India at Asian Games 2022, Sept 25 live blog: Boxers in action; IND win medals in cricket, shooting

Live updates from Day 2 of the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.

Sep 25, 2023 - 19:30
India at Asian Games 2022, Sept 25 live blog: Boxers in action; IND win medals in cricket, shooting

Up next: Boxer Nishant Dev opens his campaign in men’s 71kg. His bout starts at 7pm IST. Meanwhile, Vikrant Baliyan competes in Wushu 65kg 1/8 round.

Swimming, Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay Final: The Indian quartet of Aryan Nehra, Aneesh Gowda, Kushagra Rawat, and Mathew Tanish George finish seventh, clocking 7:29.23s. This brings curtains down the on swimming events for the day in Hangzhou.

Wushu, Men’s 60kg: Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh wins 2-1 against Uzbekistan’s Islombek Khaydarov in the 1/8 round.

Swimming, Men’s 100m Breaststroke Final: Likith Selvaraj Prema finishes seventh, clocking 1:01.62s.

Boxing: Deepak Bhoria moves into the round of 16 with a comfortable win on points over Malaysia’s Muhammad Ariffin.

Wushu, Women’s 60kg: Naorem Roshibina, a bronze medallist from 2018 Jakarta, assures a medal for India. She defeated Karshyga Aiman of Kazakhstan in the quarter-finals.

Boxing: Ariffin lands a couple of good punches. Bhoria gets a couple of good left-right combos. The Indian wins the second round 4-1.

Boxing: A fast and furious first round. Bhoria sizes his Malaysian opponent up for the first 40-50 seconds before going on the attack. Some quick punches from both boxers. Bhoria then comes up with a piston-like combo to Ariffin. The judges award the first round to Bhoria 5-0.

Swimming, Men’s 50m Backstroke Final: Srihari Nataraj finishes sixth...

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