Tokyo Olympics Highlights Day 2: Australia thrash India 7-1; swimmers Nataraj, Maana Patel fail to make semifinals

Tokyo Olympics Highlights Day 2: It was a disappointing day for the Indian contingent on day 2. Apart from PV Sindhu, Manika Batra, and Mary Kom, Pranati Nayak, the swimmers, shooters and the men's hockey team failed to register wins.

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Tokyo Olympics Highlights Day 2: India's Sathiyan lost against Hong Kong's Lam Siu Hang in his men's singles Round 2 after a thrilling contest. Deepak Kumar, Divyansh Singh Panwar failed to qualify for Men's 10m Air Rifle Final. The pair of Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina were knocked out after losing in the first round of the women's doubles tennis match. PV Sindhu of India won 21-7, 21-10 against her Israel opponent Ksenia Polikarpov in her first match of the Tokyo Olympics. Disappointment for India early in the day as both shooters Manu Bhaker and Yashaswini Singh failed to qualify for the women's 10m air pistol final. The Indian pair of Arvind Singh and Arjun Jat finished in the 3rd position in the Lightweight Men's Double Sculls Rowing Repechage and have qualified for Semifinal A/B. Manik Batra fought back to win her second-round match 4-3, while MC Mary Kom defeated Miguelina Hernandez in the round of 32 to advance to the next round. Pranati Nayak failed to make the finals of the artistic gymnastics event. In the women's 100m backstroke event, India's Maana Patel failed to qualify for the semifinals after finishing 39th. India's men's hockey team were beaten 1-7 by Australia in their Pool A game. At last, Srihari Nataraj failed to make the semifinals of the men's 100m backstroke event....Read More

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• 25 Jul 2021, 04:51:33 PM IST

  That's all. See you tomorrow morning

  That's all we have for you today. Thank you so much for joining us. Until tomorrow morning, it's goodbye. CIAO!

• 25 Jul 2021, 04:50:55 PM IST

  END OF A DISAPPOINTING DAY FOR INDIA!

  It was a disappointing day for the Indian contingent on day 2. Apart from PV Sindhu, Manika Batra, and Mary Kom, Pranati Nayak, the swimmers, shooters and the men's hockey team failed to register wins.

• 25 Jul 2021, 04:46:11 PM IST

  Swimming update

  Swimmer Srihari Nataraj fails to qualify for men's 100m backstroke semi-final after finishing 27th

• 25 Jul 2021, 04:35:44 PM IST

  FULL-TIME| AUS 7-1 IND

  A brutal display from Australia means they thrash India 7-1 in their pool A match.

• 25 Jul 2021, 04:35:14 PM IST

  Srihari Nataraj begins his swimming campaign

  Tokyo Olympics: Swimmer Srihari Nataraj finishes 5th in Heat 3 of men's 100m backstroke event with a timing of 54.31

• 25 Jul 2021, 04:28:03 PM IST

  55' Less than 5 minutes to go now

  7-1 is a devastating score and the Indians can only hope that it doesn't get worse

• 25 Jul 2021, 04:24:50 PM IST

  GOOALLLL, AUS ADD A 7TH

  WHAT A GOAL! THIS IS HOCKEY AT ITS BEST FROM THE WORLD NO.1. The move began with a brilliant lob from Australi's half to pick out Tim Brand at the edge of the area. Sreejesh, once again, charged off his line to intercept the pass but he was undone by Brand's great stickwork, who then dribbles closer to goal before beating Lakra at far post to slot the ball home

• 25 Jul 2021, 04:20:40 PM IST

  50' COLLISSION

  NASTY COLLISION! Sreejesh is a bit dazed but he is back up. It happened while he charged off his line to the edge of the circle to intercept a pass to Govers but they ended up colliding. We are back up and running.

• 25 Jul 2021, 04:16:52 PM IST

  Q4 begins

  Can India stop the carnage or will Australia score more goals in the last 15 minutes?

• 25 Jul 2021, 04:14:51 PM IST

  END of Q3

  THIS IS TURNING OUT TO BE EMBARRASSING FOR INDIA. Australia are just making it look easy and that's pretty much all one can say about this game. Indian defense has been near invisible

• 25 Jul 2021, 04:10:56 PM IST

  42' RUTHLESS AUSTRALIA SCORE 6

  Zalewski injects the ball and Govers takes the shot. The ricochets off Birendra Lakra near the goalline and balloons over a diving PR Sreejesh

• 25 Jul 2021, 04:09:03 PM IST

  PC FOR AUSTRALIA

  Birendra Lakra brings down Govers and it's a PC for Australia.

• 25 Jul 2021, 04:08:24 PM IST

  40' GOOAALLLLLL, AUS MAKE IT 5-1

  The penalty is given and Blake Govers scores; goes to his right, while Sreejesh goes to his right.

• 25 Jul 2021, 04:06:15 PM IST

  40' PENALTY CORNER REFERRAL

  Ogilvie's shot is blocked by Sreejesh but the India contest that the ball did not hit Surinder. It did. India lose their referral.

• 25 Jul 2021, 04:04:28 PM IST

  40' JUST WIDE

  WIDE! Amit Rohidas belters the ball towards goal and Mandeep Singh looks to deflect the ball past Ogilvie but he hits it wide.

• 25 Jul 2021, 04:02:51 PM IST

  40' India ask for a referral for a potential PC

  After a healthy stoppage and multiple reviews, the decision is in India's favour. India keep their referral.

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:58:03 PM IST

  Swimming update

  In the women's 100m backstroke event, India's Maana Patel failed to qualify for the semifinals after finishing 39th.

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:55:40 PM IST

  34' GOOOOALLL, INDIA PULL ONE BACK

  Dilpreet Singh pulls one back for India after Rupinder Pal Singh's shot reaches Dilpreet after escaping multiple Australian bodies. We still have 25 minutes to play. Can India make further inroads?

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:54:28 PM IST

  Swimming update

  Women's 100m backstroke swimming: Maana Patel out of contention for a place in semi-final after finishing 39th. The top 16 advance

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:53:40 PM IST

  Swimming update

  Maana Patel clocks 1:05.20 in Heat of 100m Backstroke event; finished 2nd out of 3 swimmers. Best 16 athletes out of all Heats will progress to the Semifinals.

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:53:24 PM IST

  33' 2 PCs to India but no goal

  India manage to win two penalty corners but Australia hold their own in the defense

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:50:19 PM IST

  Q3, SECOND HALF BEGINS

  We are back with the action of the men's hockey POOL A game between India and Australia

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:49:28 PM IST

  Swimming update

  Maana Patel was really impressive as she was quick off the blocks and kept the pace up. But she couldn't catch up with Zimbabwe's Donata Katai. The Indian finished a creditable second in the women's 100m backstroke Heat 1

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:41:13 PM IST

  IND VS AUS HALFTIME

  Wow, the Australians are on a roll here and India seemed to have derailed and lost the plot. Everytime Australia attack, they look like scoring. India's defending leaves a lot of be desired.

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:36:48 PM IST

  SWIMMING UPDATE

  India's Maana Patel finishes second in women's 100m backstroke Heat 1

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:36:19 PM IST

  26' GOOOOALLL! AUSTRALIA NOW 4-0 UP

  Joshua Beltz with pin-point finish with a reverse flick from the edge of the circle. It began with James Beale running to the left byline before threading a lovely pass to Beltz.

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:31:48 PM IST

  23' GOOOOALLL! 3-0 to Australia

  AUSTRALIA ARE RUNNING RIOT! THEY ARE UP 3-0 Andrew Ogilive gets to the end of the attack by Australia and from the edge of the circle and rifles the ball into the bottom right corner.

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:29:27 PM IST

  21' GOOOALLLL

  WHAT A DRAG FLICKER IS THOMAS HAYWARD. Missed out on the selection of Rio Olympics but he is proving his mettle here. A thumping shot to the bottom left corner. No chances for Sreejesh.

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:27:07 PM IST

  21' PC TO AUSTRALIA

  Thomas Hayward hits the first PC but it comes off an Indian defender's foot.

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:26:07 PM IST

  More disappointment

  Manish Kaushik, who looked good throughout, is knocked out in the R32. His campaign is over

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:23:19 PM IST

  ROUND 3: Kaushik loses

  Both the boxers going all out in the final round. The coaches asking their respective men to dominate proceedings in this round. This has been an incredibly tight bout. Both men in with a chance to progress.

  High praise coming in for Manish Kaushik from the commentators, who believe he is doing really well.

  Manish throws a flurry of punches and it will be interesting to see if he got a clean contact there. This is edge of the seat stuff inside the boxing ring

  It's over

  The match is over and we wait for the final result

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:21:27 PM IST

  Q2 begins

  An exciting end to Q1 Now, we get underway with Q2

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:18:08 PM IST

  15' PC TO INDIA

  Sagar Prasad catches the foot of Aran Zalewski and it's a PC to India

  WHAT A SAVE! RAVINDER PAL DENIED WITH A GREAT BIT OF DEFENDING AT THE LINE FROM OGILVIE. HOW CLOSE WAS THAT

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:17:01 PM IST

  ROUND 2: Kaushik takes round 2

  Manish Kaushik knows he needs to go on the offensive and he start well in the second round with a couple of blows to McCormack's body.

  Kaushik tries to go all out and he has left himself open and McCormack makes some good contact.

  Manish catches McCormack with a right and he has dominated the centre of the ring a lot more in the second round. He needs to go all out to impress the judges in this round.

  Round 2 goes to Kaushik 3-2

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:16:03 PM IST

  13' SAVE BY SREEJESH

  Joshua Beltx takes a crack at goal from the right of the circle and Sreejesh sticks his right leg out to make the save. Sharp latches onto the rebound but hits it wide.

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:14:03 PM IST

  ROUND 1: Luke McCormack takes round 1 3-2

  Round 1 has started with both boxers trading punches. McCormack looks to attack early. Manish has been pushed to the rope thrice in the early exchanges but no major contact yet by any boxer.

  Manish needs to defend well against the southpaw. He has been hit twice by McCormack's jabs

  Manish catches the opponent with a right. This is quite tight so far. Manish has grown in this bout slowly after the initial burst by McCormack. The first round has ended and the commentators believe the GB pugilist has the edge.

  
  

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:12:41 PM IST

  12' GOOOALLL! AUSTRALIA SCORE OFF THE PC

  The penalty corner is initially blocked by the defenders before the ball is played to far, right post where Thomas Wetton scores from close range.

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:11:18 PM IST

  Boxer Manish Kaushik in action now

  25-year old Manish Kaushik enters the rings and will take on Great Britain's Luke McCormack in the round of 32 of the men's lightweight category.

  Manish is in the red corner and looks quite confident ahead of the start of the bout.

  TRIVIA: Manish took boxing after seeing Vijender Singh win the bronze medal in the 2008 Olympics.

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:09:45 PM IST

  INTO THE NET BUT DISALLOWED

  Harmanpreeet Singh looks to trick the defenders by not going for goal straight away. He does find the net with the reverse flick but the referee deems it dangerous

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:08:35 PM IST

  8' PC TO INDIA

  Harmanpreet Singh does well to win a penalty corner off Tim Howard

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:07:46 PM IST

  7' WHAT A PASS!

  WHAT A PASS THAT WAS! A deep ball in from the centre to the right to find no.21 Shamsher Singh, who looks to flick the ball off the back of his stick but drags it wide.

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:06:56 PM IST

  6' Free hit India's way

  Once again, Australia advance down the left and look to squeeze the ball through a forest of bodies to the centre. This time, Thomas Sharp leads the attack but he ends up conceding a freekick to India.

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:04:33 PM IST

  4' CLEARED AWAY

  The Aussies make early forays towards the Indian goal. Andrew Ogilvie attacks from the left, getting into the circle. The ball was squared by Andrew towards goal before being cleared away by Indian defenders.

• 25 Jul 2021, 03:00:35 PM IST

  MATCH BEGINS- Q1

  AND AWAY WE GO! India get the ball rolling.

  India unchanged, Australia bring in Andrew Joseph Wickham for Joseph Wickham after their 5-3 win over the host nation of Japan.

• 25 Jul 2021, 02:56:44 PM IST

  National anthems done`

  The national anthems are done, we are moments away from the start

• 25 Jul 2021, 02:48:31 PM IST

  IND v AUS H2H record:

• 25 Jul 2021, 02:47:30 PM IST

  15 minutes to go!

  After a PR Sreejesh goalkeeping masterclass on Saturday, which helped India pip New Zealand 3-2 in their Olympics POOL A opener, it's time for the Indians to take on the Aussies

• 25 Jul 2021, 02:34:33 PM IST

  Gymnastic update

  Artistic Gymnast Pranati Nayak fails to qualify for the finals.

  She finishes her campaign at the Olympics with an all-around score of 42.565.

• 25 Jul 2021, 02:31:23 PM IST

  Rowing update

  Men's Double Sculls: Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh qualified for the repechage semifinal A/B.

• 25 Jul 2021, 02:31:01 PM IST

  We have our line-ups for the India vs Australia men's hockey match

  INDIA PLAYING XI: PR Sreejesh (GK), Rupinder Pal Singh, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Manpreet Singh (C), Hardik Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Dilpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh, Shamser Singh.

  
  

  
  

  AUSTRALIA PLAYING XI: Joseph Wickham, Matthew Dawson, Eddie Ockenden, Jake Whetton, Josh Simmons, Aran Zalewski, James Beale, Trent Mitton, Tim Brand, Andrew Charter (GK), Jeremy Hayward.