Asian Games 2023 Highlights: Shooting gold, Wushu silver and equestrian bronze take India's medal tally to 25

India's tennis duo of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni on Thursday secured their place in the men's doubles final by defeating the resilient Korean team of Seongchan Hong and Soonwoo Kwon.

India's Anush Agarwalla, in a splendid display of equestrian prowess, secured a well-deserved bronze medal in the individual dressage event at the Asian Games. Riding Etro, Agarwalla delivered a remarkable performance, earning a score of 73.030 to clinch the third spot and mark his second medal achievement at the Asiad.

India's Sathiyan Gnanasekaran beats Saudi Arabia’s Turki Lafi Almutairi 4-0 in the Men’s Singles Round of 32 match.

India's Aditi Ashok struggled with her putter initially but managed to come back and finish the first round in the Women's Individual Golf competition in the tied second (T2) on Thursday. Playing at the West Lake International Golf Course, Aditi shot a five-under 67 and was sharing the second spot with four players as Japan's Saki Baba shot a superb seven-under 65 to grab the early lead. Aditi, who is ranked 47th in the World, was sharing the second spot with three Chinese -- World No. 1 Ruoning Yin, Yu Liu and world No.12, Xiyu Lin and Thailand's YUbol Arpichaya, all clubbed at 67. Among Aditi's teammates, Pranavi Urs was T17 with one-under 71 while Avani Prashanth was T21 at even-par 72. With the best two scores being counted towards the team total, India are in the fifth position in the Team competition with a combined total of 138. China and Japan were tied for the top spot at 10-under par 134. Thailand are third at eight-under 136, and the Republic of Korea at fourth with 137. The Indian players will have to come back strongly in the second round to get into medal contention.

Shooter Shiva Narwal's 10m air pistol team gold achievement seems insignificant and trivial to his father Dilbagh, who wants his son to win individual medals like his elder brother Manish, who has earned the sobriquet of 'Haryana Rodways bus' that stays ahead of others. The 17-year-old Shiva finished a distant 14th after the qualification round and missed the eight-shooter individual finals. However, in the team event, Shiva combined with Sarabjot Singh and Arjun Singh Cheema to take the top place on the podium.

Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur is felicitating athletes from the Asian Games who have finished their competitions. Athletes being felicitated are from the Shooting, Rowing and Women's cricket team.