Asian Games 2018, Day 1 Live Updates: Wrestler Bajrang Punia gives India first Gold medal

That's it from Jakarata on Sunday.

India end the day with two medals. Bajrang Punia bagged the gold medal in 65kg Freestyle Wrestling. Earlier, Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar got India off the mark with a bronze in 10m air rifle Mixed final. 

India women's hockey team thrashed Indonesia 8-0 in their Group opener, while India's men and women kabaddi teams began their respective title defences with impressive victories. 

In swimming Sajan Prakash finished fifth in the Men's 200m Butterfly, while Srihari Nataraj finished seventh in the Men's 100m Backstroke final. 

In wrestling, Pawan Kumar came close to clinching a bronze but was beaten in the playoff. However, overall it was a disappointing day for Indian male wrestlers who failed to bag another medal with Sushil Kumar losing in the opening round.

Wrestling 

Pawan Kumar loses bronze medal playoff match against Ordogen Uitumen of Mongolia in Men's 86kg Freestyle category. 

Wrestling

Pawan Kumar up against Ordogen Uitumen in the Men's 86kg Freestyle Wrestling bronze-medal playoff.

HOCKEY

Meanwhile, Indian women's hockey team adds two more goals in the third and fourth quarter as they score a comfortable win to open their campaign.

India 8-0 Indonesia

Here's the latest medal tally: 

Yogeshwar Dutt taught me that conquering big names is the only way to earn a big name: Bajrang Punia

Bajrang made a flying start in the bout taking an early 6-0 lead. However, Takatani fought back to make it 6-4 at the end of first period. 

In the second period, Takatani managed to get through Bajrang’s defence early and made it 6-6. However, Bajrang got back into the game to make it 8-6. 

Both wrestlers took two points during one move to make it 10-8. It went down to the final seconds and the Indian got another point when Japan’s review failed. 

GOLD!

Bajrang Punia beats Japan’s Daichi Takatani to win gold medal in Men's Freestyle 65 kg category. 

Wrestling

Bajrang Punia makes a flying start to lead 6-0 against Japan's Takatani Daichi in the final.

However, Takatani comes back to make it 6-6.

Wrestling 

Bajrang Punia is taking on Japan’s Daichi Takatani for gold medal in Men's Freestyle 65 kg category. Bajrang had beaten Takatani in September last year to win the gold medal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.

Hockey

GOAL 

Vandana Kataria gets her second goal of the evening. 

India 6-0 Indonesia

Hockey

GOAL 

Lalremsiami adds to India's tally. There are scoring new goals before we can update you on the last.

India 5-0 Indonesia

GOAL

Gurjit Kaur scores again from a penalty corner. 

India 4-0 Indonesia

GOAL

India finally score from a penalty corner- their fourth. Gurjit Kaur has tripled India's lead. 

India 3-0 Indonesia

Hockey 

GOAL

Vandana Kataria has doubled India's lead after a good team move. India lead at end of first qurater.

India 2-0 Indonesia

Hockey 

GOAL 

Udita puts India in front after some great forward play. 

India 1-0 Indonesia

Hockey

Indian women's hockey team play hosts Indonesia in their pool game. India start as favourites in the match. 

Swimming 

India's Sajan Prakash finishes fifth in the Men's 200m Butterfly. Japan's Daiya Seto takes the gold.

Kabaddi

India beat Sri Lanka 44-28 to win second group game in men's kabaddi. They need just one more win to book a berth in the semi-finals. 

Swimming

India's 17-year-old swimmer Srihari Nataraj finishes eighth with a time of 56.19 seconds in the Men's 100m Backstroke final.

Kabaddi

India lead Sri Lanka at half-time. It was not one of the best starts for India, but they have recovered to have a good lead at the break. 

Kabaddi

India team are taking on Sri Lanka in the Group A match. It was a shaky start for India trailing 2-6, but they have recovered to reduce the deficit to 6-7. 

Wrestling

Pawan Kumar enters bronze medal playoff in Men’s Freestyle 86 kg. He beat Indonesia’s Fahriansyah by technical superiority in the repechage round 2. He was leading 11-0 before being being awarded the match.

'Guru' Yogeshwar Datt is proud of Bajrang Punia and want a gold medal from him.

Wrestling

Pawan Kumar now gets a shot at winning the Bronze medal as he enters the repechage round in Men’s Freestyle 86 kg. He got the chance as Iran’s Hassan Yazdani reached the final with another dominating win.

However, Mausam Khatri's challenge in 97kg Freestyle Wrestling ended after Uzbekistan's Mogomed Ibragimov lost in the semi-final.

Wrestling

India's Bajrang Punia beats Mongolia's Batchuluun Batmagnai by technical superiority to reach the final of Men's 65kg freestyle wrestling. 

Bajrang has assured himself of at least a silver medal but he will go for gold in the final.

Wrestling 

Sandeep Tomar is out of medal contention after Iran's Reza Atrinagharchi loses in the semi-finals.

Women’s Handball

India lose their 3rd match in the group stage – 21-26 against China this time.

India's Pawan Kumar loses 0-11 in the quarterfinals of Men's 86 kg freestyle wrestling to world champion Hassan Yazdanicharati. Pawan still has a chance to win bronze via repechage if Hassan reaches the final.

Wrestling

And that's that. A comprehensive 0-8 defeat for India's Mausam Khatri in the quarter-final of the men's 97 kg category. He will now wait for repechage.

Wrestling

India's Mausam Khatri is trailing 0-4 in his 97 kg quarter-final bout.

Wrestling

Time for some heavyweight action. Mausam Khatri to take the mat in the men's 97 kg category quarter-final.

India assured of another medal

Wrestler Bajrang Punia is guaranteed a medal by virtue of reaching the semi-final in the men's 65 kg category.

Wrestling

What a performance from Bajrang Punia! The Indian wins his 65 kg quarter-final 12-2.

Wrestling

Bajrang Punia off to a blazing start in his 65 kg category quarter-final. The Indian has a 6-0 lead early on.

Wrestling

Solid 8-0 win for Pawan Kumar in his 86 kg category quarter-final.

Wrestling

India's Pawan Kumar takes the mat for the men's 86 kg category quarter-final.

Wrestling

Sandeep Tomar loses his men's 57 kg category quarter-final against Reza 9-15. The Indian will now have to wait for repechage.

Wrestling

India's Sandeep Tomar is trailing 6-13 in his quarter-final against Reza in the men's 57 kg category.

He has an uphill task from here with time running out.

Tennis

Indian mixed doubles pair of Divij Sharan and Karman Kaur Thandi defeats Philippines' Alberto Jr Lim and Marian Jade Capadocia 6-4, 6-4 in the opening round.

Regu – Sepaktakraw

Indian women's team loses 0-3 to Korea.

Badminton

India defeat Maldives 3-0 in the first round of the men's team event. Comfortable victories for Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy and B Sai Praneeth.

Badminton

Indian shuttlers start their campaign. They lead Maldives 2-0 in the men's team Round of 16.

Tennis

India begin their campaign with Divij Sharan and Karman Kaur Thandi taking on Alberto Jr Lim and Marian Jade Capadocia of Philippines in the mixed doubles.

Wrestling

Stunning victory for Bajrang Punia in the men's 65 kg category.

He loses the first 3 points and then takes 13 in a row to defeat Khasanov Sirojiddin.

The Indian wins by Technical Superiority, qualifies for the quarter-finals.

Wrestling

Solid comeback by Bajrang, he takes five points in a row to lead 8-3 with just over two minutes left.

Kabaddi

Indian men's team off to a blazing start in their quest for gold. Then beat Bangladesh 50-21 in their opening match.

Wrestling

India's Bajrang Punia, a big favourite in the men's 65 kg category, is trailing 2-3 in his opening bout.

Men's Kabaddi

India extend their lead to 30-15 in the second half against Bangladesh.

Wrestling

India's Sandeep Tomar is through to the quarter-finals in the men's 57 kg category after a tense 12-8 victory against Nazarov Rustem.

Kabaddi

Indian men's team leads Bangladesh 20-12 at half-time.

Bahrain’s Adam Batirov proved to be too good for Sushil as he won 5-3.

Is this the end of the road for the legendary Indian wrestler?

Wrestling

Major upset as the legendary Sushil Kumar loses in the qualification round of the men's 74 kg category.

Wrestling

Sushil Kumar joins the action too in the men's 74 kg category.

India's wrestling campaign is about to begin.

Sandeep Tomar to take the mat in the pre-quarters of the men's 57 kg category.

Kabaddi

Indian men's team takes on Bangladesh in a group game. The match is about to begin.

Can the men put up a performance similar to the one the women gave in the morning?

Shooting

Chinese Taipei claim gold in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event. They had qualified in fifth position for the finals. Top performance by them. China take home silver.

MEDAL ALERT

India win their first medal of Asian Games 2018!

A bronze for Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event.

India are assured their first medal

Shooters Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar are assured a medal in 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team.

Korea are knocked out, India remain in second position after 38 shots with three teams remaining.

Two more shots by each shooter now will decide who takes bronze.

Mongolia are the first of five teams to be knocked out.

After 34 shots, India remain in second position behind Chinese Taipei.

India remain in second position but Chinese Taipei have extended their lead at the top.

Can the shooters provide India its first gold medal?

Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar are in second position after 20 shots. They trail by just 0.4 to Chinese Taipei.

Shooting

Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar chase India's first medal as the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team final begins.

Proud moment!

Rowing

India's Bhopal Singh, Jagvir Singh, Tejas Shinde and Pranay Naukarkar come second in the Men's Lightweight Four event. They will now depend on the reprechage results to qualify for the finals.

Shooting

Big disappointment for India as Manu Bhaker and Abhishek Verma fail to qualify for the final in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event.

The duo finish sixth in qualification with 759 points.

Rowing

India's Sayali Shekale and Pooja qualify for Women's Double Sculls Final.

Basketball

The Indian women's team fails to recover from the horrid third quarter, they lose 84-61 to Chinese Taipei.

India were much lower in the rankings against their oppnents today, but they showed great spirit for the majority of the contest.

Shooting

Manu Bhaker and Abhishek Verma begin qualification for 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team.

Seema Tomar is 5th and Shreyasi Singh is 9th in Women's Trap qualification.

Manavjit Singh Sandhu is third in Men's Trap qualification.

First Medal of Asian Games 2018

China bag the first medal of the 2018 Asian Games as Sun Peiyuan claims gold in the men's changquan category in Wushu.

Rowing

Indian men's team of Malkeet Singh and Gurinder Singh make it to the final. The women's team of Sanjukta Dung Dung and Harpreet Kaur, on the other hand, have to depend on repechage to qualify.

Basketball

The Indian women's team is blown away by Chinese Taipei in the third quarter. They trail 64-45.

The first two quarters were neck-and-neck, but the last one was just one-way traffic.

Swimming

India's Sajan Prakash qualifies for Men's 200m Butterfly final.

Rowing

India’s Om Prakash and Sawarn Singh qualify for the final in Men’s Double Sculls.

Basketball

Indian women's team trails Chinese Taipei by five points at the end of the second quarter. The score is 33-28.

India are fighting hard here. They were leading for a brief period but then blew it away.

Swimming

India's Srihari Nataraj has qualified for the final of the men's 100m Backstroke.

Swimming

Brilliant performance by India's Srihari Nataraj and Arvind Mani. The duo secure a 1-2 finish in the Men's 100m Backstroke heat. They still depend on the scores in the heats to secure a finals berth.

Basketball

Indian women's team putting up a spirited performance against a much higher-ranked Chinese Taipei. 

They trail 17-18 at the end of the first quarter.

Men’s Changquan Final - Wushu

India miss out on medals as Anjul Namdeo finishes fifth and Suraj Singh Mayanglabam comes 10th.

Shooting - Mixed team qualification

India's Apurv iChandela and Ravi Kumar qualify for the Finals in the 10m air rifle event. India finished second in qualification behind South Korea.

Men’s single sculls rowing

India’s Dattu Baban Bhokanal finishes second in his heat. He now relies on repechage.

Basketball

Indian women's team takes on Chinese Taipei.

Shooting - Mixed Team Qualifications

India's Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar in action in 10m air rifle.

Swimming

India’s Saurabh Sangvekar finishes second in his Men's 200m Freestyle Heat. There were three swimmers competing.

The final score was 43-12 in India's favour in this Group A match. Brilliant start!

Women's kabaddi

India defeat Japan

Women's kabaddi

India inflict another all-out on Japan.

They are cruising towards victory, 41-11.

Men's Trap Shooting

India's Manavjit Singh Sandhu takes the joint-lead after the first round with 24 points.

Women's kabaddi

Super Raid from the Indian captain Payal, takes 3 points in one shot.

India lead 31-10 against Japan. Less than 10 minutes to play.

The Indian women's kabbadi team is off to a bright start.

They lead Japan 19-8 at the end of the first half.

India is proving to be too strong for their opponet in this tie.

Women's kabaddi

India begin their Group A match against Japan.

At the end of the first round, Seema Tomar is in tied first position.

Whereas, Shreyasi Singh is in 13th position.

There will be four more rounds in the women's Trap qualifications.

First up, it's Qualification Round 1 for women's Trap (Shooting).

Seema Tomar and Shreyasi Singh take center-stage for India.

Hello everyone and welcome to live updates of Day 1 of the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.

India will kick-off their campaign with with shooting, badminton, wrestling, kabaddi, hockey, and more on Sunday.