India women's cricket face Sri Lanka in Asian Games final at Korogi Athletic Park on Sept 22
India's women's cricket team will meet Sri Lanka in the Asian Games final at Korogi Athletic Park on September 22, with the match scheduled to begin at 10:30am IST and the winners set to claim what would be India's first gold medal of the Aichi-Nagoya Games.
India's Day 3 programme at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games includes competition across multiple disciplines, with cricket taking centre stage while shooting, wushu and badminton also offer medal opportunities; the Indian contingent is active in cricket, shooting, swimming, hockey, badminton, table tennis and other events.
The defending women's cricket champions progressed to the final after a strong run in the tournament and are one victory away from retaining the Asian Games title, with the final at Korogi Athletic Park representing a chance to secure India's first gold of these Games.
Shooting remained a source of recent medals for India: on September 21 Himanshu Dhillon won silver and Rudrankksh Patil took bronze in the men's 10m air rifle individual event, and the pair combined with 18-year-old Parth Mane to win silver in the team competition as India finished on 1898.4 points.
MMA competitor Suchika Tariyal criticised the semifinal ruling as "unfair" after losing on a weight-rule decision; the report noted the difference in weight was roughly equivalent to a tablet computer or hardcover book, the result left the 36-year-old in tears on the mat when the final decision was announced in Teo's favour, and her bronze became India's first-ever Asian Games medal in MMA, which is making its debut at the Aichi-Nagoya Games.
Live updates from ongoing events listed several matches in progress: Elavenil Valarivan and Parth Mane were competing in the 10m air rifle mixed team qualification; PV Sindhu was in action against Japan's Akane Yamaguchi with Yamaguchi leading 11-6; Aadhya Tiwari lost the fourth soft tennis game 2-4 and the fifth 4-6, with Alisha Ziegler wrapping up the match; and an India women's team quarterfinal match was reported as currently underway.
Wushu athlete Langlentombi Devi Hanjabam is scheduled to contest the women's Nanquan and Nandao finals, and India's badminton teams are set to face Japan in the quarter-finals, alongside the confirmed cricket final at Korogi Athletic Park starting at 10:30am IST on September 22.
