Indian men's badminton team on Sunday( 01 October 2023) bagged the first-ever silver medal in the Asian Games after losing in the final 2-3 against hosts China in Hangzhou.

• This was India's best-ever finish in team events of the Asian Games. China claimed a gold medal in the Men's badminton event at the 19th Asian Games for a second successive occasion. 
• Lakshya Sen and the men's doubles pair Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty got India off to a flier but India failed to capitalise on it as they let the hosts China script a comeback and take the tie 3-2.
• Sensational Sen started the proceedings for the Indian team. He was trailing 10-14 at one stage in the final game but made a fantastic turnaround to win the game by 22-20.