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Jasprit Bumrah produced a hostile spell of fast bowling to put India on brink of a comprehensive victory before the final England pair delayed the inevitable on an engrossing fourth day of the third Test.

An athlete not old enough to grasp the enormity of his feat struck gold, a seasoned but scarred pro found his silver lining and a man here for hobby collected a bronze as shooters dominated India's medal haul in the Asian Games on Tuesday.

India were assured of at least four medals in wushu competition of the Asian Games on Tuesday with all but one of them reaching the semifinals.

India will have another busy day at the 18th edition of the Asian Games with onus continue to be lied on wrestlers and shooters to better the medal tally while four medals are already assured in wushu.

Four Indian players scored a hat-trick each as the women's hockey team mauled lowly Kazakhstan 21-0 to notch up its second consecutive win in the Asian Games on Tuesday.

The family of Uttar Pradesh's 16-year-old shooter, who clinched a gold medal in the 10m air pistol event at the Asian Games on Tuesday, was ecstatic after their son’s victory, which they had closely followed on television at their home.

Saurabh Chaudhary, 16, became the youngest Indian shooter to win an Asian Games gold medal whereas Indian sepaktakraw men's team also created history by clinching a maiden medal at the Games.

The 16-year-old Saurabh garnered a total of 240.7 points to finish on top of the podium with a Games Record. He hit 10.2 and 10.4 in his final two shots to snatch the gold away from Japan's Tomoyuki Matsuda.

Indian swimmer Virdhawal Khade missed out on a medal by a narrow margin as he finished fourth in the men's 50 metre freestyle final at the 18th Asian Games on Tuesday.

The Indian men's and women's kabaddi teams secured emphatic wins against their respective opponents to qualify for the semifinals of the Asian Games on Tuesday.

Dilip Doshi has made England his home for a while now. But the former India left-arm spinner was at the Trent Bridge on Monday to savour the success of the Indian team that is closing in on a win in the third Test.

India on Tuesday clinched a maiden Asian Games medal in sepaktakraw despite its men's regu team losing to defending champion Thailand here.

The 37-year-old shot 452.7 to claim the silver medal, while China's Hui Zicheng notched up the gold medal with a score of 453.3. Japan's Matsumoto Takayuki bagged the bronze with 441.4.

Indian shooter Saurabh Chaudhary won the gold medal on debut at the Asian Games to help India win its third gold medal of the Games in Indonesia.

Sushil Kumar has been made to face this question again after his disappointing first-round exit from the Asian Games: Has the two-time Olympic medallist played his last major multi-sport event for India?

The 16-year-old Chaudhary, who topped the qualifying round, shot a Games record score of 240.7 to pip Japan's Tomoyuki Matsuda (239.7) in an exciting final to add a gold to India's shooting tally of two silver and a bronze this Asiad.

The Indian rifle and pistol shooters have gone to Indonesia for Asian Games without an official physiotherapist. The team of 14 small-bore shooters is relying on Olympic Gold Quest (OGQ) – a not-for profit sports organization – physios to help them after their respective events.

When you are born with six toes on each foot like Indian heptathlete Swapna Barman, you cannot help being fussy about your footwear.

He was initiated into swimming at the age of two, won his first medal at five, has three national records against his name, and he has not yet turned 18. Srihari Nataraj is the next big thing in Indian swimming and has already fixed his next target – an Olympic medal before turning 23.

From a cocky why-is-he-there cricketer, Hardik Pandya is suddenly at the centre of a lot of positive attention. The allrounder, who hardly looked threatening as a bowler in the first two Test matches, suddenly turned it around with a spell of 5-28 on Sunday afternoon at Trent Bridge.