Asian Games 2023 Day 2, September 25, Updated Results: Shooting, Cricket deliver first two Gold

India won six medals on day two of the multi-nation event.

On the second day of the Asian Games 2023, India had a successful run with two historic gold medals and four bronze medals. The gold medals were achieved by the shooters Rudrankksh Patil, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, and Divyansh Singh Panwar, who also set a world record in the men's 10m air rifle team final. Additionally, the women's cricket team secured India's first-ever gold medal at the Asian Games.

Several other athletes contributed to the bronze medal count. Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar earned a bronze in the men's 10m air rifle individual event, while Vijayveer Sidhu, Adarsh Singh, and Anish Bhanwala secured bronze in the men's 25m rapid fire pistol team event. The rowing team added two more bronze medals to their tally in the men's four and men's quadruple events, bringing their total to five medals.

In Wushu, Roshibina Devi Naorem guaranteed at least a bronze medal after winning her women's 60kg quarter-final bout. Swimmers Srihari Nataraj and Likith Selvaraj, along with the men's 4x200m freestyle relay team, made it to their respective finals but did not clinch medals. The boxing arena saw successes from Nishant Dev and Deepak Bhoria, who won their pre-quarterfinal bouts, but Arundhati Choudhary was eliminated in the women's 66kg category.

A notable upset occurred in tennis, where top seeds Rohan Bopanna and Yuki Bhambri were eliminated in the men's doubles second round. However, several other Indian tennis players, including Ankita Raina, advanced to the next round in various events. Overall, India's medal tally reached 11 at the Asian Games 2023.

Detailed results of all Indian events in Asian Games 2023 Day 2, September 25

Shooting

• Rudrankksh Patil (Men’s 10m Air Rifle) – Rudrankksh Patil finished 4th scoring 208.7
• Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (Men’s 10m Air Rifle) – Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar clinched bronze scoring 228.8
• Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Divyansh Singh Panwar, Rudrankksh Patil – Men’s 10m Air Rifle team clinch gold scoring 634.5 points
• Anish, Vijayveer Sidhu, Adarsh Singh (Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Final) – Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol clinch the bronze medal with combined total points of 1718
• Vijayveer Sidhu (Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol) – Vijayveer Sidhu finished 4th scoring 21

Rowing

• Balraj Panwar (Men’s single sculls Final A) – Balraj Panwar finishes 4th with a timing of 7:08.79
• Ashish, Bheem Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Punit Kumar – Men’s Four clinch bronze medal with a timing of 6:10.81
• Parminder Singh, Satnam Singh, Jakar Khan, Sukhmeet Singh – Men’s quadruple sculls clinch bronze medal with a timing of 6:08.61
• Geetanjali, Ritu Kaudi, Sonali Swain, H Tendenthoi Devi, Varsha KB, Aswathi PB, Mrunamayee Nilesh S, Thangjam Priya Devi, Rukmani – Women’s coxed eight finished 5th with a timing of 7:05.71

Judo

Women’s 70kg - Garima Choudhary lost to Ryoko (0s1 – 10)

Handball

India 13-41 lost to Japan (Women’s Preliminary Group B)

Gymnastics

(Women’s qualification subdivision 1) - Pranati Nayak finishes all round Apparatus with 44.232 points, and qualifies for vault finals

Basketball 3x3

• India 14-19 Uzbekistan (Women’s Pool A)
• India 20-16 Malaysia (Men’s Pool C)

Cricket

(Women’s Gold Medal Match) - India beat Sri Lanka by 19 runs

Chess

Men's Individual Round 3

• Vidit Gujrathi beat Prin by 1-0
• Arjun Erigais beat Paulo by 1-0

Women’s Individual Rounds 3:

• Koneru Humpy played draw with Jiner ZHU (0-0)
• Harika Dronavalli lost to Yifan Hou by (0-1)

Men’s Individual Rounds 4:

• Vidit Gujrathi beat Tuan Minh by 1-0
• Arjun Erigais played draw with Seyedmohammadamin (0-0)

Women’s Individual Rounds 4:

• Koneru Humpy lost to Yifan Hou by (0-1)
• Harika Dronavalli played draw with Nilufar (0-0)

Boxing

• Women’s 66kg Round of 16 - Arundhati Choudhary (IND) lost to Liu Yang (CHN) (0-5)
• Men’s 50kg Round of 32 - Deepak Bhoria (IND) beat Abdul Qaiyum Bin Ariffin (MAS) (5-0)
• Men’s 71kg Round of 32 - Nishant Dev (IND) vs. Dipesh Lama (NEP)

Rugby Sevens

India 0-15 lost to Singapore (Women’s Pool F)

Swimming

• Virdhwal Khade (50m Freestyle Preliminaries) – Virdhawal Khade finished 13th with a timing of 23.12, Anilkumar Anand finished 18th with a timing of 23.54
• Dhinidhi Desinghu (200m Freestyle Preliminaries) – Dhinidhi Desinghu finishes 12th with a timing of 02:07.10
• Likith S. P. (100m Breaststroke Preliminaries) – Likith finishes 4th in heat 2 with a timing of 1:01.98 (Reached final)
• Maana Patel (50m Backstroke) – Maana Patel finishes 18th with a timing of 30.06
• Likith S. P. (100m Breaststroke Final) finished 7th with a timing of 1.01.27
• Aryan Nehra, Aneesh Gowda, Kushagra Rawat, Tanish George – Men’s 4x200m Relay team finishes 6th with a timing of 7:29.04 (Reached Final)
• Srihari Nataraj (50m Backstroke final) - finished at 6th position with timings of 25.39
• Kushagra Rawat, Aryan Nehra, Aneesh Gowda and Tanish George Matthew Men's 4x200m relay team finishes 7th with a timing of 7:29.23 in the finals.

Tennis

Women’s Singles

• Ankita Raina beat Sabrina Olimjonova (6-0, 6-0)
• Rutuja Bhosale beats Sangandykova Aruzhan (7-6, 6-2)

Men’s Singles

• Ramkumar Ramanathan beat Isroilov Sunatullo (walkover)

Men’s Doubles

• Rohan Bopanna/Yuki Bhambri lost to Formin Sergey/ Sultanov Kumoyun (6-2, 3-6, 6-10)
• Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni beat David Agung and Ignatius Anthony (6-3, 6-2)

Women’s Doubles

• Rutuja Bhosale and Karman Kaur Thandi beat Zhanel and Aruzhan (6-4, 6-2)

Sailing

• Men's Dinghy ILCA7: Vishnu Saravanan at 3rd place after 9 races with 45 points.
• Men's Skiff 49er: Varun Thakkar and KC Ganapathy at 4th place after 12 races with 49 Points.
• Men's Windsurfer RS:  Eabad Ali at 3rd place after 13 races with 53 Points.
• Women's Single Dinghy ILCA6: Nethra Kumanan at 5th place after 9 races with 43 Points.
• Women's Skiff - 49erFX: Harshita Tomar and Shital Verma at 4th place after 12 races with 43 Points.
• Women's Windsurfer RS: Iswariya Ganesh at 4th place after 13 races with 46 Points.
• Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17:Siddeshwar Indar Doiphode and Ramya Saravanan at 4th place after 12 races with a total of 42 Points.
• Mixed Dinghy - 470: Preethi Kongara and Sudhanshu Shekhar at 5th place after 10 races with a total of 45 Points.
• Boy's Dinghy ILCA4: Adhvait Menon at 7th place after 11 races with a total of 76 Points.
• Men's Kite - IKA Formula Kite: Chitresh Tatha at 7th place after 16 races with a total of 98 Points.
• Girl's Dinghy ILCA4: Neha Kumar at 2nd place after 11 races with a total of 28 Points.

Wushu

• Naorem Roshibina Devi (Women’s 60kg 1/8 final) – Naorem Roshibina Devi beat Aiman Karshyga (WPD)
• Surya Bhan Pratap Singh (Men’s 60kg 1/8 final) – Surya Singh beat Islombek Khaydarov (2-1)
• Vikrant Baliyan (Men’s 60kg 1/8 final) – Vikrant Baliyan lost to Samuel Marbun (1-2)