10-8].

Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale beat Ayano Shimizu and Shinji Hazawa in straight sets Round 3 match in mixed doubles.

Indian pair of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni beat Yibing Wu and Zhizhen Zhang of China 6-1, 7-6(8) to reach the men’s doubles semifinals and are assured of a medal.

Roshibina Devi advanced to final in women's 60kg category where she will take on China’s Xiaowei Wu for a gold medal.

Nikhat Zareen breezed through to quarter-finals with a unanimous decision win over three bouts against Korea's Chorong Bak.

Manav and Manush beat Napat and Sitisak of Thailand 11-8, 8-11, 11-6, 7-11, 12-10 in Round of 64 in men's doubles.

Harmeet Desai and Sreeja Akula beat Macao’s Chi Cheong and Hui Seak 12-10, 11-7, 11-7 in mixed doubles.

Indian pair of G Sathiyan and Manika Batra won their Round of 32 match against Thailand 10-12, 11-8, 11-3, 11-8 and moved to pre-quarters.

Vidit Gujarathi lost his second consecutive match as Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Sindarov won in the Round 9 clash. Arjun Erigaisi, on the other hand, won his game against Bangladesh's Enamul Hossain.

India crush Macao 3-0 as Anahat Singh beat Wei Yeung 11-1, 11-6, 11-7 in straight sets in the final match.

India's Ankita Raina lost to Haruka Kaji of Japan 6-3, 4-6, 4-6 in women's singles quarter-finals.

The Indian pair of Manush Shah and Manav Thakkar moves into the men's round of 32 after a 3-2 [11-8, 8-11, 11-6, 7-11, 12-10] win over Thailand's Napat Thanmathikom and Sitisak Nuchchart.

India vs Macau women's team match Pool B

Tanvi Khanna provides her team with an electrifying start. She sinks Yeung Chi Weng by 11-8 5-11 11-9 11-7.

India's Rohit Jadhav finishes eighth in both men's Gunshu and Daoshu finals.

Sumit Nagal loses his quarterfinal clash against Zhang Zhizhen of China 7-6, 6-1, 6-2

India's Vidit Gujrathi is in contention for a silver. He needs to win his next match. If he plays out a draw then he'll have to settle for a bronze.

The fixture between Harika Dronavalli and Koneru Kumpy ends in a draw.

 Pranav Prince, Lokendra Singh, Princepal Singh and Pratap Singh Sekhon guide India to a 21-12 sublime win over Macau in a group fixture. They will face last edition's gold medallist China in the quarterfinals.

India's Sanjeet crashes out of the Asian Games after losing to Uzbekistan's Lazizbek Mullojonov in the round of 16.

India's Shiva Thapa suffers defeat against Kyrgyzstan's Askat Kultaev in the round of 16 by 5-0.

Shooting: Men's individual skeet event final

India's Anantjeet Singh Naruka bags silver after going down to UAE's Alrashidi who won gold.

India's Anantjeet Singh Naruka has got off to a scintillating beginning in skeet (individual) event. He has nailed 26 out of 26 shots. Still, 34 more shots left.

India suffer 2-0 defeat at the hands of Vietnam in the quarterfinals of the League of Legends.

Harika Dronavalli of India will face her compatriot Koneru Humpy in round 8 of women's chess. It's a must-win clash.

India's David Beckham loses his round of 16 match against Malaysia's Muhammad Sahrom.

Manu Bhaker of India finished fifth in the women's 25m pistol event (individual).

India's Esha Singh bagged a silver in the women's 25m pistol event (individual).

Shooting: Sift Kaur Samra, Manini Kaushik and Ashi Chouksey won a silver in women's 50m 3P rifle event (team).

Shooting: Manu Bhaker, Rhythm Sangwan, and Esha Singh clinched gold in women's 25m pistol event (team).

Shooting: Sift Kaur Samra and Ashi Chouksey won a gold and bronze respectively in the women's 50m 3P rifle event (individual).

Shooting: In men's skeet, Gurjoat Singh Khangura, Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa claimed bronze.

Sailing: Vishnu Saravanan fetched a bronze in the men’s Dinghy – ILCA7.

The Indian women's hockey team beats Singapore 13-0 in its campaign opener.

Vishnu Saravanan brings India their 20th medal with a Bronze in the men's dinghy ILCA7 sailing event.

India lead Singapore by 8-0 after second quarter after two goals from Navneet Kaur in their opening Preliminary Pool A match.

India win Bronze in the men's team skeet event, Anant Naruka, Gurjaot Singh and Angad Bajwa guide India to their 19th medal.

The Indian women's hockey team is currently 7-0 up against Singapore in their Asian Games campaign opener.

Ashi Chouksey scores 8.9 in her final attempt in the 50m rifle 3P shooting (individual) event to claim bronze.

Sift Kaur Samra wins gold in women's 50m rifle 3P individual event.

The team of Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan combines together to help India win gold in 25m pistol event.

India's first medal on day 4.

Shooting:

The team of Sift Kaur Samra, Ashi Chouksey and Manini Kaushik bags silver after finishing second in 50m 3P.

India's Shivansh Tyagi beats VA Mithona of Cambodia 2-0 to win his round of 32 clash. He will face Woohyeok Park of South Korea in his next fixture.

India's Rohit Jadhav is one of the 12 players competing in the final of men's daoshu.

Indian men's foil team goes down fighting against Singapore 30-45 in the round of 16.

25m Pistol: India currently lead China by two points. It is not a very healthy lead taking into consideration that each country has two shooters left to shoot in the upcoming batch.

50m 3P: 

Sift Kumar Samra, Ashi Chouksey, and Manini Kaushik have finished 4th, 7th and 19th after their 20 shots in prone.

Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan are third and eighth in the ongoing stage 2 rapid (25m pistol).

Manu Bhaker finished on top of stage 1 conducted yesterday in 25m pistol event. Esha Singh stood joint-second while Rhythm Sangwan finished at the 11th spot.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of day 4 of the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou. The talk of the day is shooting as there are various medals up for grabs across numerous disciplines in the sport. Stay tuned to our live blog as we will bring to you all the latest and instant updates from Hangzhou.