There were a few hits and misses for India on Day 1 of Asian Games 2018, the 18th edition of the continental multi-sport event.
Bajrang Punia emerged as the biggest star as he won the men's 65kg freestyle wrestling gold while Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar won a bronze medal in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event.
Swimmers impressed as well with Sajan Prakash and Srihari Nataraj finished fifth and seventh in 200m butterfly and 100m backstroke, respectively. Kabaddi men and women's teams got off to a good start while Sjoerd Marijne's hockey women thrashed hosts Indonesia 8-0.
However, the biggest upset of the day came when wrestling great Sushil Kumar bowed out without even winning a bout.
India have quite a few big names in action on Day 2 as well.
Star-studded women's badminton team face a tough test against heavyweights Japan in a quarter-final tie.
Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik will lead the wrestling contingent as five more medals are up for grabs.
Tennis men's doubles favoutites Rohan Bopanna/Divij Sharan along with singles stars will also be opening their campaigns tomorrow.
Asian Games 2018, Day 2: Full schedule of Indian events
(All times of IST)
6:30 am: Shooting 10m Air Rifle Men
Ravi Kumar, Deepak Kumar
7 am: Women's Badminton Quarterfinals
Japan vs India
7 am: Shooting Trap Women
Shreyasi Singh, Seema Tomar
7:30 am: 10m Air Rifle Event
Elavenil Valarivan, Apurvi Chandela
7:30 am: Men's Lightweight Double Sculls Heats
Rohit Kumar, Bhagwan Singh
7:45 am: Swimming Men's 200m Individual Medley
Neel Roy
8 am: Shooting Trap Men
Manavjeet Singh Sandhu, Lakshay
8 am: Men's Lightweight Single Sculls Heats
Dushyant
8:00 am: Swimming Men's 800m Freestyle
Advait Page
8:25 am: Swimming Men's 50m Backstroke
Srihari Nataraj, Arvind Mani
8:40 am: Women's Kabaddi, Group A
India vs Thailand
8:40 am: Men's Lightweight Eight Heats
9 am: Taekwondo Women 53kg Round of 16
Latika Bhandari
9 am: Women's Basketball 5x5 Preliminary, Group A
Korea (Unified) vs India
9 am: Men's Quadruple Sculls Heats
Tennis
9 am IST: Men's Singles Round of 32
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
9 am IST: Men's Singles Round of 32
Ramanathan Ramkumar
9 am: Men's Doubles Round of 32
Rohan Bopanna-Divij Sharan
9 am: Men's doubles Round of 32
Sumit Nagal-Ramkumar Ramanathan
9 am: Women's singles Round of 32
Ankita Raina
9 am: Women's Singles Round of 32
Karman Kaur Thandi
9 am: Mixed Doubles Round of 32
Rohan Bopanna-Prarthana Thombare
11 am: Women's Doubles Round of 32
Ankita Raina- Prarthana Thombare
11 am: Women's Doubles Round of 32
Bhosale-Yadlapalli
Wrestling
- 12 pm: Sumit Malik (125 kg)
- 12 pm: Vinesh Phogat (50 kg)
- 12 pm: Pinki (53 kg)
- 12 pm: Pooja Dhanda (57 kg)
- 12 pm: Sakshi Malik (62 kg)
1 pm: Men's Badminton Quarterfinals
India vs Indonesia
3 pm: Men's Kabaddi, Group A
India vs Korea
5 pm: Artistic Gymnastics Men's Qualification
Santosh Kumar
5pm: Wushu Men's Sanda Round of 16
Narendra Grewal
Wushu Men's Sanda Round of 16
7 pm: Men's Hockey, Pool A
India vs Indonesia
