New Delhi. The outstanding performance of Indian shooters continues in the Asian Games 2026. Another big good news has emerged for India from the shooting range. In the men's 10 meter air rifle team event, the trio of Rudranksh Balasaheb Patil, Himanshu Dhillon and Parth Rakesh performed brilliantly and won the silver medal for India. In the competition held on September 21, the Indian team scored a total of 1890.1 points and won the silver medal by finishing second.
This Indian team had to face a strong challenge from China. China won the gold medal by scoring 1899.0 points. China's score was also recorded as a world record. The difference between India and China was 8.9 points. South Korea took third place. With this medal, India has three medals in shooting in the Asian Games 2026.
Rudranksh Patil scored the highest score of 631.8 points for the Indian team. Himanshu Dhillon scored 630.0 points while Parth Mane contributed 628.3 points. The combined performance of all three shooters took India to the podium. The special thing was that the performance in the team competition raised India's hopes for the individual competition also. Rudranksh and Himanshu also made it to the finals of the men's 10m air rifle individual event.
Rudranksh finished third in the qualification with 631.8 points while Himanshu finished seventh with 630.0 points. Parth Mane finished 11th with 628.3 points and could not qualify for the individual finals. However, his contribution in the team event played an important role in India's silver medal.
The beginning of the Asian Games shooting campaign was also excellent for India. Earlier, the team of Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Muskar and Vidarsaa Vinod had won the silver medal in the women's 10 meter air rifle team event. Apart from this, Elavenil had also won a silver medal in the women's 10 meter air rifle individual event. In this way, the men's team's silver further strengthened India's medal journey in shooting.
After this, India also got great success in the men's individual 10 meter air rifle event. Himanshu Dhillon won silver and Rudranksh Patil won bronze medal while Sheng Lihao of China won gold. That is, on the same day, both these shooters of India, after the team competition, also made it to the podium in the individual competition.
This performance of the Indian shooting team is proving important for the country's campaign in the Asian Games 2026. The team of Rudranksh, Himanshu and Parth has won another silver medal for India by hitting accurate targets under pressure and maintained the strong challenge of Indian players in shooting.