ASIAN GAMES 2018, DAY FIVE, LIVE UPDATES | Indian contingent looks to increase on 15 medals

Update at 5:26 PM: India defeated by Iran 18-27 in the semi-finals of Kabaddi. 

Update at 4:35 PM: India's mixed-doubles duo of Ashwini Ponappa and Rankireddy bow out of Asian Games 2018 after losing 25-27 16-21 to Thailand. 

Update at 4:22 PM: India's Prajnesh Gunneswaran confirms at least another Bronze medal for India after reaching the semi-finals in the men's Tennis event.

Update at 2:38 PM: India's Anatu Das is beaten by his Indonesian opponent 7-3 in Archery Recyurve Men's individual event.

Update at 2:30 PM: The quarter-final tie between India and Indonesia is underway in Archery.

Update at 2:28 PM: India's Shardul Vihan wins Silver medal in the Men's Double Trap shooting final event.

Update at 1:25 PM: PV Sindhu overcomes a stern challenge by Vietnam's Trang Vu Thi, defeating her 21-10 12-21 23-21 in the women's singles badminton event.

Update at 1:10 PM: Sindhu trails her opponent 10-11 at the midway of the third game.

Update at 12:57 PM: After winning the first game in comfortable fashion, PV Sindhu has lost the second game 12-21.

Update at 12:49 PM: Sindhu trails her opponent 10-11 at the midway of the second game.

Update at 12:38 PM: PV Sindhu demolishes Trang Vu Thi 21-10 in the first game.

Update at 12:31 PM: PV Sindhu has started off strongly, taking a 10-4 lead.

Update at 12:25 PM: PV Sindhu's singles match against Vietnam's Trang Vu Thi in women's singles event is about to get underway.

Update at 12:20 PM : India's duo of Rankireddy and C.Shetty defeat Hong Kong's Chung and Tam 21-12 21-14 in the round of 32 of men's doubles event.

Update at 12:15 PM: Ankita Raina's wonderful run comes to an end as she loses 4-6 6-7 to China's Zhang Shuai in the semi-finals of women' singles tennis event.

Update at 12:07 PM: India's men's doubles duo of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan Japan's K Uesegi and S Shimbabukuro 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 to reach the final.

Update at 12:05 PM: The second set has gone into tie-break, which Ankita is trailing 2-3.

Update at 11:57 AM: Ankita Raina leads the second set 6-5.

Update at 11:39 AM: India's Ankita Raine leads the second set 4-3 against China's Zhang Shuai.

Update at 11:14 AM: India's women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponappa and NS Reddy advance to the round of 16.

Update at 10:55 AM: China's Zhang Shuai has won the first set 6-4 against India's Ankita Raina.

Update at 10:44 AM: Zhang Shuai breaks Ankita Raina's serve, now leads the set 5-4.

Update at 10:30 AM: India's Ankita Raina is leading China's Zhang Shuai 4-3 in the first set of the semi-final in Women's tennis event in Asian Games 2018. 

Update at 10:15 AM: The semi-final encounter between India's Ankita Raina and China's Zhang Shuai is underway. 

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The Day Four of Asian Games 2018 proved to very successful for India, as the country's medal tally increased from 10 to 15. The highlight of the day was the Gold medal of Rahi Sarnobat. She topped in the 25m Pistol Women's event and won India it's fourth Gold medal. The men's hockey team also enjoyed success, creating history by beating Hong Kong 26-0.

The Day One for the Indian contingent proved to be fairly successful, with Apurvi Chandela And Ravi Kumar winning Bronze medal in 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Final event, thus opening India's medal-tally account. It soon became much better, with wrestler Bajrang Punia winning Gold medal in the 65kg freestyle wrestling category. 

Though, there was disappointment in other results. The most notable of those was the defeat of Sushil Kumar in the 75kg category in the hands of Bahrain's Adam Batirov in the first round.

Day Two saw Lakshay Sheoran claim Silver in the Men's Trap shooting event with a score of 43 of 50 shots. Yang Kunpi of Chinese Taipei took the Gold. After that, Vinesh Phogat clinch gold after defeating Japan's Yuki Eri in the final of the 50kg freestyle event. Phoghat also becomes the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold medal in the history of the Asian Games.

On Tuesday, 16-year-old Saurabh Chaudhary posted a record score in Men’s 10m Air Pistol en-route to winning a Gold medal. National mate Abhishek Verma won Bronze medal after finishing third. It was followed by a Silver Medal for Sanjeev Rajput in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions finals.

Another Bronze medal came hours later after India lost 0-2 to Thailand in the Sepak Takraw event. This became India's first ever medal in the sport at the Asian Games. Further, India's Divya Kakran claimed bronze after outclassing Taiwan's Chen Wenling 10-0 on technical superiority.