India at Asian Games, Sept 28, as it happened: Men’s hockey beat Japan; football team knocked out

That’s it for Scroll’s coverage of the Hangzhou Asian Games 2022 for tonight.

Thursday was a mixed day for the Indian contingent. Medals were won in equestrian, shooting and wushu and there were some qualifications for semi-finals which ensured more medals. In tennis, the men’s doubles pair of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni will have a shot at getting gold. As of today, India’s medal tally stands at 25 and currently stand sixth overall.

However, there were also some disappointing results. In table-tennis, the mixed doubles pair of G Sathiyan and Manika Batra lost to Singapore. The Indian men’s football team exited the tournament with a 0-2 loss against Saudi Arabia. And, World Championships bronze medallist Deepak Bhoria also exited with a R16 loss.

Bridge, Round Robin 1-8: Indian men’s team defeat Thailand 18.17-1.83, while the mixed team gets better of hosts China 16.55-3.45

Hockey, Men’s Pool A, India 4-2 Japan, FT: India secure all three points against Japan who were undoubtedly their biggest test in Pool A. An Abhishek brace and goals from Mandeep Singh and Amit Rohidas put India on the path to a comfortable win. But Japan hit back with two late goals to deny India a second clean sheet of the tournament.

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