New Delhi: On Day two at Asian Games in China, India won two gold and four bronze medals on Monday taking its overall tally to 11. The Indian Women’s Cricket team clinched the second gold for the country, beating Sri Lanka by 19 runs in the final match. It is the maiden Asian Games Gold for women in Blue. It followed Indian trio Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Divyansh Singh Panwar’s gold win in the Men’s 10m air rifle team event, also held today.
Indian Men’s Quadruple Scull team and men’s four team in Rowing also bagged one bronze each today, while Aishwary Tomar won bronze in men’s 10m air rifle -individual- event. In 25m rapid fire pistol team Men’s event, Indian team comprising Anish Bhanwala, Vijayveer Sidhu and Adarsh Singh too has secured the bronze.
India’s Roshibina Devi Naorem won by point difference against Kyrgyzstan’s Aiman Karshyga in the Wushu women’s 60kg quarter-finals at the Asian Games today. The victory has assured her of at least a bronze medal at Hangzhou. Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh and Vikrant Baliyan will also feature in their pre-quarterfinal bouts today.
Boxer Deepak Bhoria beat Malaysia’s Muhammad Abdul Qaiyum 5-0 in the men’s 51kg round of 32 bout at the Asian Games. This has qualified him to play against Japan’s Tomoya Tsuboi in the round of 16 on the 28th of September.
India is also set to start it’s campaign in gymnastics, 3×3 basketball, handball and judo. The country will continue their charge in swimming and wushu events at the Asian Games 2023.
A shocking loss was faced by tennis stars, Rohan Bopanna and Yuki Bhambri in the Men’s Doubles round two match, against Uzbekistan’s Sergey Fomin and Khumoyun Sultanov. It came as a surprise for many as Bopanna was considered to be the reigning champion at the event.
On Sunday, India won its first medal in shooting as the trio of Ramita Jindal, Mehuli Ghosh and Ashi Chouksey earned a Silver in the women’s 10m air rifle event. Shortly after the first medal, Indian duo Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh won a silver in men’s lightweight double sculls in the rowing discipline. Rowing fetched India further medals, with the men’s eight team adding another silver, while Babu Lal Yadav and Lekh Ram secured bronze in the men’s pair. In the women’s 10m air rifle final, India’s Ramita won a bronze medal, taking the overall tally up to 10.