India opened its gold-medal account on Day 4 of the Asian Games 2026 as the women’s cricket team overwhelmed Sri Lanka by 147 runs and successfully defended the title won at Hangzhou.
The day also produced two future podium guarantees. India’s men’s badminton team swept hosts Japan 3-0 to enter the semi-finals, while Naorem Roshibina Devi reached the women’s Sanda 60kg semi-finals and secured her third consecutive Asian Games medal.
India converted its clearest medal chance into gold, guaranteed two more medals for later days and registered dominant wins in men’s hockey and kabaddi. A fourth-place finish in mixed-team shooting and Chetan Bhatt’s narrow karate bronze-bout loss were the day’s biggest near misses.
India’s Day 4 results and what comes next
| Sport | Event or match | Result | Status and next step |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cricket | Women’s gold-medal match | India 216/3 beat Sri Lanka 69 by 147 runs | Gold won India successfully defended its Asian Games title. |
| Badminton | Men’s team quarter-final | India beat Japan 3-0 | Medal assured India advance to the semi-finals. |
| Wushu | Women’s Sanda 60kg quarter-final | Roshibina Devi beat Chu Man Sin 5-0 | Medal assured Roshibina enters the semi-finals. |
| Hockey | Men’s Pool A | India beat Sri Lanka 16-1 | Pool stage India next face South Korea. |
| Kabaddi | Men’s Group A | India beat South Korea 63-31 | Group stage Second successive win for India. |
| Shooting | 10m air rifle mixed team | Elavenil Valarivan and Parth Mane finished fourth | Completed Qualified second but missed the podium in the final. |
| Boxing | Women’s 51kg Round of 32 | Sakshi beat Aira Villegas 5-0 | Round of 16 Faces Alua Balkibekova next. |
| Boxing | Men’s 55kg Round of 32 | Jadumani Singh beat Chandra Bahadur Thapa 5-0 | Round of 16 Faces Carlo Paalam next. |
| Gymnastics | Women’s vault qualification | Pranati Nayak qualified seventh | Final Vault final scheduled for September 24. |
| Badminton | Women’s team quarter-final | India lost 1-3 to Japan | Eliminated Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand supplied India’s only win. |
| Table Tennis | Women’s team Round of 16 | India beat Thailand 3-2 | Advanced India later bowed out in the quarter-final against DPR Korea. |
| Table Tennis | Men’s team Round of 16 | India lost 0-3 to South Korea | Eliminated Men’s team campaign ended. |
| Karate | Men’s kumite -84kg bronze bout | Chetan Bhatt lost to Meng-yu Chung on Senshu | Fourth place Missed bronze after a tied contest. |
| Swimming | Men’s 4x100m medley relay | India qualified seventh and finished eighth in the final | Completed Final time: 3:44.26. |
Golden defence: India crush Sri Lanka in cricket final
Smriti Mandhana 79, Richa Ghosh 49*, Shafali Verma 48; Deepti Sharma 3/6, Shafali Verma 2/3, Shree Charani 2/13.
India produced its most complete performance of the tournament in the match that carried the greatest prize. Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma added 99 for the opening wicket, immediately forcing Sri Lanka to chase the game rather than control it.
Mandhana struck 79 from 45 balls, Shafali made 48 and Richa Ghosh delivered the late acceleration with an unbeaten 49 from only 22 deliveries. India finished on 216/3 – the highest total in Asian Games women’s cricket.
The defence was even more emphatic. Sri Lanka lost wickets throughout the chase and were dismissed for 69 in 15.4 overs. Deepti Sharma returned 3/6, while Shafali, Shree Charani and Shreyanka Patil took two wickets each. The result gave India its first gold of Aichi-Nagoya 2026 and a second consecutive Asian Games women’s cricket title.
Men’s badminton team stun hosts and secure a medal
India defeated Japan 3-0 in the men’s team quarter-final, guaranteeing at least bronze because both losing semi-finalists receive medals.
Roshibina Devi guarantees a third straight Asian Games medal
Women’s Sanda 60kg
Naorem Roshibina Devi defeated Macao’s Chu Man Sin 5-0 in the quarter-final to reach the last four. With both losing semi-finalists receiving bronze, the victory secured India’s second future medal of the day.
Roshibina has now guaranteed a medal at three successive Asian Games, adding another chapter to a career that already included podium finishes at Jakarta 2018 and Hangzhou 2023. Her final medal colour will be decided in the semi-final.
India score 16 as men’s hockey dominance continues
India overwhelmed Sri Lanka 16-1 in their second Pool A match and led 8-0 by half-time. Jugraj Singh scored four goals, while Abhishek and Dilpreet Singh completed hat-tricks.
Harmanpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Manpreet Singh and Vivek Sagar Prasad also scored. Sri Lanka’s Suresh Ratnayake pulled one back in the 50th minute, but the result was never in doubt. India next meet South Korea in a significantly tougher pool test.
Kabaddi team make it two wins from two
India’s men’s kabaddi team followed its opening win over Japan with a 63-31 victory against South Korea. The result strengthened India’s position in Group A and kept the defending champions firmly on course for the semi-finals.
Mixed-team shooting ends in fourth-place heartbreak
Elavenil Valarivan and Parth Rakesh Mane entered the four-team 10m air rifle mixed-team final after qualifying second with 634.6. The Indian pair could not maintain that position in the medal round and were eliminated in fourth with 376.3.
The result ended India’s run of shooting medals for the day, although the skeet competitions remained in progress. Anantjeet Singh Naruka stayed in contention through qualification.
Boxers Sakshi and Jadumani advance unanimously
Sakshi Chaudhary produced one of India’s strongest individual results of the day by defeating Paris Olympic bronze medallist Aira Villegas of the Philippines 5-0 in the women’s 51kg Round of 32. She next faces Kazakhstan’s world champion Alua Balkibekova.
Jadumani Singh Mandengbam also progressed with a unanimous 5-0 victory over Nepal’s Chandra Bahadur Thapa in the men’s 55kg division. His next opponent is Olympic silver medallist Carlo Paalam of the Philippines.
Pranati reaches vault final; contrasting table tennis results
Pranati Nayak scored 12.916 and placed seventh in women’s vault qualification, earning a place in the eight-gymnast final scheduled for September 24.
India’s women’s table tennis team fought back to beat Thailand 3-2 in the Round of 16, with Sreeja Akula holding her nerve in the deciding contest. The campaign later ended in the quarter-final against DPR Korea. The men’s team were eliminated after a 0-3 Round-of-16 defeat to South Korea.
Near miss in karate; women exit badminton quarter-final
Chetan Bhatt came within one result of a karate medal but lost the men’s kumite -84kg bronze playoff to Chinese Taipei’s Meng-yu Chung on Senshu, the first-score advantage used to separate athletes after a tie.
Alisha Choudhary’s women’s kumite -55kg campaign ended in the Round of 16 with a 1-6 defeat to Indonesia’s Cok Istri Agung Sanistyarani.
India’s women’s badminton team lost 1-3 to Japan in the quarter-finals. PV Sindhu, Unnati Hooda and Tanvi Sharma were beaten in singles, while Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand registered India’s only point.
Swimming, soft tennis, fencing and other results
In equestrian eventing dressage, Ashish Limaye was India’s highest finisher in 14th place, followed by Arjan Nagra in 23rd and Fouaad Mirza in 26th.
India’s medal position after Day 4
| Status | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Officially awarded | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| Additional medals assured | Men’s badminton team and Roshibina Devi – colour to be decided | 2 | ||
Assured medals are not added to the official medal tally until the relevant competition concludes and the medal colour is determined.
The bottom line
Day 4 gave India its first gold medal and guaranteed two more podium finishes for the days ahead. Cricket delivered the defining result, badminton and wushu expanded the medal pipeline, and dominant wins in hockey and kabaddi maintained momentum. Shooting and karate supplied the day’s closest misses, underlining how quickly medal prospects can turn at a multi-sport Games.
Results reflect the completed Indian programme reported for September 22, 2026. The overall ranking can change as other medal events conclude.
