India’s men’s hockey team remained unbeaten at the Asian Games 2026 after a 16-1 win over Sri Lanka on September 22.

It followed an earlier 13-1 win over Indonesia.

Jugraj Singh scored four goals in the Sri Lanka match.

Abhishek and Dilpreet Singh each completed hat-tricks.

India is considered one of the strongest teams in Asian hockey.

Manpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad and Sukhjeet Singh scored one goal each.

It was India’s second Pool A match of the tournament.

India had earlier beaten Indonesia 13-1 in their tournament opener.

The result keeps India’s men’s team unbeaten and dominant through the pool stage so far.

India’s women’s hockey team has also had a strong tournament, having beaten Uzbekistan 19-0 and Indonesia 17-1 in earlier matches.

Field hockey at the Asian Games 2026 is being played across the Games, running from September 19 to October 4.

India has traditionally been one of the strongest teams in Asian hockey, with multiple Asian Games gold medals in the men’s competition.

The team is expected to face stronger opposition as the tournament progresses toward the knockout stages.

India’s cricket team also won a gold medal at the same Games on September 22, beating Sri Lanka in the final.

The men’s hockey competition at the Asian Games uses a pool format followed by knockout stages to decide the medals.

India’s previous Asian Games men’s hockey gold medals include titles in 2014 and 1998, among other editions.

The Indian men’s team has featured a mix of experienced internationals and younger players in this year’s squad.

Goalkeeping and penalty-corner conversion have been highlighted by commentators as strengths of this year’s Indian side.

Match officials for Asian Games hockey fixtures are drawn from the International Hockey Federation’s panel of umpires.

The Aichi-Nagoya Games venue for hockey has hosted several high-scoring matches so far in the tournament.

Indian field hockey team (representative image), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

India’s Asian Games medal tally after two days stands at four silvers and two bronzes.

Three shooting medals came on Day 2 in the men’s 10m air rifle event.

A fourth Day 2 medal came from Suchika Tariyal’s bronze in mixed martial arts.

Two silvers came on the opening day in the women’s 10m air rifle.

India was ranked 12th in the standings at that point.

Dhillon and Patil then added an individual silver and bronze respectively in the men’s 10m air rifle final.

Suchika Tariyal won bronze in the women’s traditional -60kg mixed martial arts division, India’s first Asian Games medal in the sport.

On the opening day, India’s women’s 10m air rifle team of Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar and Vidarsa Vinod won silver behind China.

Elavenil Valarivan added an individual silver in the same event, becoming the first Indian woman to win that individual medal at the Asian Games.

The Games are being held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, from September 19 to October 4, 2026.

India has also reached the cricket gold medal match and has been winning big in hockey, adding to the medal prospects.

Badminton, kabaddi, boxing and table tennis are among the other sports where Indian athletes have been in action.

The medal standings at this stage of a multi-sport Games can shift quickly as more finals are contested in the coming days.

China and Japan were among the countries ahead of India in the medal standings at that stage of the Games.

India’s shooting squad has performed strongly across recent multi-sport events, including the Asian Games and the Olympics.

More finals across multiple sports remain to be contested before the Games conclude on October 4.

Each medal added to the tally reflects a separate final, so the six medals came from four different results across two days.

Medal podium (representative image), Wikimedia Commons, public domain

Deepika scored eight goals in India’s 19-0 win over Uzbekistan at the Asian Games.

Six of them were penalty corner conversions.

She was among the stars again in India’s 17-1 win over Indonesia.

The women’s team are the defending bronze medallists.

The Games run until October 4.

The Indian men’s team, the defending champions, began their title defence with a 13-1 win over Indonesia on September 20.

Dilpreet Singh scored four goals in the men’s match, at the 18th, 19th, 37th and 49th minutes.

Shilanand Lakra scored twice, at the 6th and 35th minutes, and Sukhjeet Singh scored twice, at the 38th and 48th minutes.

The women’s team are the defending bronze medallists at the Asian Games.

The women are in Pool B and the men in Pool A of the Asian Games hockey tournament.

India’s women’s hockey team played the Monday match at the Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium.

The men’s and women’s teams both started with heavy wins, which can help in pool standings if goal difference is used to separate teams.

The Asian Games are being held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, from September 19 to October 4, 2026.

Big scorelines at this stage reflect the gap between India and lower-ranked teams in the pool, and stronger opponents are expected later in the tournament.

India’s contingent for the Games has 503 athletes competing across 36 sports.

The men’s 13-1 win gave the defending champions a goal difference of plus 12 after their first match.

The women’s 19-0 win gave them a goal difference of plus 19 after their opener.

After two matches, the women’s team had scored 36 goals and conceded one.

The Indian women’s hockey team began its Asian Games 2026 campaign with a 19-0 win over Uzbekistan on Sunday, September 20.

Deepika scored eight goals in that match, including six penalty corner conversions.

Indian women’s hockey team (file photo), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0