India’s Women’s Hockey Team Delivers 19-Goal Rout with Deepika's Record

On a day when India’s campaign needed a statement, the women’s hockey team delivered a roar.

Facing Uzbekistan for the first time, India tore into their opponents from the opening whistle and simply never stopped. The final scoreline – 19-0 – fell just short of their record 22-0 win, but this was still a demolition that will echo through the tournament.

At the heart of it all stood Deepika Sehrawat. Ruthless, relentless, she finished with eight goals, the most ever scored by a woman in a single hockey match. Every touch in the circle seemed to carry menace, every shot a sense of inevitability.

By the time the hooter sounded, Sjoerd Marijne’s side had turned their opener into a statement of intent. This wasn’t just a win; it was a warning.

Shooting: Air rifle team take silver, Sonam and Elavenil make final

A few kilometres away, the soundtrack was quieter but no less intense.

In the 10m air rifle women’s team event, the Indian trio of Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar and Vidarsa Vinod pieced together a composed, high-class performance to claim silver. Their combined total of 1898 kept them just behind a sharp Chinese unit that topped the qualification with 1904.2, while Japan edged bronze with 1897.1.

Within that team effort, two individual stories pushed on. Sonam, with 634.1, and Elavenil, with 633.5, both booked their places in the individual final. Vidarsa’s 630.4 left her 12th, outside the top eight, but firmly part of the medal-winning backbone.

When the final begins at 11:00 AM IST, India will have two rifles on the line and a genuine shot at more hardware.

Table tennis: Manav and Manush drag India clear

On the table, the margins shrank, the drama didn’t.

India’s men opened their Group F team tie against Indonesia with a test of nerve rather than dominance, and it was Manav Thakkar who first had to walk that tightrope. Up against Muhammad Junindra, the World No. 48 was dragged into a five-game scrap that swung sharply in both directions.

Manav took the opener 11-7, then watched Junindra answer 11-8. He reset in the third, overturning a brief 4-5 deficit to rattle off points in a rush, surging to 10-5 and sealing it 11-6. Junindra refused to fold, keeping at least a three-point cushion throughout the fourth to claim it 11-6 and drag the contest into a decider.

That final game felt like a mini-match of its own. Manav exploded out to a 5-1 lead, only for Junindra to claw back, point by point, until it stood level at 7-7. The tension tightened, but Manav didn’t blink. He closed the door with an 11-8 finish, wrapping up a 3-2 win and giving India the opening point.

The pressure then shifted to Manush Shah in the third match of the tie, against Affan Pratama. Twice, Manush looked in trouble. Twice, he walked straight through it.

In the first game he trailed 3-6, missteps threatening to let Pratama settle. Instead, Manush strung together a series of clean, aggressive points to flip the score and steal it 11-9.

The second game was even more precarious. Pratama burst to a 6-1 lead and later stood two points from levelling the match at 9-7. That was the trigger. Manush unleashed a late surge, four points in a row, another 11-9, and suddenly he was 2-0 up in games and brimming with control.

By then, the pattern of the tie was clear: India’s paddlers were not just winning; they were outlasting, out-thinking, out-fighting. With Manav’s five-set escape and Manush’s back-to-back comebacks, India surged to a 2-0 lead over Indonesia in Group F.

On a single day, across three sports, India showed power, precision and resilience. The scoreboard already looks healthy. The bigger question now is how far this early momentum can carry them.