Asian Games 2023 Highlights: Women's cricket team wins gold; shooters, rowers continue India's medal rush on Day 2

India's top woman gymnast Pranati Nayak has made it to two finals of her favourite apparatus -- the vault -- along with women's all-round competitions of the women's artistic gymnastics discipline at the Asian Games on Monday.

Smriti Mandhana's fan in China wants to meet her

Medal Tally after the end of Day 2

Boxer Deepak Bhoria, the World Championship bronze medallist and Nishant Dev on Monday delivered commanding performances in their respective events at the ongoing Hangzhou Asian Games. In the men's 51kg category, Deepak showcased his prowess, defeating Malaysia's Muhammad Abdul Qaiyum Bin Ariffin with a one-sided 5-0 victory, securing his place in the round of 16. Nishant demonstrated his skill and determination in the opening round of the men's 71kg event, where he secured a convincing win over Nepal's Dipesh Lama with a 5-0 scoreline.

Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj concluded the men's 50m backstroke final at the Asian Games on Monday, securing the sixth position. Nataraj, participating in his second consecutive final within two days, recorded a time of 25.39 seconds. It's worth noting that if he had matched his personal best of 24.40 seconds, he would have earned the bronze medal.

India batter Jemima Rodrigues on Monday urged the men's team to set their sights on winning gold, following her team's historic win in the women's event at the Asian Games. The Indian women's team beat Sri Lanka by 19 runs in the final to clinch the gold medal in Hangzhou on their maiden appearance.

Cricketers Titas Sadhu and Shafali Verma part of the Women's cricket team, which secured a historic gold for India at the Asian Games 2023 in China's Hangzhou on Monday were overjoyed with the win, which they said will motivate them. India women (116/7) beat Sri Lanka women (97/8) in the final by 19 runs to win the gold medal.

Making a strong comeback after an unexpected loss, third-seeded Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi secured victories in the third and fourth rounds of the men's individual chess event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday.

India secured another medal prospect in the ongoing Asian Games on Monday, as Naorem Roshibina Devi clinched a spot in the semi-finals of the Women's 60 kg Wushu (Sanda), thereby guaranteeing herself a bronze medal.

Men's Boxing: India's Nishant Dev beats Dipesh Lama of Nepal 5-0 in a unanimous decision in the 71kg category Round of 32 bout

Men's Boxing: India's Nishant Dev wins Round 2 against Dipesh Lama of Nepal in the 71kg category Round of 32 bout

Wushu: India’s Vikrant Baliyan loses 1-2 to Samuel Marbun of Indonesia in men’s 65kg pre-quarterfinal

Men's Boxing: India's Nishant Dev wins Round 1 against Dipesh Lama of Nepal in the 71kg category Round of 32 bout

Neha Thakur, Adhvait Menon and Eabad Ali had successful outings in their respective sailing events of the ongoing Asian Games on Monday. Thakur, who finished third in girls' dinghy ILCA4 race nine, improved one spot to reach second after race 10 with an overall timing of 24:48. Menon finished third in boy's dinghy ILCA4 race 10. In race nine of the event, he was placed fifth but made significant gain to finish on a high. Ali also was placed at third in men's windsurfer RS:X event with a timing of 23:55 after race 12.

Men's Swimming: Indian quartet - Aryan, Aneesh, Kushagra and Tanish - finishes 7th with a timing of 7:29.23 in the men's 4x200m freestyle relay final

Up Next: Swimming - Indian quartet - Aryan, Aneesh, Kushagra and Tanish - in the men's 4x200m freestyle relay final

Wishes from the Master Blaster!

Men's Swimming: India's Likith Selvaraj finishes 7th with a timing of 1:01.62 in the men's 100m breaststroke final

Wushu: India’s Surya Bhanu Partap beats Islombek Khaydarov of Uzbekistan 2-1 to enter men’s 60kg quarterfinal. Just one win away from podium finish.

Men's Boxing: India's Deepak beats Muhammad Abdul Qaiyum Bin Ariffin of Malaysia 5-0 in a unanimous decision in the 51kg category Round of 32 bout

Men's Boxing: India's Deepak wins Round 2 against Muhammad Abdul Qaiyum Bin Ariffin of Malaysia in the 51kg category Round of 32 bout. But one judge gives Deepak 9 while rest of the four 10s.

Men's Boxing: India's Deepak wins Round 1 against Muhammad Abdul Qaiyum Bin Ariffin of Malaysia in the 51kg category Round of 32 bout

MEDAL ASSURED! Wushu: India’s Roshibina Devi beats Aiman K of Kazakhstan by points in the women’s 60kg quarterfinal. She won bronze in 2018 Jakarta Asian Games as well.

Up Next - Men's Boxing: India's Deepak is up against Muhammad Abdul Qaiyum Bin Ariffin of Malaysia in the 51kg category Round of 32 bout

Men's Swimming: India's Srihari Nataraj finishes 6th with a timing of 25.39 in the 50m backstroke final

Women's Boxing: India's Arundhati Choudhary loses 0-5 to Liu Yang of China in women's 66kg category Round of 16 bout

Women's Boxing: India's Arundhati Choudhary loses Round 2 against Liu Yang of China in women's 66kg

Women's Boxing: India's Arundhati Choudhary loses Round 1 against Liu Yang of China in women's 66kg

Up Next - Women's Boxing: India's Arundhati Choudhary takes on Liu Yang of China in women's 66kg round of 16 bout

Tennis: Bopanna-Bhambri suffer shock exit, Ankita, Rutuja progress to pre-quarters

In a huge upset, gold medal favourites and top seeds Rohan Bopanna and Yuki Bhambri were knocked out of the Asian Games after being stunned by lower-ranked Sergey Fomin and Khumoyun Sultanov from Uzbekistan on Monday. Top singles Ankita Raina was off to a flying start while Rutuja Bhosale struggled past lower-ranked Aruzhan Sagandikova to move into the women's singles pre-quarterfinals.

Chess: Individual Round 4

Men’s: Arjun Erigaisi plays out a draw with Amin Tabatabaei of Iran. Vidit Gujarathi beats Le Tuan Minh of Vietnam.

Women’s: Koneru Humpy loses to Hou Yifan of China. D Harika plays out a draw with Nilufar Yakubbaeva of Uzbekistan.

ICYMI: India clinch 10m air rifle gold, create history with world record!

Proud moment for Team India!

Indian women's cricket team clinched a gold medal at the Asian Games during their inaugural appearance, triumphing over Sri Lanka by a margin of 19 runs in a hard-fought, low-scoring final held on a challenging pitch.

Tennis: Rohan Bopanna/Rutuja Bhosale beat Maksim Shin/Agkul Amanmuradova 6-2, 6-4 in mixed doubles Round 2 match. The Indian duo moves into the pre-quarters.

Indian women's cricket team wins historic gold!

A big Smriti Mandhana fan in China!

Team India's medal ceremony

WOMEN'S HANDBALL Japan outplay India in women's handball

The Indian women's handball team began their Asian Games campaign on a losing note, losing to Japan 13-41 in their group B clash. Menika, who netted four goals, was the sole bright spot for India giving them a fourth minute lead. But thereafter it was all about Japan as they fired on all cylinders to race to a 21-4 lead after 30 minutes. Japan pumped in 20 more second-half goals to open their campaign with a bang. Priyank and P Thakur struck three goals each, while M Sharma, Bhawana and S Thakur scored one each for India. For Japan, S Ishikawa was the leading goal-scorer (seven). Y Kitahara (5), S Hattori (5), K Ozaki (4), N Sahara (4), Y Yoshidome (3), N Aizawa (3), R Dan (3), H Matsumoto (3), A Ohmatsuzawa (2) and M Hatsumi (2) were the other goal scorers for Japan. India will face Hong Kong, while Japan will play Nepal in their next group match Wednesday. Hosts China are the other team in the group. Top two teams will make the semifinals slated to be held on October 3.

Indian women's rugby team lose four matches in row, end eighth

Indian women's rugby had a woeful Asian Games outing, losing all their four matches to finish eighth overall. First, the Indian women's rugby team were blanked 0-15 by Singapore to endure a third defeat on the trot. In their last group stage match, the Indian team failed to score a single point against the world No 35 as they lost its chance to qualify for the classification playoff for fifth-sixth places. Then in the seventh-eighth place classification India were beaten by Kazakhstan 7-24. On Sunday, India had lost to Hong Kong and Japan. India had finished seventh in their maiden Asian Games campaign at 2010 Guangzhou.

Former captain Mithali Raj congratulates Team India

WATCH: Team India's winning moment

"Congratulations to the team and support staff": Jay Shah congratulates Team India

Well played, India!

India women's team creates history today. They have won the gold medal in their maiden appearance at the Games.

CHAMPIONS

India beat Sri Lanka by 19 runs to win gold medal

WOMEN'S CRICKET FINAL: Sri Lanka Women need 25 runs in 6 balls. Rajeshwari Gayakwad to bowl the final over.