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India vs Nepal, Asian Games 2023 Highlights: IND survive NEP scare by 23 runs to reach semifinal

India vs Nepal, Asian Games 2023 highlights: NEP fell 23 short but gave IND a fight. Follow updates and full scorecard of men’s cricket at the Asian Games.

India vs Nepal, Asian Games 2023 live score(Screengrab)

India vs Nepal, Asian Games 2023 Highlights: India defeated Nepal by 23 runs to seal themselves a place in the semifinal. But contrary to what many expected, Nepal gave them a fight which no one say coming. Saying India survived a scare today wouldn’t be an exaggeration as Nepal finished on 179/9 in reply to India’s 202/4. Despite having Nepal 4 down at 77, Dipendra Airee, Sundeep Jora and Karan KC struck some lusty blows to raise the possibility of a huge upset, but in the end, the Indian bowlers used their experience to avoid a shocker. Three wickets each to Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan did the trick for India, but loopholes remain.

Avesh struck early to provide India with an important breakthrough, and debutant R Sai Kishore dismissed Kushan Bhurtel, adding to the early pressure on Nepal during their chase. Subsequently, Nepal’s situation worsened as they kept losing wickets while attempting to cope with a demanding required run rate. This challenging situation came after Yashasvi Jaiswal dished out a brilliant performance with a 48-ball century, and Rinku Singh played an explosive innings, scoring 37 runs off just 15 balls, which included four powerful sixes. These stellar innings allowed India to post a formidable 202/4 against Nepal in the Asian Games 2023 cricket quarterfinal 1 held in Hangzhou.

After India captain Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss and opted to bat in Hangzhou, the openers, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Jaiswal teed off inside the Powerplay, bringing up the fifty inside four overs. Jaiswal took all off just 22 balls to bring up his half-century, and continued to make merry despite his partner and captain, Gaikwad subdued. Gaikwad finally got a couple of boundaries going but it did not last long as he perished for 25 trying to clear the boundary.

Nepal then landed a couple of more blows with Sompal Kami cleaning up Tilak Varma and Sandeep Lamichhane dismissing Jitesh Sharma out caught and bowled, even though Jaiswal’s big hits kept India ticking. Jaiswal held up one end to complete his century but departed soon after denting India’s hopes of reaching 200 immensely. But Rinku did Rinku things, and smashed two sixes and two fours in the final over to help India breach that mark.

Source: https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/india-vs-nepal-live-score-asian-games-2023-updates-today-3-october-in-hangzhou-ind-vs-nep-full-scorecard-101696273679643.html

Asian Games 2023, Day 7 wrap: Gold rush in squash, tennis; Hockey team hammers Pakistan 10-2

India’s Rutuja Bhosale and Rohan Bopanna their Asian Games 2023 gold medal (AP)

India had a successful outing on Day 7 of the ongoing Asian Games 2023, winning five medals. With this display, India has taken its medal tally to 38, behind only China, Japan and South Korea.

India won a gold medal in the men’s squash team event, a gold medal in mixed doubles in tennis, a silver medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team event, and a silver and bronze medal in the men’s 10000m event.

Asian Games 2023, Day 7: Highlights

Day 7 featured a couple of high-octane India versus Pakistan contests, alongside brilliant individual performances in athletics, boxing and shooting.

INDIA DOWN PAKISTAN IN SQUASH FINAL

Abhay Singh was the star of the show as India secured a memorable comeback win over Pakistan in the men’s team squash final to clinch the gold medal at Asian Games 2023.

Abhay defeated Pakistan’s Noor Zaman 11-7, 9-11, 7-11, 11-9, 12-10 in an intense Match 3 to clinch Gold for India.

India went down 0-1 following Nasir Iqbal’s 11-8, 11-3, 11-2 win over Mahesh Mangaonkar in the first match. India then turned to Saurav Ghosal who brought the team back into the contest by breezing past Muhammed Asim Khan 11-5, 11-1, 11-3 to make it 1-1.

In the final match of the final, Abhay came down from 1-2 to win the match 3-2 and help his team win the gold medal at Hangzhou.

BOPPANA-RUTUJA CLINCH GOLD

Indian tennis duo Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale clinched the gold medal in mixed doubles at the 2023 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.

The dynamic duo secured their victory in a thrilling final at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre, triumphing over the Taiwan duo of Tsung-hao Huang and En-shuo Liang with a scoreline of 2-6, 6-3, 10-4.

This win continued India’s impressive record of achieving at least one gold medal in each of the six Asian Games editions in the 21st century.

Source : https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/asian-games-2023/story/asian-games-2023-day-7-wrap-gold-rush-in-squash-tennis-hockey-team-hammers-pakistan-10-2-2442825-2023-09-30

Asian Games 2023: Overall medals tally, September 29 – India fourth with 8 gold, 33 medals in total, China crosses 100-gold mark

Asian Games 2023: India’s 10m air pistol women’s team of Esha Singh, Palak and Divya Thadigol clinched silver in the team event.

Indian shooter Palak won 10m air pistol gold. | Photo Credit: PTI

India’s 10m air pistol women’s team of Esha Singh, Palak and Divya Thadigol clinched silver in the team event at the ongoing Asian Games on Friday.

The Indian team finished second a cumulative 1731 points, behind China which clinched gold with 1736 points. Chinese Taipei came third with 1723 points to win bronze.

Shortly after, the men’s team of Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Sunil Kusale and Akhil Sheoran followed suit as they clinched gold in the men’s 50m rifle 3P team event.

Aishwary Pratap later went on to win a silver in the men’s 50m rifle 3P individual event as well.

The men’s duo of Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan clinched a silver medal in tennis men’s doubles.

In the women’s 10m air pistol individual final, the podium belonged to India as Indian shooters won both gold and silver medals. Palak, who finished 242.1 points clinched gold while her compatriot Esha Singh won silver with 239.7 points.

Later, the Indian women’s squash team consisting of Joshna Chinappa, Tanvi Khanna and Anahat Singh bagged the bronze after losing 1-2 to Hong Kong in the semifinals.

Source : https://sportstar.thehindu.com/asian-games/asian-games-2023-overall-medals-tally-september-29-india-position-ranking-gold-silver-bronze-hangzhou-2022-news/article67358097.ece

Asian Games 2023 medal tally: Indian winners in Hangzhou – full list

India have won 10 medals at Hangzhou 2023, one gold, three silvers and six bronze. Know all Indian medal winners and get full medal table.

(Hangzhou2022.cn)

A 655-member Indian contingent is competing at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, the People’s Republic of China. The 19th edition of the continental multisport event officially began on September 23 and will conclude on October 8.

The ongoing edition of the quadrennial meet was originally scheduled for 2022 but was postponed by a year due to COVID-19.

At the last edition, Jakarta 2018, a 570-strong Indian squad racked up a best-ever Asian Games haul of 70 medals – 16 gold, 23 silver and 31 bronze. With an increase in the contingent strength, a bump in the medals count is also expected.

Over the years, athletics have accounted for the majority of India’s medals at the Asian Games – 254 from a total of 672. Track and field events will once again be the focus at Hangzhou 2023 with India fielding 68 athletes – the country’s largest contingent in any sport.

The Indian athletics squad in Hangzhou features top names like men’s javelin throw ace Neeraj Chopra, the reigning world, Olympic and Asian Games champion, Commonwealth Games men’s 3000m steeplechase silver medallist Avinash Sable and women’s hurdles sensation Jyothi Yarraji.

India are also fielding cricket teams at the Asian Games for the first time. Both men’s and women’s teams will participate. Football and hockey will also see full representation by India.

The boxing team, spearheaded by world champion Nikhat Zareen and Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain, and the wrestling team, featuring Olympic medallist Bajrang Punia and Antim Panghal, are also strong medal contenders.

The shooting squad, with Manu Bhaker and Rudrankksh Patil, is also expected to impress.

Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu and badminton star PV Sindhu, both Olympic medal winners, will also be in action in Hangzhou and so will be archery world champions Aditi Gopichand Swami and Ojas Pravin Deotale.

In addition to medals, Hangzhou also offers 74 Paris 2024 Olympic quotas – six in archery, 10 in artistic swimming, 34 in boxing, two in breaking, two in hockey, 10 in modern pentathlon, six in sailing, two in tennis and two in water polo.

Source: https://olympics.com/en/news/asian-games-2023-hangzhou-india-medals-tally-winners-table

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 1: India win silver in shooting, rowing; IND bowl BAN out for 51 in women’s cricket SF

Asian Games 2023 Live updates Day 1: Follow live score and updates of all the action in Hangzhou as India officially begin their Asiad campaign

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 1: India bag first medal in Asiad in women’s 10m air rifle(SAI)

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 1: India won a medal with their 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. Additionally, Ramita and Mehuli also qualified for the individual final, that ran parallelly with the team event in Hangzhou. Shortly after the first medal, army men Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind won a silver in men’s lightweight double sculls as well. India’s women’s cricket team takes on Bangladesh in the semi-final, while later in the day, boxing champion Nikhat Zareen will also kick off a rather difficult draw in China. Both the men’s and women’s football teams will also be in action in group matches later in the day.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 1: India bag first medal in Asiad in women’s 10m air rifle
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 1: India bag first medal in Asiad in women’s 10m air rifle(SAI)
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

Rowing – India’s Kiran and Anshika Bharti finish 9th in Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls

Rowing: India’s Satnam Singh and Parminder Singh finish sixth in Men’s Doubles Sculls

Source: https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/others/asian-games-2023-live-updates-day-1-india-vs-bangladesh-semifinal-cricket-shooting-nikhat-zareen-boxing-football-hockey-101695495946899.html

Asian Games Football: China Thrash Under-Prepared And Jaded India 1-5

Asian Games: A severely-fatigued and under-prepared Indian team got a rude reality check with hosts China out-muscling them 1-5 in an opening group league encounter

A severely-fatigued and under-prepared Indian team got a rude reality check with hosts China out-muscling them 1-5 in an opening group league encounter of the Asian Games football competition in Hangzhou on Tuesday. Giao Tianyi (17th min), Dai Weijun (51st min), Tao Qianglong (72nd and 75th minute) and Hao Fang (90 2) scored for the hosts, while Rahul KP’s (45 1 minute) equaliser from an acute angle was possibly the best strike of the match. It was heartening to see a third-string team holding the title contenders on an even keel during the first 45 minutes, which saw Indian custodian Gurmeet Singh Chahal valiantly save a spot-kick taken by rival captain Zhu Chenjie.

India now need to beat Bangladesh and Myanmar in their remaining two games to qualify for the second round. Myanmar beat Bangladesh 4-2 in another game in this group.

Having reached the Games Village late on Monday evening, the third-string Indian team, with not even four specialist defenders in their ranks, didn’t have enough co-ordination amongst themselves. They looked jet-lagged, not rested enough and there was no way that there could have been a miracle.

The gulf in class and quality was evident and most of the Chinese attacks happened from India’s wide left (China’s right flank) side, which was being manned by Sumit Rathi. It became a free-ride for the Chinese attackers.

Also, the humidity and lack of training time had its effect as the Indians didn’t have the legs to last beyond the first hour. And, once the second goal was scored due to Sandesh Jhingan’s poor anticipation, the floodgates opened.

Jhingan was also responsible for another goal when he had a brain fade and wanted to dribble his team past the danger in his own penalty box and committed harakiri.

A lot of players suffered from cramps due to humidity and, obviously, not having enough time to warm-up.

Skipper Sunil Chhetri was on the pitch for 85 minutes and, save a pile driver that sailed way over the horizontal, he had precious little to do with a literally non-existent feeder line, which concentrated on creating a melee in the defensive third to thwart the wave of Chinese attack.

The only silver-lining was the goal by Rahul KP, the former U-17 World Cupper, who was freed on the wide right by Abdul Rabeeh and the Kerala Blasters player sprinted and smashed it in from near zero degree, much to the awe of a capacity home crowd.

Source: https://sports.ndtv.com/asian-games-2023/asian-games-football-china-thrashes-under-prepared-and-jaded-india-1-5-4404571

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