- Wrestler Bajrang Punia has won India’s first gold medal of the 2018 Asian Games
- Sushil Kumar failed to win a medal after losing his opening bout 3-5 to Adam Batirov of Bahrain.
- India’s first medal of the day was won by shooters Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar who bagged a bronze in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event.
No Medal for Pawan Kumar
Wrestler Pawan Kumar lost 8-1 to Mongolia's Uitumen Orgodol in the bronze medal match of the men’s 86kg freestyle category.
Pawan Kumar lost balance while executing a move against Orgodol. The Mongolian seized control from that moment and gained three points with a fine hold as Pawan beat a hasty retreat to the side lines.
The bout resumed with the Mongolian having a hold on Pawan's back and raced to an 8-1 victory.
Indian Women's Hockey Team Thrash Indonesia
What a start! The Indian women’s hockey team thrash hosts Indonesia 8-0 in their opening Pool B match.
Gurjit scored a hat-trick, finding the target in the 16th, 22nd and 57th minutes while Vandana Katariya (13th and 27th) struck twice. Udita (6th), Lalremsiami (24th) and Navneet Kaur (50th) were the other Indian scorers.
India had as many as 31 shots at the Indonesian goal while the hosts did not have any in the whole 60 minutes of four equal quarters.
Wrestling: Bankable Bajrang Delivers Again
Bajrang Punia has won India’s first gold medal of the 2018 Asian Games, beating Daichi Takatani of Japan 11-8 in the men's 65 kg freestyle final.
A consistent performer, Bajrang won all his bouts leading into the final by ‘technical superiority’, meaning he had opened up a 10 point lead against his opponents and was thus declared the winner.
This is Bajrang's second medal at the Asian Games after he won the silver at the 2014 edition in Incheon.
Wrestling: Bajrang Wins Gold!
30 seconds into the bout and Bajrang Punia is stamping his class all over the final against Daichi Takatani and has raced to a 6-0 in the first 1 minute 20 seconds.
However, the Japanese wrestler is clawing his way into the game, winning four points to decrease Bajrang’s lead.
Starting Period 2, Daichi attacked Bajrang’s legs and kept a stronghold till he picked up two points for it but the Indian had a similar strategy and he maintained his two point lead at 8-6.
20 seconds left and Bajrang led 10-8 and managed to hang onto the lead to win India’s first gold of the 2018 Asian Games.