Asian Games 2023 Highlights Day 1: Chhetri and Co. march forward, India bag silver in shooting, rowing

Boxer Nikhat Zareen reached the pre-quarterfinals after India won silver in shooting and rowing on Day 1

Asian Games 2023 Highlights Day 1: India won a medal with its first event of the day as the trio of Ramita, Mehuli Ghosh and Ashi Chouksey earned a silver medal in the women's 10m air rifle event. Shortly after the first medal, army men Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind won a silver in men's lightweight double sculls. Rowing fetched India further medals with the men's eight team adding another silver while Babu Lal Yadav and Lekh Ram secured bronze in the men's pair. In the women's 10m air rifle final, India's Ramita won a bronze medal, taking the overall tally up to 5. Additionally, the Indian women's cricket team also confirmed a silver medal by outclassing Bangladesh by 8 wickets in the semi-final. Meanwhile, India lost to Thailand 2-3 in their women's table tennis team round of 16 fixture, with Manika Batra going down in the decider. The women's football team suffered a 1-0 defeat to Thailand which ended their campaign in Hangzhou. Boxing champion Nikhat Zareen, who earned a difficult draw in China, defeated Vietnam's Nguyen Thị Tam to advance to pre-quarterfinals. The men's football team played out a 1-1 draw with Myanmar to enter the round of 16 phase.

Events completed so far:

SILVER MEDAL: Shooting - India's Ramita, Mehuli Ghosh and Chouksey in Women's 10m Air Rifle (Team)

SILVER MEDAL: Rowing - India's Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind in Men's Lightweight Double Sculls

SILVER MEDAL: Rowing - Men's Eight

BRONZE MEDAL: Shooting - India's Ramita in Women's 10m Air Rifle

BRONZE MEDAL: Rowing - India's Babu Lal Yadav and Lekh Ram in Men's Pair

Cricket: India (52/2) beat Bangladesh (51) to reach women's final

Men's hockey: India beat Uzbekistan 16-0 in Pool A match

Rowing - India's Kiran and Anshika Bharti finish 9th in Women's Lightweight Double Sculls

India's Satnam Singh and Parminder Singh finish 6th in Men's Doubles Sculls

Rowing: India's Aswathi Padinjarayil Babu, Mrunmayee Nilesh Salgaonkar, Priya Devi Thangjam, and Rukmani finish 5th in Women's Four final

Table Tennis: India lost 2-3 vs Thailand in their women's table tennis team round of 16

India defeat Kazakhstan 3-2 in the men's table tennis team round of 16

Boxing: Preeti defeats Jordan's Silina in the women's 54kg category round of 16

Volleyball: India lost 0-3 to Japan in their men's top-six classification fixture

Women's football: India lost 1-0 to Thailand in must-win tie

Rugby sevens: India suffer 45-0 defeat to Japan

Boxing: Nikhat Zareen beats Nguyen Thị Tam to enter last 16

Men's football: India 1-1 Myanmar, Sunil Chhetri and Co. enter round of 16