Asian Games 2023 Day 2 Highlights, September 25: Indian women's cricket team wins gold medal; Wushu athlete Roshibina assures medal

Asian Games 2023 Day 2 Live coverage ends

That's all of Indian action from Hangzhou as India bag their first gold medal as Men's rifle shooters opened the account that matters on the Medals tally. Indian women's cricket team added the second later in the afternoon when they defeated Sri Lanka in the final for a historic moment for Indian cricket at the big-ticket event! Rowers ended their campaign by winning two further bronze in the day. We will return with Day 3 action tomorrow early morning as myKhel bids good night!

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Chess: Koneru Humphy suffers defeat in fourth round

Koneru Humphy couldn't win any of her round 3 and 4 matches. After playing a draw earlier, the two-time Asiad champion lost to China's Yifan Hou in the Round 4 of women's individual rapid chess. All four Indian GMs will be in action again in the men's and women's individual round 6 & 7 tomorrow.

Asian Games 2023 Chess: Vidit Gujarathi wins in fourth round

Vidit Gujarathi beats Vietnam's Le Tuan Minh in the fourth round to make it three wins out of four in two days. Meanwhile, Arjun Erigaisi played a draw against Iran's Seyedmohammadamin Tabatabaei after winning the round 3 of men's individual earlier today.

Wushu: Vikrant Baliyan loses in pre-quarters

Defeat for India in the third and final Wushu event of the day as Vikrant Baliyan lost to Indonesia's Samuel Marbun in the Men's 65kg pre-quarters

Asian Games 2023: Wushu

Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh defeated Uzbekistan's Islombek Khaydarov 2-1 to reach the quarterfinals in the men's 60kg Sanda

Nishant Dev storms into pre-quarters

Nishant Dev beat Nepal's Dipesh Lama by unanimous verdict and sails into the pre-quarters of the men's 71kg! Results from Chess and Wushu are to follow next!

Boxing: Nishant Dev takes second round as well!

Nishant Dev was forced into defensive mode early on by Lama but the Indian kept on getting better in the round and made Lama suffer by the time bell rang

Men's Boxing: Nishant Dev takes first round!

Nishant Dev dominates the first round as he kept his Nepalese rival Dipesh Lama in defensive mode in the men's 71kg category. The Indian takes the first round by unanimous verdict!

Asian Games 2023 Boxing: Men's 71kg preliminaries

Just one Indian event remains for the day as Nishant Dev will be in action against Nepal's Depesh Lama in the opening round of the Men's 71kg category.

Swimming: India finish 7th in men's 4x200m freestyle relay

India finish seventh in the 8-nation relay final while Hong Kong China came last as they failed to finish the race. But it was South Koreans who dazzled as they beat hosts China and 16-time champions Japan to claim the gold medal with the new Asian Games record! Indian swimmers were more than 27 seconds behind the first-time Champions

Swimming: 4x200m relay final

A tall ask for Indian swimmers, who are starting on lane 7. China, Korea and Japan are the three nations contesting for the gold medal with hosts as the favourites!

Asian Games 2023: Swimming

Indian men's swimming team in action in the men's 4x200m Relay final. The event will begin at 6:24 PM IST.

Chess: Women's individual round 3

Harika Dronavalli loses to China's Yifan Hou in the third round, which also ends her two-match victor run at the Asian Games! Both Koneru and Dronavalli are in action in the fourth round

Chess: Women's individual round 3

Koneru Humphy plays out a draw with China's Jiner Zhu. The result halts the winning run of the two-time Asiad Champion, who won her last two rounds yesterday!

Chess: Men's individual Round 3

Vidit Gujarathi beats Prin Laohawirapap in the third round. That's his second win in three rounds as well but he lost one game against Kazakhstan's Kazybek Nogerbek on Sunday. Both Vidit and Arjun are currently featuring in the fourth round as well

Chess: Men's individual Round 3

Arjun Erigaisi beat Vietnam's Ngoc Truong Son in round 3. That's his second win in three rounds as he won one and drew another yesterday.

Asian Games 2023 India: Coming up next!

CHESS Day 2 results; SWIMMING Men's 4x200m Relay at 6:24 PM IST; BOXING Men's 71kg Round of 32: Nishant Dev (IND) vs Dipesh Lama (NEP) - 7:00 PM

Swimming: Likith Selvaraj finishes 7th

Likith Selvaraj clocks 1:01.62s to finish seventh in the 8-man final while China take the top two spots. Qin Hiayang re-sets the Asian Games record at a stunning 57.76 seconds!

Asian Games 2023: Swimming

Likith Selvaraj next in action in the men's 100m backstroke. He is up against some of the big names in the category at the world level, including China's Qui Haiyang, who broke the Asian record and Games record during the heats

Asian Games 2023 Wushu: Medal alert!

Wushu athlete Naorem Roshibina Devi beat Kazakhstan's Aiman Karshyga by WPD (Winner by gap point) to reach the semifinals of the women's 60kg category! Her semifinal bout is slated on Wednesday

Boxing: Deepak reaches pre-quarters!

Deepak Bhoriya beats Abdul Qaiyum Bin Ariffin by unanimous verdict in the men's 50kg preliminaries and reaches the pre-quarterfinals!

Boxing: Deepak Bhoriya maintains lead

A split verdict of 4:1 for Deepak in the second round as he dropped intensity after taking lead in the first round and maintained a strong defensive stance with his footwork after Qayyum came hard at him after the bell! However, Deepak remained in command of the bout

Boxing: Deepak Bhoriya dominates opening round!

Deepak efficiently moves around the ring and kept his Malaysian rival under pressure, picking up clean punches while maintaining distance in his defensive strategy.

Asian Games 2023: Boxing

Deepak Bhoriya in action against Malaysia's Abdul Qaiyum Bin Ariffin in men's 50kg category. Deepak is seen as gold medal candidate from the category

Asian Games 2023: Srihari Nataraj finishes sixth

Srihari Nataraj clocks a 25.39 and a second slower than the gold medallist winner Xu Jiayu. China take the top-two spot as well! We return to boxing action after this

Asian Games 2023 Swimming: Srihari Nataraj starts on Lane 7

The Indian swimmer is out of his depth here as he competes with Chinese favourite and Olympic silver medallist Xu Jiayu

Arundhati Choudhary loses to Liu Yang

No doubt in that result as Liu Yang dominated the bout both offensively and defensively over the three rounds. The experienced Chinese boxer wins the opening round by unanimous verdict! Srihari Nataraj in action next in the Men's 50m backstroke final!

Boxing: Yang Liu dominates Arundhati

Yang Liu has grown in confidence after taking the first round and took her game to Arundhati who often had to cope up with her rival's aggression! The Indian boxer, however, now needs to attack in the final round

Arundhati loses first round

A close battle between Arundhati and Liu Yang in the first round but the Chinese boxer connected her punches well and have got the backing of the judges in front of the home fans. However, Arundhati is not far

Asian Games 2023 Boxing: Women's boxing 66kg preliminaries

Indian boxer Arundhati facing a tough challenge in home favourite Liu Yang! She begins India's boxing run on the day in the early rounds!