India at Asian Games Live updates, September 20: Elavenil Valarinvan brings home India's 2nd medal in Japan

Indian women's badminton team starts well against Kazakhstan.

PV Sindhu obliterates Kamila Smagulova 21-7, 21-9 in just 22 minutes to hand India a 1-0 advantage in their first round match at the Asian Games.

Right now, Unnati Hooda is taking on Alissa Kuleshova.

What a special knock from Shafali Verma. The young opener has hit her maiden T20I hundred. It's the first time an Indian has scored a hundred in the Asian Games women's cricket competition.

She smashed nine sixes and three boundaries and got to her hundred with the last delivery of the innings.

Superb from India. They came up with a dominant batting show, posting 195 for 4 in 20 overs.

It will be an uphill task for Bangladesh.

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Be ready for some nervy finish in the women's 10m air rifle.

Valarivan slips down to the 2nd spot in the event after leading it for the longest time.

No Indian shooter has ever won a gold medal in the 10m air rifle event.

Can Valarivan do it?

Elavenil Valarivan is on a sensational run in the women's 10m rifle individual contest.

She has 190.3 points after 17 shots and is more than 1 point ahead of Hinata Taichi at second.

She is primed for the gold medal at the moment. If it happens, it would be India's first gold medal for India at the Asian Games 2026, Elavenil's first in the competition in her third try.

Strong start from Elavenil Valarivan who starts with a 53.1 in her first series.

No one, absolutely no one has shot a 53 and above in the rest of the line-up.

Valarivan and Sonam Uttam start well. And now it is about the nerves.

Stay tuned as we bring you the lilve updates from this event and more.

The women's cricket team is off to a aggressive start against Bangladesh. You can expect India to dominate the contest because of the big gulf between the two teams.

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Hi there. We are back after a brief breather.

Well, this was kind of the only breather that we could get in the morning.

India's cricketers are now in action at the Asian Games, with the women's team taking on Bangladesh in the semi-finals of the event. The match is being played at the Korogo Athletic Park

Earlier, Sri Lanka beat Pakistan to qualify for the final.

I am a little bit fascinated by the fact that Japan has been able to host these matches despite the amount of rainfall that has happened in the area of over the last week. It is expected that the weather will deteriorate today as well.

India have opened their account at the Asian Games 2026 with a silver medal in women's shooting 10m air rifle team event.

It has been an inspiring morning for India, who put up a valiant fight in teqball, but finished fourth in both women's singles and mixed doubles.

Here are all the results from morning

Wushu - Men's Changquan Final - Suraj Singh Mayanglambam finishes 11th

Shooting - 10m Air Rifle Women's Individual Qualification - Sonam Uttam Maskar and Elavenil Valarivan qualify for final

Shooting - 10m Air Rifle Women's Team Final - India win silver medal

6:30 AM: Table Tennis - Women's Team Group F - India beat Indonesia 3-0

6:30 AM - Teqball - Women's Singles Bronze Medal match - Quimcy Dsouza loses to Yuina Sakamoto in straight sets

7:00 AM - Teqball - Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal match - Quimcy/Anas lose to Vietnam's Nguyen/Trinh

7:10 AM - Mixed Martial Arts - Women's Traditional -60kg Quarterfinals - Suchika Tariyal beats Altan Baigalmaa 2-0, assures medal

7:22 AM: Swimming - Men's 100m Freestyle - Heat 5 - Akash Mani, Benedicton Beniston fail to qualify for final

7:30 AM: Hockey - Women's Pool B - India beat Uzbekistan 19-0

7:37 AM: Swimming - Men's 100m Backstroke - Heat 3 - Rishabh Das qualifies for final

India's Suchika Tariyal has entered the semi-finals of the Women's traditional 60 kg category. That means it is the first medal in MMA for India. Now all we need to know is the colour of it.

Deepika has probably got her lucky hockey stick out today. That's her 7th goal and India's 12th. Just seconds later, Ishika adds to her tally and it is 13-0. Unlucky day for Uzbek girls but India won't mind that.

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