India opened its medal account at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games (the 20th edition of the continent's flagship multi-sport event, held in Japan) on Sunday with a silver in the women's 10m air rifle team event. Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar, and Vidarsa Vinod scored a combined 1898.0 points, finishing behind China, whose winning total of 1904.2 set a new world record, while host nation Japan took bronze with 1897.1. The result marks an encouraging early return for India's shooting contingent, which had claimed a record 22 medals in the discipline at the previous Hangzhou 2023 Games.