Ishan Kishan’s 80* off 46 powered India to a 169/7 win over Sri Lanka, bowling them out for 45.
The match began on a pitch that offered little assistance to batters, but the Indian bowlers turned the tables. Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah and Axar Patel each claimed two wickets, while Shreyas Iyer’s steady 38 helped set a solid 169/7 foundation. Ishan’s blistering partnership with Iyer raised the run rate to a blistering 8.6, and his 80* was the difference between a comfortable chase and a chase that could have faltered.
On the other side of the field, the men’s hockey semifinal saw India claw back from a 3‑0 deficit to edge Pakistan 4‑3. Abhishek’s last‑minute strike—deflected off a Pakistani defender in the 45th second of the final minute—sealed the win. Captain Harmanpreet Singh had already grabbed two penalty corners, and Sukhjeet Singh added a field goal, but Pakistan’s comeback kept the match alive until Abhishek’s heroics.
India’s medal haul spread across the Games: a silver in men’s skiff sailing (Prince Kurisinkal Noble & Manu Francis), a silver in 97‑kg Greco‑Roman wrestling (Nitesh Siwach), bronze medals for both squash teams, a bronze in individual archery (Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru), and a bronze‑medal finish in the women’s golf team event thanks to Pranavi Urs’s seven‑under‑63 round. Separately, India secured a bronze in men’s sepaktakraw after an unbeaten run.
Looking ahead, India’s cricket side will face Pakistan in the gold medal match, while the hockey team awaits the winner of South Korea’s clash with Malaysia in the final. The stakes are high, and the momentum from these dramatic victories could carry the team into historic glory.