India's Asian Games page climbs again as cricket and hockey gold-medal finals arrive
On 3 October, the second-to-last day of Aichi-Nagoya 2026, India played Pakistan in the men's cricket final and Malaysia in the men's hockey final, with a Los Angeles 2028 Olympic place riding on the hockey.
The page drew about 549,000 views on 3 October, ranking third on English Wikipedia and up from about 433,000 the day before. Most readers were on mobile phones, which fits fans in India checking results as they happened.
The day's biggest draw on paper was the men's cricket final between India and Pakistan at the Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin. It was the last match of the Games' cricket programme. India came in as defending champions after winning cricket gold at the 2022 Games in Hangzhou.
Hockey had a lot at stake too. Olympics.com said the men's final against Malaysia would give the winner a direct place at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, so the winner would not need to go through qualifying events. India also won this title in 2022.
Other events on India's schedule that day included the men's individual recurve archery medal matches, with Dhiraj Bommadevara among the Indian archers, and a women's 57 kg boxing gold-medal bout in which Kashish Malik was due to fight if she got through. Editors spent the past 48 hours updating the boxing, wrestling and medalists sections. They also added a new section on notable performances.
The Games end on 4 October. The article's lead now says India finished fourth in the medal table with 85 medals: 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze. That would be the country's second-best Asian Games, behind 2022. These figures come from Wikipedia editors, and I could not check them against an official final table.