PV Sindhu will be in action on the fifth day of the Asian Games | Photo Credit: PTI India had a fairly good fourth day at the Asian Games 2018. Indian athletes won five medals on Wednesday to increase the country's medal tally to 15th. Rahi Sarnobat won a gold medal in the 25m air pistol event after a thrilling final. She became the first ever Indian woman to win a shooting gold medal at any edition of the Games. The wushu team added four bronze medals to India's tally with Roshibina Devi (Women's Sanda -60kg), Santosh Kumar (Men's Sanda -56kg ), Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh (Men's Sanda -60kg) and Narender Grewal (Men's Sanda -65kg), winning one each in their respective categories. On the fourth day of the games, India would look to extend their medal tally further and improve their rankings. The likes of PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and Deepika Kumari will be in action on the fifth day of the tournament. Sindhu and Saina will begin India's quest for a badminton medal in the individual categories. Meanwhile, Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy will also be in action in the men's singles category. Rohan Bopanna and Ankita Raina will look to continue their progression in the mixed doubles tennis. Here's the full schedule of the Indian athletes on day five of the Asian Games 2018: Archery Women’s Recurve Individual (Pre-Quarterfinal): 10:10 AM Promila Daimary vs Urantungalag Bishindee (Mongolia) Deepika Kumari vs Hyang Ji Ri (DPR Korea) Gymnastics Women’s Vault: Aruna Reddy, Mandira Chowdhury – 2:30 PM Badminton Men’s Singles: 11:30 AM Srikanth Kidambi Prannoy Kumar Women’s Singles: 10:30 AM PV Sindhu vs Thi Trang Vu (Hong Kong, China) Saina Nehwal vs Soraya Aghaeihajiagha (Iran) Men’s Doubles: 10:50 AM Chirag Shetty/Satwiksairaj Rankireddy vs Y Chung/Ch Tam (Hong Kong, China) Manu Atri/B Sumeeth Reddy vs Ta Mohammed/Ma Rasheed (Maldives) Women’s Doubles: 10:30 AM Ashwini Ponappa/N. Sikki Reddy vs Wy Ng/Nt Yeung (Hong Kong, China) Rutaparna Pandea/Arathi Sara Sunil vs C Chaladchalam/P Muenwong (Thailand) Mixed Doubles: 10:30 AM Pranav Chopra/N. Sikki Reddy vs PS Chan/Ly Goh (Malaysia) Satwiksairaj/Ashwini Ponappa vs D Puavaranukroh/S Taerattanachai (Thailand) Basketball – Women’s 5×5 India vs Indonesia – 4:30 PM Bowling Men’s Trios – Dhruv Sarda, Shabbir Dhankot, Akaash Ashok Kumar – 8:00 AM Bridge Men’s team Qualification: India (Round 5 – 2nd in order) – 9:00 AM Mixed team Qualification: India (Round 5 – 6th in order) – 9:00 AM Supermixed team Qualification: (Round 4 – 5th in order) – 9:00 AM Canoeing Women’s Single Semifinal : Champa Mourya – 7:30 AM Golf Men’s individual and Men’s team: Aadil Bedi, Kshitij Naveed Kaul, Harimohan Singh, Rayhan Thomas – 5:00 AM Women’s individual and Women’s team: Diksha Dagar, Ridhima Dilawari, Sifat Sagoo – 5:00 AM Kabaddi Women’s Semifinal – India vs (TBD) – 1:50 PM Men’s Semifinal – India vs (TBD) – 4:00 PM Pencak Silat Men’s 50-55 kg – Boynao Singh Naorem – 8:00 AM Rowing (Gold Medal events) Men’s Single Sculls – Baban Dattu Bhokanal – 8:00 AM Men’s Double Sculls – Om Prakash/Sawarn Singh – 9:10 AM Women’s Double Sculls – Pooja/Sayali Rajendra Shelake – 9:25 AM Men’s Pair – Malkeet Singh/Surinder Singh – 8:50 AM Men’s Lightweight Fours – India (Lane 2) – 10:10 AM Shooting Men’s Double Trap (Qualification) – Ankur Mittal, Shradhul Vihaan – 8:30 AM Women’s Double Trap – Varsha Verman, Shreyasi Singh – 8:45 AM Sport Climbing Men’s Speed Quarterfinals – Chingkheinganba Maibam, Bharat Stephen Pereira Kamath – 8:00 AM Men’s Combined – Chingkheinganba Maibam, Bharat Stephen Pereira Kamath – 8:00 AM Women’s Speed Quarterfinals – Shreya Shankar Nankar – 8:00 AM Squash Men’s Singles: Round of 32 Sourav Ghosal vs Shamil Wakeel (Sri Lanka) – 9:00 AM Harinder Pal Sandhu vs Ko Young-jo (Korea) – 9:00 AM Swimming Men’s 50m Butterfly – Anshul Kothari – Heat 1 – 8:00 AM Men’s 100m Freestyle – Agnel Aaron D’Souza – Heat 1, Advait Page – Heat 2 – 8:51 AM Men’s 200m Backstroke – Srihari Nataraj – Heat 1, Advait Page – Heat 2 – 7:38 AM Tennis Men’s Singles Quarterfinals – Prajnesh Gunneswaran vs Soonwoo Kwoon (Korea) – 9:00 AM Women’s Singles Semifinals – Ankita Raina vs Shuai Zhang (China) – 9:00 AM Men’s Doubles Semifinals – Rohan Bopanna/Divij Sharan vs K Uesugi/S Shimabukuro (Japan) – 9:00 AM Mixed Doubles Quarterfinals – Rohan Bopanna/Ankita Raina vs CB Rungkat/A Sutjiadi (Indonesia) – 9:00 AM Volleyball (Indoors) Women’s – India vs Kazakhstan – 9:00 AM Weightlifting Men’s 77 kg – Sathish Sivalingam, Ajay Singh – 10:00 AM<doc-sep>With a break on Saturday for the opening ceremony of the Asian Games, the Basketball action at the GBK Basketball hall in Jakarta, Indonesia tipped off once again for the fixtures on Day 5 - All of which were women's 5*5. Of the four matches scheduled, there were a couple from each group. Chinese Taipei 84-61 India [Group A] Chinese Taipei won registered their third win in as many games to continue to stay atop Group X with six points and a point differential of 55. The first half with a close contest as the Indians fought hard to trail only 5 points at halftime but Chinese Taipei blew the game open in the third quarter when they outscored the Indians 31-17. For more on this game, read a detailed match report here. Japan 107-35 Mongolia [Group B] As of Day 5, the squad from Japan are table toppers of Group B with 2 wins in 3 games and a point differential of 117. [Note: China has played only 2 games so far] As the scoreline might suggest, Japan absolutely dominated every stat category that there is. They recorded an assist on every one of their 37 field goals, they only turned the ball over 10 times and had four players score in double figures led by Mio Shinozki - 19 points. At the other end of the spectrum was Mongolia. They turned the ball over 30 times and only had one player score more than 5 points - Murat Bulbul, who had 19 points. In two of the four quarters, Mongolia failed to score than 5 points in a quarter. Despite the huge loss, Mongolia had won their previous group game against Hong Kong, thus are still on track to make it through to the Quarterfinals. Thailand 86-76 Hong Kong Thailand's Pimchosita Supyen (L) against Hong Kong After a crushing 68-point loss to China in their opening fixture of the tournament, Thailand gained some much-needed motivation with their narrow 10-point win over Hong Kong. In a close game, where both teams were more or less equal in all stat categories, what was possibly the game-altering stat was Thailand's shooting. They shot 53% from the field [30-of-57], far better than Hong Kong that shot at a clip of 34%. Both teams were more or less equal with respect to turnovers [19-18] and steals [11-9]. Thailand had as many as four players score in double figures for them, led by Maihom Thidaporn - 24 points. On the other hand, Hong Kong were for the most part led by the duo of Wong Ka Man and Li Tsz Kwan, who combined for 45 of the team's 76 points. Kazakhstan 85-73 Indonesia In Group A, the top 2 teams were always going to be Chinese Taipei and the Unified Korean Team, so the other Quarterfinals spots were going to be decided between India, Kazakhstan and the hosts Indonesia. Huge credit to Kazakhstan because they have registered wins against both India and Indonesia, which essentially makes the battle between latter nations a fight for the last QF spot. The hosts made eventually cut the margin of defeat to just 12 points by outscoring Kazakhstan 29-19 in the final quarter but the game was over in the first three quarters as Indonesia trailed by 22 [66-44]. It was Kazakhstan's superior shooting from the field - 54% from the field, 30% from beyond the arc and 69% [9-of-13] from the free-throw line. Their spectacular shooting allowed them to dominate the game despite turning the ball over 27 times and allowing Indonesia to record 22 steals. They were led in scoring by Kondrakova Nadezhda - 18 points.<doc-sep>(Twitter Photo) Key Highlights Seven-time champion India failed to reach the Asian Games men's kabaddi final for the first time India settled for the bronze medal after a shock 18-27 loss to Iran in the semifinals India had won the men's kabaddi gold in all the earlier seven Asiad after the sport was introduced in 1990 in Beijing JAKARTA: India's nearly unchallenged domination of the Asian Games kabaddi competition ended on Thursday with the men's team failing to make the final for the first time, left shell-shocked and battered by an ever-improving Iran in the semifinals. For the first time in its history, India ended with a bronze medal in its indigenous sport, in which a gold is taken for granted every four years at the Asiad. The 18-27 loss, which left some in the Indian camp in tears, and others stone-faced, ended a reign of domination dates back to the 1990 Asiad. It was a nightmare that unfolded for India at Theatre Garuda where the Iranians played like champions and India seemed completely out of sorts. "The forwardline did not work today and there were problems with supertackle as well," said a shattered India coach Ram Mehar Singh. The writing was perhaps on the wall given that Iran had come close to upstaging India in the 2014 finals in Incheon. Considered another Asian powerhouse, Iran had finished runner-up in the last two Asian Games and will square off for gold as firm favourites against Korea, a team that beat India in the group stage this time. The match saw Pro-Kabaddi League players facing each other with Iran having the likes of defenders Fazel Atrachali and Abozar Mighani. The Indian team which had PKL stars like Ajay Thakur, Pardeep Narwal, Rahul Chaudhari, Deepak Niwas Hooda became the first to finish an Asian Games without the top prize. As the Indians slumped to the mat, their faces a picture of disbelief, the Iranian spirits soared. The chest-bumping, wide smiles and dancing fans in the stands made for dramatic images. India began the proceedings with a 6-4 lead but the defending champions lost a chance to inflict an all out on Iran. Iran made a strong comeback and Ajay Thakur was dismissed after sustaining a cut on the forehead, an ominous sign. Then, Iran had a supertackle to make it 6-7. Mighani, who played for Telugu Titans in the PKL, and Attrachali -- who played for Gujarat Fortune Giants -- proved to be unconquerable for the Indian raiders. Another supertackle by Iran and this time Monu Goyat was taken down. Iran levelled for the first time in the game and the scoreline read 8-8 before they took the lead. India managed to inflict a tackle and draw level. Iran continued to have less players on the mat but their defensive pair of Attrachali and Mighani kept them in the game. The tense match was levelled at 9-9 at half time but Iran surged ahead to 14-11 with some fine tackles by its players. India trailed 12-16 with 10 minutes to go and Rahul Chaudhari was brought in to salvage some quick points. It was desperate times for the Indian team. Rahul Chaudhary's successful raid took Mighani out but Iran replied with a successful raid of its own. Rishank Devadiga was then dismissed and Iran's lead increased to five points at 19-14. India were under tremendous pressure with less than five minutes to go in the match but Iran held on to their nerves to fashion the most shocking upset in Asian Games kabaddi. Read this story in Marathi<doc-sep>
Saina Nehwal will be in action on the 5th day of the Asian Games 2018 | Photo Credit: PTI Indian athletes won a total of five medals on the fourth day of the Asian Games 2018 to take India's tally to 15. Rahi Sarnobat clinched a gold medal in the 25m pistol competition to headline the day for India. Four bronze medal were bagged by wushu players Santosh Kumar (56 kg), Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh (60kg) and Narender Grewal (65kg)and Naorem Roshibina Devi in the women's Sanda 60kg category. On Thursday, the fifth day of the Games, India will be looking to add more medals to its tally. PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal will be in action in the women's singles event on the fifth day in Indonesia. While Sindhu will take on Vu Thi Trang of Vietnam, Saina will be up against Aghaeihajiagha Soraya of Iran in her opener. Shardul Vihan and Ankur Mittal will be up for a medal in shooting. The mixed doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and Ankita Raina will also be aiming to ensure a medal. Here's all you need to know about Indian athletes in action on Day 5 of the Asian Games 2018: How to watch the Indian athletes live in action on Day five of the Asian Games 2018? All the events of Indian athletes in action on day five of the Asian Games will be telecasted live on Sony Sports network. Sony Ten 2 and Sony Ten 2 HD. When will the first event involving Indian athletes begin on Day five of the Asian Games 2018? The first event involving Indian athletes on day five is scheduled to begin at 7:30 AM IST. How to catch the online streaming of events involving Indian athletes on day five of the Asian Games 2018? The live streaming of the day five of Asian Games 2018 will be available on Sony Liv app and website. What are the events Indian athletes will be taking part on the fifth day of the Asian Games 2018? Women’s Recurve Individual (Pre-Quarterfinal): 10:10 AM Promila Daimary vs Urantungalag Bishindee (Mongolia) Deepika Kumari vs Hyang Ji Ri (DPR Korea) Gymnastics Women’s Vault: Aruna Reddy, Mandira Chowdhury – 2:30 PM Badminton Men’s Singles: 11:30 AM Srikanth Kidambi Prannoy Kumar Women’s Singles: 10:30 AM PV Sindhu vs Thi Trang Vu (Hong Kong, China) Saina Nehwal vs Soraya Aghaeihajiagha (Iran) Men’s Doubles: 10:50 AM Chirag Shetty/Satwiksairaj Rankireddy vs Y Chung/Ch Tam (Hong Kong, China) Manu Atri/B Sumeeth Reddy vs Ta Mohammed/Ma Rasheed (Maldives) Women’s Doubles: 10:30 AM Ashwini Ponappa/N. Sikki Reddy vs Wy Ng/Nt Yeung (Hong Kong, China) Rutaparna Pandea/Arathi Sara Sunil vs C Chaladchalam/P Muenwong (Thailand) Mixed Doubles: 10:30 AM Pranav Chopra/N.