Asian Games 2026 Day 2: India’s Medal Winners and Tally Tracker
India maintained its momentum at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on Day 2 of the tournament. Following its two medals on Day 1, India managed two more silvers and two bronze medals on Day 2.
India’s medal haul was again spearheaded by shooting, where Himanshu Dhillon claimed silver, while Rudrankksh Patil clinched bronze in the men’s 10m air rifle individual discipline. Himanshu Dhillon and Rudrankksh Patil also won team silver, together with Parth Mane.
India also got its first-ever Asian Games medal in the sport of mixed martial arts, where Suchika Tariyal won bronze in the women’s traditional 60kg discipline.
| Medal | Total Winners |
| Gold | 0 |
| Silver | 2 |
| Bronze | 2 |
| Total | 4 |
| Medal | Total Winners |
| Gold | 0 |
| Silver | 4 |
| Bronze | 2 |
| Total | 6 |
Himanshu Dhillon put in an impressive effort in the individual event of the men’s 10m air rifle competition, placing second with 252.4 points to clinch the silver medal.
Sheng Lihao from China took home the gold medal with 254.2 points, while the Indian athlete Rudrankksh Patil grabbed the bronze medal.
India’s medal tally saw yet another medal through Rudrankksh Patil who won the bronze medal with a score of 230.9 points.
Rudrankksh Patil had qualified for the individual final with a score of 631.8 points. Himanshu Dhillon qualified for the final seventh with 630.0 points
India got a silver medal in the men’s 10m air rifle team event too. The team consisting of Rudrankksh Patil, Himanshu Dhillon and Parth Mane got second position after China.
The bronze medal was bagged by South Korea, which gave India another medal in shooting.
Suchika Tariyal got a bronze medal in the women’s traditional 60kg MMA event after making her way to the semifinals.
She beat Mongolia’s Altanchimeg Baigalmaa 2-0 in the quarterfinals and lost her semifinal match against Singapore’s Teo Hui Hoon.
One of the day’s best overall team efforts came from India, which beat Indonesia 17-1 in their Pool B game of women’s hockey in Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium.
India had a lead of 9-0 at halftime and added a tally of 14-1 in three quarters before scoring three goals in the last quarter.
Deepika, Sunelita Toppo, Lalremsiami, Rutuja Pisal, Sakshi Rana, Salima Tete, Navneet Kaur, and Ishika Chaudhary were among the scorers for India.
India got off to a flying start in their men’s kabaddi competition, thrashing hosts Japan 49-23 in Group A.
Japan was the first side to score, but India soon gained control. Indian raider and defenders played well together to gain an edge over their opponents.
India began its men’s team badminton campaign on a high note, thrashing Bangladesh 3-0.
Lakshya Sen first won his match 21-4, 21-12 against Ayman Ibn Jaman. Ayush Shetty followed this up with a win 21-4, 21-13 against Gourab Singha.
Srikanth Kidambi sealed the clean sweep for India with a 21-15, 21-9 win over Al Amin Jumar.
India progressed into the next round after winning all three games.
India once again managed to defeat Pakistan 3-0 in the men’s team Group F table tennis match.
Harmeet Desai won his game 11-4, 11-3, 11-5 against Khan Muhammad. Sathiyan Gnanasekaran followed him up with an 11-1, 11-8,
Srihari Nataraj qualified for the finals of men’s 50m backstroke race by ending third in his heat.
In the finals, he ended 10th with a time of 25.52 seconds while China’s Jiayo Xu bagged the gold medal with an Asian Games record time of 24.04 seconds.
There were two good performances for India in the sport of wushu.
Roshibina Devi beat Most Khatun of Bangladesh via Win by Point Difference in women’s 60kg Round of 16 and progressed to the quarterfinals.
Aryan also went through to the quarterfinals by defeating Shahzada Safi of Afghanistan 2-0 in men’s 56kg Round of 16.
Quarterfinals are due on Day 3.
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