Asian Games 2023 Day 1, September 24, Updated Results: Rowing, shooting combine for five medals

India won its first medal in Women's 10m Air Rifle team event.

On the first official day of the Asian Games 2023, India secured five medals. The women's 10m air rifle team, featuring Ashi Chouksey, Mehuli Ghosh, and Ramita, won a silver in the team event, while Ramita also claimed a bronze in the individual event. In rowing, the men’s lightweight double sculls and men’s eight teams won silver medals, while the men’s pair settled for bronze.

The Indian women’s cricket team reached the final, guaranteeing at least a silver, and the Indian men’s hockey team achieved a decisive 16-0 victory against Uzbekistan. The Indian men’s football team, led by Sunil Chhetri, advanced to the Round of 16 after a 1-1 draw with Myanmar, but the women's team bowed out of Asian Games 2023.

India's star boxer Nikhat Zareen impressed by defeating two-time Asian champion Nguyen Thi Tam of Vietnam in the women's 50kg event, and Preeti Pawar also advanced to the women's 54kg quarterfinals. Unfortunately, the Indian men’s and women’s table tennis teams did not secure medals, and the men's volleyball team's medal hopes were dashed by Japan. Sumit Nagal delivered a strong performance in his tennis opener.

Detailed results of all Indian events in Asian Games 2023 Day 1, September 24

Women's Cricket

India vs Bangladesh (Women’s Semi-final) – India (52/2) beat Bangladesh (51 all out) by 8 wickets

Shooting

• Ramita, Mehuli Ghosh, Ashi Chouksey (Women’s 10m Air Rifle Individual & Team) – India win silver medal with combined score of 1886
• Anish, Vijayveer Sidhu, Adarsh Singh (Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Team Event) – India finished 3rd with 868 points
• Anish, Vijayveer Sidhu, Adarsh Singh (Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Stage 1) – Anish finished 6th with 292-10x points, Vijayveer Sidhu finished 12th with 289-8x points, Adarsh Singh finish 16th with 287-5x point
• Mehuli Ghosh and Ramita (Women’s 10m Air Rifle Individual Final) – Ramita Jindal wins bronze medal with a total score of 230.1 and Mehuli Ghosh finished 4th with score of 208.3

Men's Volleyball

India vs Japan (Men’s Classification 1-6th) - India lost to Japan 0-3

Women's Rugby Sevens

• Hong Kong vs India (Women’s Pool F) – India lost 0-38
• Japan vs India (Women’s Pool F) – India lost 0-45

Men's Hockey

India vs Uzbekistan (Men’s Preliminary Pool A) – India 16-0 Uzbekistan

Boxing

• Preeti vs Silina Alhasanat (women’s 54kg R16) – Preeti won via RSC
• Nikhat Zareen (Women’s 50kg R32) Nikhat won 5-0

Chess

• Vidit Gujrathi and Arjun Erigaisi (Men’s Individual Rounds 1) – Vidit Santosh beat Rahman Fahad Moammad and Arjun Kumar Erigaisi beat Paulo Bersamina
• Humpy Koneru and Harika Dronavalli (Women’s Individual Rounds 1) – Harika Dronavalli beat Rouda Alali and Humpy Koneru beat Mobina Alinasabalamdari
• Vidit Gujrathi and Arjun Erigaisi (Men’s Individual Rounds 2) – Vidit Santosh lost to Kazybek Nozarbek and Arjun Kumar Erigaisi drew with Le Tuan Minh
• Humpy Koneru and Harika Dronavalli (Women’s Individual Rounds 2) – Harika Dronavalli beat Gong Qianyun and Humpy Koneru beat Pham Thao Nyugen

Esports

• Charan Jot Singh (IND) vs Jiacheng Liu (EA Sports FC Online Round of 32 Match 5) – Charan Jot Singh lost 0-2
• Karman Singh (IND) vs Abdulaziz Faqeehi (EA Sports FC Online Round of 32 Match 14) – Karman Singh lost 1-2
• Charan Jot Singh vs Aristorenas Jorrel (Losers’ Bracket Match) – Charan Jot Singh won 2-0
• Karman Singh vs Abdelrahman Kiswani (Losers’ Bracket Match) – Karman Singh won 2-1
• Karman Singh vs Aldhafiri Meshari (Losers Bracket Round 2) – Karman Singh lost 1-2
• Alrowaihi Rashed Khaled M. vs Charan Jot Singh (Losers' Bracket Match) - Charan Jot Singh won 2-1
• Charan Jot Singh vs YESSENTAYEV Olzhas (Losers' Bracket Match) - Charan Jot Singh won 2-0
• Liu Jiacheng vs Charan Jot Singh (Losers' Bracket Match) - Charan Jot Singh lost 0-2

Fencing

Men’s Foil Individual

• Arjun Dev lost to Chen Yi-Tung 8-15 (R32)
• Bibish Kathiresan lost to Lee K 5-15 (R16)

Women's Epee Individual

• Arona Ena lost to Taniksha Khatri 11-15 (R32)
• Tanishka Khatri lost to Kong MWV 7-15 (Quarterfinals)

Football

• India vs Thailand (Women’s Group B) – India 0-1 lost to Thailand
• Myanmar vs India (Men’s Group A) - India 1-1 draws with Myanmar

Rowing

• Kiran, Anshika Bharti (Women’s lightweight double sculls Final B) – India finished 9th overall
• Arjun Lal Jat, Arvind Singh (Men’s lightweight double sculls Final A) – India won silver with timing of 6:28.18
• Parminder Singh, Satnam Singh (Men’s Double Sculls Final A) – India finished 6th with timing of 6:40.90
• Aswathi PB, Mrunamayee Nilesh S, Thangjam Priya Devi, Rukmani (Women’s coxless four Final A) – India finished 5th with timings 7:12.40
• Babu Lal Yadav, Lekh Ram (Men coxless pair Final A) – India won bronze with timings 6:50.41
• Charanjeet Singh, DU Pande, Naresh Kalwaniya, Neeraj, Neetesh Kumar, Ashish, Bheem Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Punit Kumar (Men’s coxed eight Final A) – India won silver with timings 5:43.01

Swimming

• Anand AS, Tanish Matthew (Men’s 100m freestyle heats) – Matthew Tanish George finished 5th with timing of 50.61, Anilkumar Shylaka Anand finished 5th with timing of 50.94
• Sriharni Nataraj, Utkarsh Santosh Patil (Men’s 100m backstroke heats) – Srihari Natraj finished 2nd with best timing of 54.71 (Reached Final), Patil Utkarsh Santosh finished 6th with timing of 59.42
• Janhvi Choudhary, Dhinidhi Desinghu, Maana Patel, Shivangi Sarma (Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay heats) – India finished 4th with best time of 3:53.80 (Reached Final)
• Srihari Natraj (100m Backstroke Final) - Srihari Nataraj finishes sixth in the final with a timing of 54.48
• Women’s 4*100m Freestyle Relay Final - finishes seventh with a timing of 3:54.66 in the final.

Sailing

• Men’s Kite – IKA Formula Kite – Chitresh Tatha finished 7th with 66 points
• Men’s Dinghy ILCA7 – Vishnu Saravanan finished 2nd with 19 points
• Mixed Multihull Nacra 17 – Inder Doiphode/Ramya Saravanan finished 4th with 29 points
• Women’s Windsurfer RS:X – Ishwariya Ganesh finished 4th with 34 points
• Women’s Single Dinghy ILCA6 – Nethra Kumanan finished 5th with 24 points
• Men’s Windsurfer RS:X – Eabad Ali finished 4th with 36 points
• Men’s Windsurfing iQFoil – Jerome Kumar Savarimuthu finished 7th with 78 points
• Women’s Skiff 49erFX – Harshita Tomar/Shital Verma finished 4th with 20 points
• Mixed Dinghy – 470 – Preeti Kongara/Shekhar Sudhanshu finished 5th with 31 points
• Girl’s Dinghy ILCA4 – Neha Thakur finished 3rd with 18 points
• Men’s Skiff – 49er – Ganapathy Kelapanda/Varun Ashok finished 2nd with 26 points
• Boy’s Dinghy ILCA4 – Adhvait Menon finished 7th with 55 points

Tennis

• Sumit Nagal (IND) vs Marco Ho Tin Leung (MAC) (Men’s Singles Round 2) – Sumit Nagal beat Ho Tin Marco 6-0, 6-0
• India vs Nepal (Men’s Doubles Round 1) – Ramakumar Ramanathan/Saketh Myneni beat Pradip Khadka/Abhishek Bastola 6-2, 6-3

Table Tennis

• India vs Thailand (Women’s Team Round of 16) – India lost 2-3 against Thailand
• India vs Kazakhstan (Men’s Team Round of 16) – India Beat Kazakhstan 3-2
• India vs South Korea (Men’s Team Quarterfinals) - India lost 0-3 against South Korea

Wushu

• Anjul Namdeo, Suraj Singh Mayanglambam (Men’s changquan final) – Suraj Singh Mayanglambam finished 5th with 9.730, Anjul Namdeo finished 6th with 9.710
• India's Sunil Singh lost to Philippines’ Arnel Mandal in the men’s 56Kg 1/8 Final