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India’s medal tally reaches 107 with gold in kabaddi, cricket, badminton

In badminton, Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy clinched a historic gold by winning the mixed dou-bles final.

Sentinel Digital Desk

India's medal tally reached 107 on Day 14 at the 19th edition of the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Saturday. India's archery contingent clinched two gold medals after Jyothi Surekha, Ojas Pravin Deotale finished on top in their respective women's and men's compound events. Meanwhile, Abhishek Verma bagged silver and Aditi Go-pichand got a bronze in archery. The women's kabaddi team won gold by defeating Chinese Taipei in the final. The men's team also defeated Iran in a controversial final to bag another gold.

In badminton, Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy clinched a historic gold by winning the mixed dou-bles final. Meanwhile, the men's cricket team was awarded gold after the first innings of their final against Afghani-stan was halted due to rain. The rain didn't stop and Team India was given gold due to being a higher seed. In hock-ey, the women's team defeated Japan to come out on top in the bronze medal encounter. In wrestling, Deepak Punia won a silver in 86kg men’s freestyle. Vicky and Sumit crashed out of their respective categories. Later, the men's and women's chess teams sealed silver medals to extend India's medal tally to 107 in Hangzhou.

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