New Delhi: India continued their dominant run on the second day of the 19th Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China.
India started their day by winning their first gold of the event in the men’s 10m air rifle shooting team event, courtesy of the Indian shooting team of Rudraksha Patil, Aishwary Pratap and Divyansh Singh.
Rowing was once again India’s biggest asset, as they added three more bronze to the Indian medal tally.
India’s Aishwary Pratap Singh followed Ramita’s footsteps by winning two medals in one day by securing bronze in the men’s 10m air rifle individual shooting event.
India won another bronze in shooting courtesy of Vijayveer, Anish and Adarsh, in the men’s 25m rapid-fire team event, taking India’s medal tally to 10.
In the most anticipated event of the day, the Indian women’s cricket team defeated the Sri Lanka women’s team by 19 runs in the finals to secure India’s second gold medal of the day and take India’s medal tally to 11.
India also got one medal assured after the Indian wushu star Roshibina Devi reached the semifinals of the 60 Kg women’s event, to confirm at least one more bronze.
Indian Medal Tally- (Gold-2), (Silver-3), (Bronze-6): (Total-11)
Key Moments:
19:15:Boxing update (Men’s 71 Kg, RO32)
India’s Nishant Dev defeated Nepal’s Dipesh Lama by 5-0, to reach the round of 16.
19:09: Wushu update (Men’s 65 Kg)
India’s Vikrant Baliyan, loses out to Indonesia’s Samuel Marbun in the 1/8 finals, to call curtains his Asian Games 2023 campaign.
17:43: Wushu update (Men’s 60 Kg)
Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh wins against Islombek Khaydarov of Uzbekistan and advances into quarterfinals of Men’s 60kg category. #AsianGames2023 #Wushu pic.twitter.com/dCJMg1CWr6
— info (@info90582) September 25, 2023
India’s Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh won his 1/8 finals against Uzbekistan Islombek Khaydarov by 2-1, to qualify for the quarterfinals.
17:28: Boxing update (Men’s 51 Kg, RO32)
BOXING UPDATE #AsianGames2023
Deepak takes round 1 against Abdul Qaiyum🇲🇾 in his R32 bout#AsianGames pic.twitter.com/MXvA8dtTVG
— India at Asian Games (@Sports_India123) September 25, 2023
India’s Deepak Bhoria started his Asian Games campaign by defeating Malaysia’s Md. Abdul by 5-0, and qualified for the round of 16.
17:04: Another medal assured
Roshibina Devi Naorem advances to Women’s 60kg semifinals and is now sure of at least a bronze medal!! 👏👏🇮🇳🇮🇳#AsianGames2023 #Wushu pic.twitter.com/s1Fqh9hxtC
— info (@info90582) September 25, 2023
India’s Roshibina Devi assured one more medal for India as she won her quarterfinal match of wushu 60kg after defeating Kazakhstan’s Aiman by TKO, and qualified for the semifinals.
16:59: Boxing update (Women’s 60-66 Kg, RO16)
India’s Arundhati Choudhry loses out to China’s Yang L, in her round of 16 round, to end her Asian Games 2023 campaign.
16:20: Chess updates
In the men’s division, Vidit defeated Vietnam’s Le Tuan, while Arjun drew with Iran’s Amin Tabatabaei, in round 4.
In the women’s division, Koneru Humpy lost to China’s Hou Yifan, while Harika played a draw with Uzbekistan’s Nilufar Yakubbaeva.
15:54: Making amends
At the Asian Games, the 2nd-seeded pair of Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale has advanced to the Round of 16. They secured a victory over the Uzbekistan pair in straight sets.them! 🎾🏅 #AsianGames2023 pic.twitter.com/n91IvYsALY
— Kamal Singh Rana (@kamal_rana1984) September 25, 2023
Indian tennis legend Rohan Bopanna kept aside his shocking men’s double loss to register an emphatic win in mixed doubles with his partner Rutuja Bhosale in round 2.
14:50: Another day, another win
Indian chess player Vidit defeated Thailand’s Prin, while Arjun defeated Vietnam’s Nguyen, to qualify for round 4 of the chess singles event.
14:41:Golden Glory
Indian women’s cricket team wins gold in the #AsianGames2023.
Hearty congratulations to them expecting the same from Ruturaj and Co.#ASIANGAMES #RuturajGaikwadpic.twitter.com/RN1Y6ysOJe— MagNum (@magnum_cricket) September 25, 2023
Indian women’s cricket team defeated the Sri Lanka women’s team by 19 runs, to win the gold medal in the first-ever cricket event at the Asian Games.
Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues and Titas Sadhu shine to give India their second gold at the Asian Games 2023.
Earlier, Bangladesh defeated Pakistan to win the bronze medal.
13:00: Gold medal match update (Cricket)
India posted 116 for 7 from 20 overs in the Asian Games final against Sri Lanka.
Smriti 46(45) & Jemimah 42(40) played so well on a tough pitch. pic.twitter.com/stXaImYPWo
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) September 25, 2023
Indian women’s team finished with a total of 116 for 7 in 20 overs, in the gold medal match. Despite Smiriti Mandhana (46) and Jemimah Rodrigues (40), no other Indian batter managed to reach the double-digit score.
The Sri Lankan women’s team now need to score 117 in 20 overs to win the gold medal for their country.
12:29: Winning start
🇮🇳 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: #Basketball – Indian men won their opening encounter against Malaysia today.
🇮🇳20-16🇲🇾
➡️ Follow @sportwalkmedia for schedule, results, medal and record alerts. @19thAGofficial @Media_SAI @WeAreTeamIndia @IndiaSports #AsianGames #AsianGames2022…
— Team India at the Asian Games 🇮🇳 (@sportwalkmedia) September 25, 2023
Indian men’s basketball team defeated Malaysia in the 3X3 basketball event, in their first match by 20-16.
12:24: New hope arises
Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni qualified for the next round in the men’s doubles tennis event by winning their match by 6-3, 6-2.
12:15: A shocking upset
🎾 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧’𝗦 𝗔 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗥! Medal contenders Rohan Bopanna & Yuki Bhambri suffered defeat at the hands of the 🇺🇿 duo of Sergey Fomin & Khumoyun Sultanov.
🥲 It is to be noted that Rohan Bopanna won the 🥇last time along with Divij Saran!
➡️ Follow @sportwalkmedia for… pic.twitter.com/YXzuUHyxxX
— Team India at the Asian Games 🇮🇳 (@sportwalkmedia) September 25, 2023
Indian tennis duo of Rohan Bopanna and Yuki Bhamri and India’s biggest medal hope in men’s doubles event suffered a shocking exit in round 1 after losing out to Sergey Fomin and Khumoyun Sultanov of Uzbekistan by 3-6, 3-6.
11:58: Heartbreak for Vijayveer
Another day!
Another shooting event!
Another 4th finish for #TeamIndia !List of Indian shooters finished 4th so far !
Mehuli , Ruddankkash & Vijayveer pic.twitter.com/qE0kAnL37Q— Jackson Dass Antony (@AJacksonDass) September 25, 2023
India’s Viyayveer Sindu finished in fourth position in the men’s 25m rapid-fire pistol event.
11:10: Gold medal match update (Cricket)
Indian women’s cricket team won the toss and opted to bat first in their gold medal match against Sri Lanka women.
Harmanpreet Kaur returns and will be leading the team in the all-important final.
10:12: Another Bronze
BRONZE! 🥉
Team India wins Bronze in #Shooting – Men’s 25m Pistol – Team! 🇮🇳
Congratulations to Vijayveer Sidhu, Anish and Adarsh Singh! 💙🤩 pic.twitter.com/0vkZXAnhtl
— ABHINAV NISHAD (@abhinavshines8) September 25, 2023
Indian shooting trio of Vijayveer Sidhu, Anish and Adarsh Singh, secures a bronze medal in men’s 25m rapid fire pistol event, to take India medal tally to double figures.
Vijayveer qualifies for the finals of the Individual men’s 23m rapid-fire pistol event. The event will take place at 11:30 IST.
10:o5: Tennis players move ahead
India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan moves to round 3, due to a walkover, while in women’s singles, Rutuja Bhoasle and Ankita Raina also move to round 2 after winning their matches by 7-6, 6-2 and 6-0, 6-0 respectively.
9:32: Aishwary’s double
Aishwar Pratap Singh Tomar wins Bronze Medal in 10m Air Rifle Shooting at Asian Games 2022 🥉✨🇮🇳 #IndiaAtAsianGames #IndiaAtAG #BharatAtAG22 #AsianGames #AsianGames2023 #TeamIndia #Cheer4India pic.twitter.com/MI01dSONRs
— India at Asian Games 2023 🇮🇳 (@indiaasiangames) September 25, 2023
Indian shooter Aishwary Pratap won his second medal for the day as he secured a bronze medal in the men’s 10m air rifle individual event.
8:44: Play, medal, repeat
#BRONZE! 🥉
India win Bronze in Rowing – Men’s Quadruple Sculls! 🇮🇳
Congratulations to Satnam, Parminder, Jakar and Sukhmeet! 💙#Rowing #AsianGames2022 #AsianGames pic.twitter.com/8kQ9Q2MbeN
— ABHINAV NISHAD (@abhinavshines8) September 25, 2023
India won their second medal in rowing for the day as they won another bronze in the men’s quadruple sculls team event, taking India’s medal tally to eight.
Indian rowing challenge at Asian Games 2023, ended with three silver and two bronze medals.
8:22: Row row row the boat
Bronze Medal For India 🥉
Jaswinder, Bheem, Punit & Ashish wins another Bronze Medal for Team India in Men’s Four Rowing 🥉❤️🇮🇳 #IndiaAtAsianGames #IndiaAtAG #BharatAtAG22 #AsianGames #AsianGames2023 #TeamIndia #Cheer4India #Rowing pic.twitter.com/b1O0FByiH0— India at Asian Games 2023 🇮🇳 (@indiaasiangames) September 25, 2023
Rowing just keeps giving for India, as they won another bronze medal in men’s Coxless four-team event.
7:57: Golden Target
Here’s the First GOLD for India!! 🇮🇳🥇
India’s phenomenal trio – Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudrankksh Patil, and Divyansh Singh Panwar – have etched their names in history with a record-breaking 1893.7 in the men’s 10m air rifle event at the Asian Games.
Congratulations on… pic.twitter.com/spFAPqBp2u
— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) September 25, 2023
Indian shooting trio of Rudraksha Patil, Aishwary Pratap and Divyansh Singh, opened India’s account on day 2 in style by clinching a gold medal in men’s 10m air rifle event.
