Asian Games: Men's hockey team wins 21st gold medal for India

Samira Vishwas

Tezzbuzz|03-10-2026

Asian Games: Men's hockey team wins India's 21st gold medal.

Defeated Malaysia 5-1 in the final, fourth in medal tally

India has won the 21st gold medal in the Asian Games. The men's hockey team defeated Malaysia 5-1 in the final match. On Saturday, India also won 1 gold each in men's cricket, archery, golf and wrestling. India has now moved to fourth position in the tally with a total of 85 medals including 21 gold.

Indian captain Harmanpreet Singh scored double goals in the final match. He scored goals on penalty corners in the 11th and 57th minutes. Apart from Harmanpreet, Jugrat scored a penalty corner in the 23rd minute, Hardik scored a penalty stroke in the 42nd minute and Shilanand scored a field goal in the 54th minute.

The only goal for Malaysia was scored by Shelo Silverius in the 14th minute. He made a field goal. For the first time, India has won men's hockey gold in two consecutive Asian Games. For the first time, both the Indian men's and women's hockey teams have won gold medals in the same edition of the Asian Games.

On Saturday, India performed brilliantly and won 5 consecutive golds, with this India has so far won 21 golds, 26 silvers and 37 bronzes. India has come fourth with a total of 85 medals. Let us tell you that in the last 2 days, India has performed brilliantly and won 11 medals.

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