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PremiumAsian Games 2023 Day 2 Highlights: Indian women's cricket team on Monday won their maiden gold medal in Asian Games 2023 by defeating Sri Lanka by 19 runs in final. This is a historic feat achieved by the Indian Women's cricket team.
India, in a dazzling display of skill and prowess, achieved a remarkable feat by securing a new world record and capturing the gold medal in the men's 10 air rifle team event during the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China. This triumph unfolded on September 25, marking Day 3 of the prestigious sporting event.
The formidable Indian shooting squad, comprised of Divyansh Singh Panwar, Rudrankkash Balasaheb Patil and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, combined their talents to amass an impressive total of 1893.7 points, thereby establishing a fresh world record. Simultaneously, the Indian contingent participating in the men's four rowing final displayed their mettle, securing a well-deserved bronze medal with a commendable time of 6:10:81. However, it was a nail-biting moment for Balraj Panwar, who narrowly missed out on a medal, finishing in fourth place in the fiercely contested men's singles sculls final.
In the realm of swimming, Srihari Nataraj showcased his prowess by earning a spot in the men's 50m backstroke final, following a solid sixth-place finish in the heats.
All attention now shifts to the Indian women's cricket team, as they prepare to face off against Sri Lanka in the highly anticipated gold medal match. Additionally, fans can look forward to the mixed team table tennis action. Regrettably, both the men's and women's teams have bowed out of the competition, with the men's team falling to South Korea and the women's team succumbing to Thailand. Nevertheless, the sporting extravaganza continues, with numerous other events in which Indian athletes will vie for podium positions.
Medal tally for India so far:
Gold: 2
Silver: 3
Bronze: 6
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 2: India has augmented its medal count from the previous day, accumulating an additional six medals. This includes two gold medals, both achieved in team events, and four bronze medals.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 2: In the preliminary round of men's 71kg boxing, Nishant Dev achieves a dominant victory with a score of 5-0 over Nepal's Dipesh Lama.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 2: In the men's 4x200m freestyle relay swimming final, the Indian team composed of Aryan, Aneesh, Kushagra, and Tanish secured the seventh position, with a finishing time of 7 hours, 29 minutes, and 23 seconds. The gold medal went to South Korea, with China taking the silver and Japan earning the bronze.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 2: Following a strong start on the opening day with an initial haul of five medals, India has significantly bolstered their medal count to a total of 11. Among these, there are two coveted gold medals, both of which were secured in team events: the men's 10m air rifle competition and the women's cricket finals.
In addition to the two gold medals, India has also clinched three silver and six bronze medals, demonstrating their commendable performance thus far.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 2: Srihari Nataraj secured the sixth position, clocking in at 25.39 seconds. The top two spots were claimed by China, with Jiayu Xu clinching the gold medal and Gukailai Wang earning the silver. Japan's Ryosuke Irie managed to secure the bronze medal.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 2: Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh secures victory over his adversary during the third round, ultimately concluding the match. With a score of 2-1, the Indian athlete advances to the quarterfinals of the men's 60kg Wushu competition.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 2: In the 60kg quarterfinal of Wushu, Roshibina faced off against her Kazakh opponent, Aiman Karshyga. Right from the start, Roshibina displayed an assertive approach, executing a few takedowns in the early stages of the match. Her adversary had difficulty matching her pace, and as a result, the contest ultimately favored the Indian athlete. Roshibina has now secured a spot in the semifinals and is guaranteed at least a bronze medal.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 2: The boxing competitions have commenced at the Hangzhou Gymnasium, where Korea's Su-Jin Seon is currently engaged in fierce competition within the women's 66kg category. Following this match, India's Arundhati Choudhary is set to go head-to-head with China's Liu Yang. Arundhati, who previously clinched a gold medal at the Youth Boxing World Championships in 2021, secured her place in the Asian Games after a significant transition from the 75kg category to the 66kg category.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 2: It's a day full of promise for Team India at the Asian Games 2023. Athletes are set to make their mark across an array of sporting events, from gymnastics and boxing to basketball and cricket. Read More
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 2: The Indian team has clinched a pair of gold medals at present, with one secured in the women's cricket category and the other in the men's 10m air rifle event. In terms of silver medals, there are three in total, two of which were achieved in rowing competitions, and the third in the women's 10m air rifle team event. Furthermore, the team has amassed a total of six bronze medals, with three of them coming from the rowing events. Additional bronze medals were earned by the men's 25m rapid fire pistol team, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar in the men's 10m air rifle, and Ramita Jindal in the women's 10m air rifle event.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 2: Indian women's cricket team on Monday won their maiden gold medal in Asian Games 2023 by defeating Sri Lanka by 19 runs in final. This is a historic feat achieved by the Indian Women's cricket team. Read More
India's medal tally in Asian Games 2023 so far:
Gold: 2
Silver: 3
Bronze: 6
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 2: In the women's cricket final of the 19th edition of the Asian Games in Hangzhou, Harmanpreet Kaur's Team India secured a remarkable gold medal victory. This achievement was made possible by the outstanding performance of Smriti Mandhana, who played a valiant innings of 46 runs from 45 balls against both spinners and fast bowlers. Additionally, Titas Sadhu, the talented fast bowler, made a significant impact during the early stages of the match, contributing to India's success by delivering an impressive new-ball burst. Ultimately, India triumphed over Sri Lanka by a margin of 19 runs in what will be remembered as a historic victory.
Indian athletes are creating history at the Asian Games 2023 as we won our first medal in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men's Team event. Union Minister for Sports Anurag Thakur praised Adarsh Singh, Anish Bhanwala, and Vijayveer Sidhu for clinching the first-ever bronze medal in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men's Team event. The minister shared the news on X (formerly Twitter) and congratulated the athletes. Read More
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 2: India's women cricket team created history of Monday as it won maiden gold medal by defeating Sri Lanka women's team by 19 runs.
Currently, Sri Lanka has just lost their sixth wicket and they need 30 more runs to win in 12 balls.
In a huge upset, gold medal favourites and top seeds Rohan Bopanna and Yuki Bhambri were on Monday knocked out of the Asian Games after being stunned by lower-ranked Sergey Fomin and Khumoyun Sultanov from Uzbekistan, here.
Indian women’s cricket team will be eyeing gold today as they face Sri Lanka in the final. The T20 match is ongoing as India have set a target of 116/7. Smriti Mandhana has scored 46 off 45 balls while Jemimah Rodrigues 42 off 40 balls. No other batter managed to score in double digits.
She probably ought to have been in primary school, but instead Mazel Paris Alegado -- aged nine -- competed in skateboarding at the Asian Games on Monday.
Alegado, thought to be the youngest athlete at the Games in Hangzhou and representing the Philippines, qualified for the "women's" park final and came seventh out of eight.
Japan's Hinano Kusaki, a comparative veteran at 15, won gold. (AFP)
Sri Lanka have reached 38/3 in nine overs. The target is 117 runs.
India thrashed 13-41 by Japan in Hangzhou in the women's handball preliminary round Group B fixture.
Indian shooter Vijayveer Sidhu could not finish among medal winners in the 25m rapid-fire pistol men's final shooting event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday and stood at the fourth position at the end of the competition.
Sandhu had 21 points which took him out of the medal contention.
Indian shooter Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar on Monday was elated at winning two medals at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
“I never thought that I would win two medals in a single day," the 22-year-old athlete told ANI.
India's Rutuja Bhosale and Karman Kaur Thandi are through to the second round.
Indian rowers staged twin comebacks to bag two bronze and sign off their Asian Games campaign in the watersport with five medals here on Monday.
India bettered their medal count from the last edition when they had three podium finishes. However, they failed to win a gold medal this time, something the rowing squad could boast of five years ago.
India posted 116/7 in 20 overs v/s Sri Lanka in the women's cricket final.
India have made its mark at the Asian Games 2023, excelling in specific sports that brought a total of 10 medals for the country. Interestingly, the medal distribution is evenly split between shooting and rowing, each contributing five medals to India's tally.
Indian women’s cricket team will be eyeing gold today as they face Sri Lanka in the final. The T20 match is ongoing as India have set a target of 116/7. Smriti Mandhana has scored 46 off 45 balls while Jemimah Rodrigues 42 off 40 balls. No other batter managed to score in double digits.
India sealed a 20-16 victory against Japan in the men's 3x3 basketball Pool C match
In a huge upset, gold medal favourites and top seeds Rohan Bopanna and Yuki Bhambri were on Monday knocked out of the Asian Games after being stunned by lower-ranked Sergey Fomin and Khumoyun Sultanov from Uzbekistan, here.
Bhambri struggled with his serve and strokes in the latter part of the match while the Uzbeki players raised their game against their superior opponents to walk away with a 2-6, 6-3, 10-6 win in the second round.
Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan have advanced to the third round of the doubles category with ease, defeating the Indonesian duo of Anthony Ignatiius Susanto and Agung David Susanto by a convincing score of 6-3, 6-2 in a brisk 68-minute match.
Medal favourite Indian pair of Rohan Bopanna and Yuki Bhmabri knocked out of Asian Games.
Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur lauded the Men's Quadruple Sculls winners on day seven of the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday.
Anurag Thakur took to his official X account and showered praise on Satnam Singh, Parminder Singh, Sukhmeet Singh, and Jakar Khan who were a part of India's Men's Quadruple Sculls team.
India's Vijayveer Sidhu misses out on a medal after finishing in fourth place in the men's 25m rapid-fire pistol.
Rutuja Bhosale and Karman Kaur Thandi get their doubles campaign underway.
India's top singles tennis player Ankita Raina was off to a flying start while Rutuja Bhosale struggled past lower-ranked Aruzhan Sagandikova to move into the women's singles pre-quarterfinals at the Asian Games here on Monday.
Raina did not lose a single game in her second-round match and required just 51 minutes to send packing 17-year-old Sabrina Olimjonova from Uzbekistan 6-0, 6-0.
In the ongoing 19th Asian Games in China, India's Babu Lal Yadav (bow) and Lekh Ram (stroke) won bronze medal in the men's pair event. With this, India won the third medal on Sunday.
India: Smriti Mandhana(c), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Kanika Ahuja, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, Amanjot Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar, Titas Sadhu, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Minnu Mani, Anjali Sarvani, Bareddy Anusha, Uma Chetry
Sri Lanka: Chamari Athapaththu(c), Anushka Sanjeewani(w), Harshitha Samarawickrama, Vishmi Gunaratne, Nilakshi de Silva, Hasini Perera, Kavisha Dilhari, Inoka Ranaweera, Achini Kulasuriya, Udeshika Prabodhani, Inoshi Priyadharshani, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Sugandika Kumari, Imesha Dulani, Kaushani Nuthyangana
Yuki and Bopanna are in action, and their compatriots Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan are aiming for a spot in the second round.
The Indian rapid-fire pistol shooting trio of Anish, Vijayveer Sidhu and Adarsh Singh secured a bronze medal in the 25m rapid-fire pistol team men's event at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday.
With a score of 1718, the Indian trio managed to get its hands on a bronze medal. The gold medal was bagged by China (1765 points) and South Korea took home the silver with 1734 points.
This is India's fifth medal at shooting.
ESports tickets costing up to $137 are like gold dust at the Asian Games with desperate fans signing up multiple times through a lottery system in hope of seeing their gaming heroes live.
For the unlucky ones, they have instead waited outside the gates of the futuristic-looking Hangzhou Esports Center, craning their necks to look inside the official Games buses passing through.
It was a great day at work for Indian singles tennis players as Ankita Raina, Rutuja Bhosale and Ramkumar Ramanathan reached the pre-quarterfinals stage on the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday.
In her round of 32 match, Ankita defeated Uzbekistan's Sabrina Olimjonova by 6-0, 6-0 in two straight sets in a matter of 51 minutes. She captured both the sets in less than 30 minutes.
India's Adarsh Singh, Anish Bhinwala, and Vijayveer Singh won bronze medal in the Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event.
Ace Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj finished sixth in the men's 50m backstroke heats to progress to his second consecutive final at the Asian Games here on Monday.
Nataraj, who finished sixth in the men's 100m backstroke final on Sunday, clocked 25.43s to finish third in his heat 4 and sixth overall.
Likith Selvaraj also progressed to the men's 100m breaststroke competition. He finished with a timing 1:01.98 to just make the cut for the final.
In an encouraging development for the Indian contingent at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou, one swimmer each from men's 50 backstroke and men's 100 breaststroke and men's 4 x200 m relay team made it to the finals of their respective disciplines on Monday.
In the men's 50 m backstroke, heat four, India's Srihari Nataraj earned a qualification to the final. He finished third out of eight in his heat event with timings of 25.43. Overall, he secured a sixth-place finish out of 32 players to stay in contention for a medal, a privilege saved for the top eight players.
Bangladesh (65/5 in 18.2 overs) beat Pakistan (64/9) by 5 wickets to win bronze in women's cricket, HT reported.
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India's Rutuja Bhosale broke three times in the second set to beat Aruzhan Sagandykova of Kazakhstan 7-6(2), 6-2 in two hours to move to the third round.
A confident Indian 10m air rifle team led by teenage world champion Rudrankksh Patil gave the country its first gold medal at the Asian Games, securing the top place on the podium with a world record score here on Monday.
The trio of Rudrankksh, Olympian Divyansh Singh Panwar and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar aggregated 1893.7 in the qualification round to beat back the challenge of the shooting powerhouse China and South Korea on way to gold.
