Asian Games 2018 Day 6: As it happened

The Indian doubles pair thrashed the Kazakhstan duo 6-3, 6-4 to win the Gold. Meanwhile Indian Women's Kabaddi team lost 24-27 to Iran in Final.

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The sixth day of sporting events at the 18th edition of the Asian Games 2018 kicks-off in Indonesia on August 24, Friday. India, at the 7th rank, have bagged a total of 24 medals so far, which include 6 Gold, 5 Silver and 13 Bronze medals.

Indian Tennis Doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan beat Kazakhstan's Aleksandr Bublik and Denis Yevseyev in the Men's Tennis Doubles to secure India's 6th Gold (22nd Overall) at the Asian Games. The Duo thrashed Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-4 to win the Gold. This is also India's fifth Doubles Gold medal in the Games. 

Earlier, on Friday, Indian Quadruple Sculls team scripted history as they won India’s second-ever Gold medal in Rowing at the Asian Games. Sawarn Singh, Dattu Baban Bhokanal, Om Prakash and Sukhmeet Singh had clocked 6:17:13 in the finals to hand India its 5th Gold Medal (21st overall) at the 2018 Asian Games. Bajrang Lal Takhar, in 2010, was the first-ever Indian to win a Gold (Individual) in Rowing at the Games.

Earlier on Thursday, India’s 15-year-old shooter Shardul Vihan bagged India’s fourth Silver medal in Men’s Double Trap event. Vihan, the youngest athlete in the Indian contingent, had finished second in the event with a remarkable score of 73 out of 80 shots. In Tennis, Ankita Raina had to settle for a Bronze medal after she lost 4-6, 6(6)-7 after a tough tie-breaker against China’s Zhang Shuai. 

Asian Games perennial Kabaddi champions, India Men’s 28-year reign came to an end following a huge 18-27 loss to Iran in the semifinals on Thursday. Meanwhile, in Tennis,  Indian doubles pair Rohan Bopanna and Divij got the better of Japan's Uesugi K and Shimabukuro S 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 after a nervy tie-breaker. 

Prajnesh Gunneswaran ensured another podium finish for India when he beat Korea’s Soonwoo Kwon 6(2)-7, 6-4, 7-6(8) to enter the semifinals of Tennis Men’s Singles. 

Follow the updates from Day 6 as it happened: 

24 August 2018

19:59 IST

Hockey Men's Tournament Pool A: India crushes Japan with an 8-0 win in the preliminary round.

19:37 IST

Hockey Men's Tournament Pool A: India leads 5-0 over Japan after the third quarter in the preliminary round.