Indian sports wrap, May 20: Dhairya Gogia records upset win in Asian Junior Squash Championships
SQUASH
Dhairya shines
India’s Dhairya Gogia recorded an upset 12-10, 10-12, 11-7, 11-7 win over Hong Kong’s 5/8 seed Tse Ka Chun in the boys’ Under-13 first round at the 33rd Asian Junior Individual Squash Championships in Panzhihua, China.
Indians shone bright with dominant performances across age-groups on the opening day of the four-day competition.
Results involving Indians (1st round):
U-13: Boys: 3/4-Amarya Bajaj bt Chau Hyo Chon (Mac) 11-1, 11-1, 11-5; 3/4-Abhyuday Arora bt Danuja Jayasinghe (SL) 11-5, 11-4, 11-1; Dhairya Gogia bt 5/8-Tse Ka Chun (HK) 12-10, 10-12, 11-7, 11-7. Girls: Riyaa Dalal bt Dheerya Mithali Silva (SL) 11-0, 11-6, 11-7; 5/8-Alia Kankaria bt Eun Choi (Kor) 11-4, 11-6, 11-5.
U-15: Boys: Jackrish Kumar Sashikumar (SGP) bt Vedant Agarwal 10-12, 11-9, 11-13, 11-5, 11-3; Dhruv Johri bt Disas Subasinghe (SL) 11-3, 11-5, 11-3.
U-17: Boys: Hridhaan Shah bt Shi Yuxi (Chn) 11-8, 11-6, 11-4; 5/8-Lokesh Subramani bt Wong Yat Him (HK) 11-6, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8; 5/8-Shiven Agarwal bt Julio Kazim (Mac) 11-3, 11-5, 11-5; Raghav Vashishta bt Wu Cheok Lo (Mac)11-6, 11-5, 11-4. Girls: Saanvi Kalanki bt He Keren (Chn) 11-1, 11-1, 11-1; Riyansika Verma bt Lee Yu-Lin (Tpe) 11-4, 11-3, 11-2; Diva Shah bt Orkhun-Begim Orgil (Mgl) 11-0, 11-0, 11-0.
U-19: Girls: 5/8-Unnati Tripathi bt Li Shiqi (China) 11-4, 11-1, 8-1 retd; Akanksha Gupta bt Anna Kuwahara (Japan) 11-2, 11-4, 11-7; Vyomika Khandelwal bt Yeeun Kim (Kor) 11-1, 11-2, 11-2; Eesha Shrivastava bt Huang Meili (Chn) 11-0, 11-5, 11-9.
– Team Sportstar
HOCKEY
India U-18 ends four-match series against Australia with 3-3 draw
The India Under-18 boys hockey team ended its four-match series against Australia with a 3-3 draw at the Udhav Das Mehta (Bhai Ji) Central SAI Centre in Bhopal on Wednesday.
The U-18 boys finished the series with one win, two draws, and one loss.
India started the match strongly and scored two early goals, courtesy of Karan Gautam (10’), who converted a penalty corner in the 10th minute, followed by a field goal from Ben Siddharth (14’). However, Australia fought back and equalised in the second quarter. Jet Johnstone (18’, 25’) scored a crucial brace to bring Australia level by half-time.
After a closely fought third quarter, India regained the lead thanks to a field goal by captain Ketan Kushwaha (40’). India did its best to defend the advantage, but Australia found another equaliser late in the game as Andrew Faulds (57’) scored a field goal with just three minutes remaining.
Earlier in the day, the India U-18 women’s team produced a dominant display to defeat the Australia 4-1 in the fourth and final match of the series.
Published on May 20, 2026