India at Asian Games, Oct 7, Live: Gold medals in badminton, cricket, archery and kabaddi

Chess, Round 9: The Indian men’s and women’s teams win a silver each. The men registered an outright win over Phillipines with Vidit, Arjun, and Harikrishna winning their matches, even as Praggnanandhaa continues to play his game. The result of Pragg’s match won’t change the result for India.

The women, on the other hand, defeated Vietnam 4-0 with Harika, Vanitka, Savitashri, and Vaishali all winning their matches.

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????for Deepak Punia

The Indian goes down 0-10 on technical superiority to Iran's Hassan Yazadani in the men's 86kg semi-final.

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Wrestling, Men’s 86kg Final: As expected, the Iranian proves to be just too good for Deepak Punia. The Indian barely survived the first period and was 0-8 down at the sound of the whistle. It was just a matter of time then as Punia went down 0-10 on technical superiority just moments after the break. Nonetheless, it is a silver medal for Deepak Punia - the best finish in this edition of Asian Games for an Indian grappler.

Wrestling, Men’s 86kg Final: The only Indian to reach a gold medal bout in wrestling at Hangzhou - Deepak Punia, has a tough task ahead of him. He is up against Hassan Yazadanicharati - one of the greatest of all time. The Irnaian...

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