Hangzhou. Indian athletes continue to perform brilliantly in the Asian Games. In shooting, the women’s trap team has won the silver medal, while in squash, the Indian women’s team gave a crushing defeat to Iran. On the other hand, due to rain, all four quarter-final matches of the men’s cricket competition had to be cancelled, after which the line-up of the semi-finals has now been decided.
Shooting: Women’s trap team won silver medal, Neeru Dhanda in individual final
India performed brilliantly and won the silver medal in the women’s trap team event. Neeru Dhanda’s exceptional performance played a key role in India winning this medal. In this event, China won the gold medal and Kuwait won the bronze medal.
Individual scores of Indian shooters:
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Neeru Dhanda: 118 points
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Ashima Ahlawat: 106 points
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Manisha Keer: 104 points
Note: India got a direct advantage in the team rankings due to some countries participating in the women’s individual trap event not fielding a full team of three players.
Apart from this, 26-year-old Neeru Dhanda has also secured her place in the individual final of women’s trap by scoring 118 points out of 125 and joint top position with Qatar’s Basil Ray.
Indian women’s squash team’s resounding victory, defeating Iran 3-0
In the women’s team squash event, Indian players showed a one-sided game and defeated Iran 3-0:
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Tanvi Khanna: Won the first game against Nerges Soltani 11-5. In the second game, when Tanvi was leading 3-0, the Iranian player retired and was out of the match.
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Anahat Singh: Defeated Farishte Eghtedari in straight sets 11-5, 11-4, 11-7.
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Joshna Chinappa: Defeating Najmeh 11-1, 11-3, 11-9 sealed India’s unbeaten 3-0 victory.
Boxing: Indian boxers will compete in three semi-final matches today
Indian boxers will challenge in the semi-finals of three different weight categories today with an aim to change the color of the medals:
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10:15 am (Women’s 65kg): Parveen vs Li Shu (China)
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11:00 am (Men 80 kg): Ankush vs Erkinboev Fazliddin (Uzbekistan)
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11:30 am (Men +90kg): Narendra vs Oralbay Aibek (Kazakhstan)
Cricket: All four quarter-finals lost due to rain, semi-final will be held between India and Sri Lanka
All four quarter-final matches of men’s cricket ended without any result with the match between Bangladesh and Malaysia also being canceled due to rain. Nepal team, which had created history by defeating Afghanistan, was eliminated from the tournament due to the cancellation of the match against Sri Lanka.
Schedule of semi-final matches (October 1):
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First Semi-Final: India vs Sri Lanka (10:00 am onwards)
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Second semi-final: Pakistan vs Bangladesh (5:30 am onwards)
Cycling: Indian riders time rounds in men’s team sprint
In the men’s team sprint qualification, India’s pair of Ronaldo, Beckham, Rojit and James have recorded a time of 44.895 seconds. Based on this qualification, the seeding of all the 8 teams will be decided and the heats of the first round will be determined accordingly.