India at Asian Games, Sept 30 as it happened: Five medals won; Men’s badminton team in final

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Finals tomorrow ???????? pic.twitter.com/LHx1Haxu9I— PRANNOY HS (@PRANNOYHSPRI) September 30, 2023

That’s if for Scroll’s coverage of the Asian Games for today.

The Indian contingent won five medals today. There were golds in the men’s squash team event, as India beat Pakistan 2-1 in a thrilling final, and the tennis mixed doubles team event with Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale clinching top spot.

Sarabjot Singh and Divya TS won silver in the mixed air pistol event, while Kartik Kumar and Gulveer Singh won silver and bronze in the men’s 10,000m event.

More medals were assured in boxing as Preeti, Lovlina Borgohain and Narender won their respective boxing quarter-final matches.

See you tomorrow when the action continues!

Chess: No result today from the men’s team event, as the Grandmaster quartet of D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa, Vidit Gujarathi and Arujun Erigaisi played a draw in their respective matches against Uzbekistan. In the women’s team, R Vaishali was the only player to manage a win, as the Indian team beat Vietnam 2.5 to 1.5.

HISTORY: India 10 Pak 2
1. Max goals in any India-Pak match
2. Highest score by India against Pak
3. Highest margin of victory for India against Pak (8 goals, previous best was 6 goals). pic.twitter.com/B9t1kfQMpV— stick2hockey.com (@indianhockey) September 30, 2023

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