Jyoti Surekha Vennam and Ojas Praveen won the gold in the mixed compound team archery event, taking India’s medal tally to 71. With this, India surpassed the record of 70 medals set in Jakarta in 2018.
Hangzhou: India’s medal win made history at the Asian Games. Jyoti Surekha Vennam and Ojas Praveen won the gold in the mixed compound team archery event, taking India’s medal tally to 71 . This is India’s biggest medal haul in Asian Games history. With this, India surpassed the record of 70 medals set in Jakarta in 2018 .
India currently stands at the fourth position with 71 medals including 16 gold, 26 silver and 29 bronze. India’s medal tally reached 70 including 16 gold , 23 silver and 31 bronze in Jakarta . Meanwhile, India is aiming for 100 medals with medal hopefuls remaining .
This time India shined in the shooting range. Shooters shot 22 medals for India. 23 medals were won in athletics . Meanwhile, Afghanistan reached the semi-finals of the Asian Games men’s cricket by upsetting Sri Lanka. Afghanistan beat Sri Lanka by eight runs to qualify for the semi-finals.
Batting first, Afghanistan were bowled out for 116 runs but managed to bowl out Sri Lanka for 108 runs to win. Afghanistan’s opponents will be either India or Pakistan in the semi-finals. India reached the semi-finals after defeating Nepal by 23 runs. Pakistan defeated Hong Kong by 68 runs.
