Women's cricket strikes gold; India's Asian Games tally climbs to eight
India's women's cricket team won the country's first gold medal of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026, capping a fine campaign that lifted the contingent's tally to seven at that stage. The triumph gave Indian fans an early-morning reason to celebrate as the multi-sport event entered its decisive week.
The skeet shooters added to the haul soon after, with the men's and women's teams clinching bronze medals in Nagoya. President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the congratulations as the podium finishes kept coming.
Young Jay Meena etched his name in the record books by becoming India's first-ever Asian Games medallist in soft tennis — a milestone that underlines the widening base of Indian sport beyond its traditional strongholds.
