Asian Games 2023 Day 1 Highlights: India bag 5 medals in rowing, shooting

Asian Games 2023 Day 1 Highlights: The Indian team won five medals in rowing and shooting while it secured a medal by qualifying for final in women's cricket

Asian Games Day 1 Highlights. Photo: Team India

On Day 1 of the 19th edition of the Asian Games (Asiad 2023), Indian rowers stole the show, bagging three medals in three events in Rowing. Meanwhile, Indian women's shooters - Ashi Chouksey, Mehuli Ghosh, Ramita- opened the country's account in sports by bagging Silver. In Women's cricket, India thrashed Bangladesh by eight wickets to book a berth in the final, securing at least a Silver. India bundled out Bangladesh to 52 runs before overhauling the target inside nine overs.

In Men’s lightweight double sculls Final A, Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh won Silver, while Men coxless pair Final A, Babu Lal Yadav and Lekh Ram secured Bronze before Charanjeet Singh, DU Pande, Naresh Kalwaniya, Neeraj, Neetesh Kumar, Ashish, Bheem Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Punit Kuma bagged Silver in Men’s coxed eight Final A.

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India medal winners on Day 1 (September 24) of Asian Games 2023:

1. Rowing - Men’s lightweight double sculls Final A -- Arjun Lal Jat, Arvind Singh win Silver

2. Rowing - Men’s coxed eight Final A - Charanjeet Singh, DU Pande, Naresh Kalwaniya, Neeraj, Neetesh Kumar, Ashish, Bheem Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Punit Kumar win Silver

3. Rowing - Men coxless pair Final A -- Babu Lal Yadav, Lekh Ram win Bronze
4. Shooting -- Women’s 10m air rifle team -- Ashi Chouksey, Mehuli Ghosh, Ramita win Silver
5, Shooting -- Women's 10m air rifle individual event -- Ramita Jindal wins Bronze

India schedule and results on Day 1 (September 24) of Asian Games 2023:

Sport	Event	India athlete	Time (IST)	Result
Boxing	Women’s 54kg Round of 16:	Preeti Pawar (IND) vs Silina Alhasanat (JOR)	11:45:00	Enters next round
Boxing	Women’s 50kg Round of 32:	Nikhat Zareen (IND) vs Thi Tam Nguyen (VIE)	16:30:00	Enter next round
Cricket	Women's event	India vs Bangladesh	06:30:00	India won by 8 wickets. SCORECARD
Chess	Men’s Individual rounds 1 and 2	Vidit Gujrathi and Arjun Erigaisi	12:30 PM onwards	Continues
Chess	Women’s individual rounds 1 and 2	Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli	12:30 PM onwards	Continues
Esports	FC Online Round of 32 and bracket matches	Charanjot Singh and Karman Singh Tikka	8:00 AM onwards	India's campaign ends
Football	Women’s first round Group B	India vs Thailand	13:30:00	IND 0-1 THA
Football	Men’s first round Group A	India vs Myanmar	17:00:00	IND 1-1 MYA
Fencing	Men’s foil individual	Dev and Bibish Kathiresan	6:30 AM onwards	Did not win medal
Fencing	Women’s epee individual	Ena Arora and Taniksha Khatri	10:00 AM onwards	Kahatri reached last 8
Hockey	Preliminary Men’s Pool A	India vs Uzbekistan	08:45:00	IND beat UZB 16-0
Modern Pentathlon	Men’s team	Mayank Vaibhav Chaphekar	15:00:00	Did not advance to final
Rugby sevens	Women’s Pool F	India vs Hong Kong China	10:00:00	Hong Kong beat India 38-0
Rugby sevens	Women’s Pool F	India vs Japan	15:35:00	Japan beat India 45-0
Rowing	Women’s lightweight double sculls Final B	Kiran, Anshika Bharti	06:30:00	Finished 9th
	Medal event: Men’s lightweight double sculls Final A	Arjun Lal Jat, Arvind Singh	07:10:00	Win Silver
	Medal event: Men’s double sculls Final A	Parminder Singh, Satnam Singh	08:00:00	Withdrawn
	Medal event: Women’s coxless four Final A	Aswathi PB, Mrunamayee Nilesh S, Thangjam Priya Devi, Rukmani	08:20:00	Result awaitd
	Medal event: Men coxless pair Final A	Babu Lal Yadav, Lekh Ram	08:40:00	Wins Bronze
	Medal event: Men’s coxed eight Final A	(Charanjeet Singh, DU Pande, Naresh Kalwaniya, Neeraj, Neetesh Kumar, Ashish, Bheem Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Punit Kumar	09:00:00	Wins Silver


Shooting	Women’s 10m air rifle qualification, individual final and team final	Ashi Chouksey, Mehuli Ghosh, Ramita	6:00 AM onwards	Win Silver in team event
Shooting	Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol qualification phase 1	Anish, Vijayveer Sidhu, Adarsh Singh	6:30 AM onwards	Move to Phase 2
Swimming	Men’s 100m freestyle heats and final	Anand AS, Tanish George Matthew	7:30 AM onwards	Did not Advance
	Men’s 100m backstroke heats and final	Sriharni Nataraj, Utkarsh Santosh Patil	7:30 AM onwards	Nataraj finished 6th in final
	Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay heats and final	Janhvi Choudhary, Dhinidhi Desinghu, Maana Patel, Shivangi Sarma	7:30 AM onwards	Finished 7th in final
Tennis	Men’s doubles round 1	India 2 vs Nepal 1	9:30 AM onwards	India beat Nepal 6-2,6-3
Tennis	Men’s singles round	Sumit Nagal (IND) vs Marco Ho Tin Leung (MAC)	9:30 AM onwards	Nagal won 6-0, 6-0
Table Tennis	Women’s team round of 16	India vs Thailand	07:30:00	THAI 3-2 IND
Table Tennis	Men’s team round of 16	India vs Kazakhstan	09:30:00	IND 3-2 KAZ
Volleyball	Men’s classification 1st-6th	India vs Japan	12:00:00	IND 0-3 JPN
Wushu	Men's changquan final	Anjul Namdeo, Suraj Singh Mayanglambam	06:30:00
Wushu	Men’s 56kg 1/8 final: Sunil Singh Mayanglambam	Sunil Singh Mayanglambam (IND) vs Arnel Mandal (PHI)	5:00 PM onwards	Did not advance

Asian Games 2023 live streaming and telecast details

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6:35 PM

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6:31 PM

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6:25 PM

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6:21 PM

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