Dhaka, Nov. 14 -- Bangladesh settled for the silver medal in the compound mixed team event of the Teer 24th Asian Archery Championships 2025 on Thursday.

In the final, Bangladesh lost narrowly to India by 151-153 points (35-39, 39-38, 39-38, 38-38).

The Bangladeshi pair of Bonna Akter and Himu Bachhar put up a strong fight against Deepshikha and Abhishek Verma of India, but were unable to win the final battle.

This is Bangladesh's first compound medal at the highest stage of Asian archery. With this, the country now has two silver medals in total - one each from the recurve and compound categories. Bangladesh had previously won their first silver in 2021 in the recurve mixed team event.Including all editions of the Asian Archery Champi...