Asian Games 2026 Day 15 LIVE updates: Men’s cricket team chases gold vs Pakistan as India’s medal tally rises to 80

India have posted 211/6 at the end of their 20 overs, thus putting on the highest team total in men’s cricket at the Asian Games 2026. Abhishek Sharma blasted a half-century at the top, while Tilak Varma provided the late flurry with a scintillating fifty of his own. Pakistan have a mountain of runs to chase on a tricky wicket.

Aman Sehrawat (57kg) and Antim Panghal (53kg) will go for gold later today. Bronze medallists from Hangzhou 2023, both wrestlers have had a dominant run to the summit clash but the final hurdle will be the toughest to scale. Aman faces North Korea’s reigning world champion Han Chong-song while Antim will be up against local favourite Moe Kiyooka, the 2024 world champion.

India have won their 80th medal of the Asian Games 2026, as Neeraj Chauhan beat compatriot Dhiraj Bommadevara in the men’s recurve individual third-place match match to clinch the bronze medal. This medal takes India’s tally to a solid 80 medals at Aichi-Nagoya.

Neeraj Chauhan also lost his men’s recurve archery individual semi-final against Japan’s Junya Nakanishi by a big margin of 1-7. He now enters the bronze medal contest. That match will be an all-Indian affair as he will face off against Dhiraj Bommadevara. No matter who wins, India have been assured of a bronze medal in the mens individual recurve archery category.

It was a semi-final to forget for Dhiraj Bommadevara. He was defeated in this match by South Korea’s Lee Wooseok by a margin of 3-7. He still has a chance for a medal, as he enters the bronze medal match. Its now over to Neeraj Chauhan.

Abhishek Sharma has fired all guns blazing for India in the gold medal match vs Pakistan. He has smashed a half-century in just 20 valls. Earlier India lost the wickets of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Sanju Samson, But they have hit 83 runs in the powerplay.

Sagar Jaglan entered the repechage round in the men’s freestyle 74 kg category. In his first match he beat Uzbekistan’s Razambek Jamalov by a margin of 7-3. He has thus entered the bronze medal bout

The moment that helped Pranavi Urs create history as the first woman to win a golf gold for India will always remain etched in India’s sporting history.

The Indian archers are on a roll on Day 15 of the Asian Games. Neeraj Chauhan put on an absolute spectacle against Bhutan’s Lam Dorji in the quarter-final. He won by a margin of 7-1, as he qualifies for the semi-final of the men’s recurve individual round.

A fantastic comeback win for Antim Panghal in the semi-final assures her of a medal at the Asian Games. In the women’s 53kg ategory at the Olympics, Panghal went from 0-1 down to 6-1 up in a matter of seconds. She has now assured another wrestling medal for India.

One of India’s gold medal favourites in wrestling, Aman Sehrawat has showed why he deserves the moniker. In the semi-final, he defeated Aiaal Belolyubskii by a margin of 12-8 as he advances to the final.

In a closely fought semi-final in the men’s 97 kg freestyle event, Deepak Punia loses to Sherzod of Uzbekistan by a close margin of 9-8. He now enters the bronze medal match of the Asian Games 2026.

India has a chance at two more medals in archery after Kumkum Mahod’s historic gold earlier in the day. In the men’s individual recurve quarter-final, Dhiraj Bommaradeva has smashed his opponent 6-2 to make a place for himself in the semi-final.

In the men’s cricket final between arch-rivals India and Pakistan, Shreyas Iyer has won the toss and elected to bat first. They field an unchanged team. Expect Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to go all guns blazing right from the start. Follow the live updates of the match here.

Aman Sehrawat has powered his way through to the men’s 57 kg freestyle semi-final after he decimated his opponent 12-1. Antim Panghal also entered the women’s 53kg semi-final after sealing a comfortable 8-0 win over her opponent. Two more medals incoming?

Pranavi Urs has created history. Not in anyone’s list of pre-Asian Games medal favourites, she has come out of nowhere to win a massive gold medal in the women’s individual strokeplay event. She is the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in golf at the Asian Games. This is nothing short of a landmark moment for golf in India.

The Indian team has also won the silver medal at the team event, riding on the sensational show from Pranavi. Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar finished 14th and 23rd respectively.

In the women’s 57 kg category, Manisha falls in the quarter-final at the hands of the legendary Akari Fujinami of Japan. Fujinami has an incredible record of never having been beaten in her senior career, boasting of an incredible 131-0 record. Manisha will now have to wait for Fujinami to reach the final, so that she enters the repechage round and has the chance to win a bronze medal.

Pranavi Urs is clinging to a narrow first-place lead in the women’s individual strokeplay event. She also heaved a sigh of relief when her Chinese rival missed an easy opportunity to score. Pranavi is currently ahead by just a single point, setting up an incredibly intense, three-way battle for the gold medal.

Aman Sehrawat has started off his Asian Games campaign in style. In the men’s freestyle 57 kg Round of 16 match, he defeated Yamato Ogawa of Japan, as the Olympic bronze medallist now enters the quarter-final of the event.

On the other hand, Sagar Jaglan was decimated by Yones Emamichoghaei of Iran in the quarter-final. He will now hope for the Iranian to reach the final, so that he gets into the repechage round.

Archery has been the sport that has brought the most gold medals for India at the Asian Games 2026 (5). Of these, three have been in compound archery and two have been in recurve. Want to know the difference between the two disciplines? Read here.

Deepak Punia has advanced to the men’s 97kg freestyle semi-final after his opponent, Li Vincent of Hong Kong China forfeited the bout.

Manisha started off her campaign on a positive note, as she defeated Kwon Youngjin of South Korea to win her 57kg Round of 16 match by a margin of 8-0. In the quarter-final she will be up against favourite Akari Fujinami.

Antim Panghal defeated Shugyla Omirbek of Kazakhstan by a margin of 9-0 to begin her campaign in the women’s 53 kg category to advance to the quarter-final.

It has been a good start to the day for India in wrestling as well. Sagar Jaglan defeated Mongolia’s Tulga Tumur-Ochir in the men’s 74kg freestyle Round of 16 to reach the quarter-final.

In the men’s 97 kg freestyle category Deepak Punia dominated China’s Zhou Junpeng by a margin of 10-2 to reach the quarter-final.

Kumkum Mahod had an extraordinary debut campaign for India at the Asian Games. She finished with two golds and one silver medal. As part of the women’s team, she won the first gold medal for India in this event. Her mixed team silver was also the 1st medal for India in that category. Ultimately, she became the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in a recurve individual event.

Kumkum Mahod has created history. She becomes the first Indian women’s recurve archer to win a gold medal at the Asian Games. In a thrilling final she beat her Korean opponent Oh Yejin via a shootoff. India’s final day at the Asian Games 2026 begins on a golden note. To know how she won the gold, read here.

Kumkum Mahod kept her nerves in the final against Oh Yejin of South Korea in the final. It was a neck-and-neck fight, and after the 5 sets, the scores are tied at 5-5. It will now be a shootoff, as both archers have one arrow each at a turn.