It's all over! Sandeep Tomar has beaten Rustem Nazarov 12-8 to move into the quarter-finals of the Men's 57kg freestyle event.
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Asian Games 2018 Live Update: Day 1: Sandeep Tomar Progresses to Q/F, Men's Kabaddi Team Up Against Bangladesh
Catch all the updates from the first day of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang on News18Sports' live blog.
Preview: It’s going to be an action-packed Sunday as India opens its campaign at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta-Palembang, with shooters, wrestlers, the hockey and badminton teams in action among others. Here are some of the key events to keep an eye out for:
Preview: It’s going to be an action-packed Sunday as India opens its campaign at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta-Palembang, with shooters, wrestlers, the hockey and badminton teams in action among others. Here are some of the key events to keep an eye out for:
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60 seconds left, with Tomar leading 10-8 against Rustom. He needs to hold on to progress to the quarter-final.
Uttar Pradesh boy Sandeep Tomar did not end the first round strongly, and will need to be cautious in the second three minute round against his opponent from Turkmenistan.
Meanwhile Sandeep Tomar is in action in the quarter-final of the 57kg freestyle event where he is up against Rustom Nazarov. Tomar leads the bout 6-4 in the first round.
Later on for India will be Gold medal hope Bajrang Punia in the 65kg freestyle pre-quarter-final where he will face Khasanov Sirojiddin
UPSET ALERT! Two time Olympic medal winner Sushil Kumar has been handed a shock first round defeat. The legendary wrestler looked out of sorts as Bahrain's Adam Batirov beat him 5-3. Sushil will be in with a chance for Bronze through Repechage only if Batirov makes it to the Gold medal round.
As it would it seem, we are heading for a major upset for India on the first day itself. Sushil Kumar is in all sorts of trouble.
Over on the Wrestling mat, India's veteran ace Sushil Kumar is in action. Sushil is having a tough time against Bahrain's Adam Batirov. Sushil trails with a minute to go
India are literally racing away with this game! Half way through the first half, India have a 12-1 lead.
As expected India have raced away to a brilliant start against neighbours Bangladesh. Ajay Thakur's men have opened up a seven point lead with the score at 8-1. India have inflicted the first all-out of the game on Bangladesh.
The Indian men's kabaddi team is in action against Bangladesh. And elsewhere, the Wrestling bouts have also started.
The seasoned Manavjit Singh Sandhu leads the trap shooters after three rounds with a total of 72 (25, 23, 24); 19-year-old Lakshay is fifth with 71.
Asian Games: Apurvi Chandela, Ravi Kumar Get India Off the Blocks With a Bronze
The duo of Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar got India its first medal at the the 2018 Asian Games with Bronze. They won the medal in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event with a final score of 429.9.
Here are the final standings! As you can see Chinese Taipei have set a new Games record on their way to Gold!
10m Air Rifle Mixed Event Final: Chinese Taipei win Gold with a score of 494.1 and China take Silver with a score of 492.5. Third is India with a score of 429.9 which gets them the Bronze medal.
The battle for Gold is on between China and Chinese Taipei in the mixed air rifle event.
So India settle for Bronze in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Event final. Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar have finished with a score of 429.9 and get India's first medal at the 2018 Asian Games.
As we stand India are assured of a medal. But what will the medal colour be?
We have another elimination, and it is Korea with a score of 389.4. India are third right now tied with China on a score of 390.2.
The first ones to get eliminated at this 10m Air Rifle Mixed Event final is Mongolia. They finish with a score of 346.6 and there are four teams left to go.India are third with a score of 349.0 behind Korea (349.2) and Chinese Taipei (350.8)
Some big tens being pulled out of the bag by the Indians, even though Chinese Taipei are pulling away. There is still enough time to mount a comeback and clinch Gold.
After 30 shots, India are still at number two with a score of 308.5 and Chinese Taipei leading with 310.2 as their score. Third is Korea with 307.4. There are another 20 shots still to go in the final.
India are 205.5 and Chinese Taipei are 205.9, with Korea in third with a score of 205.0
After 20 shots, India stay on second with Chinese Taipei at the top. The difference in score is of 0.4 only at this point in time.
Some top notch shooting by Apurvi currently in the final. Very consistent so far with good high scores that are keeping India in the top half and in contention for a medal.
After the first 10 shots, Mongolia is in last place and India are in second with a score of 102.9. Korea lead with 103.4.
We are third right now!
India have dropped down to third on the standings now. The elimination starts after two rounds.
With their first shots, Apurvi and Ravi have managed 10.6 and 10.3.
The other countries in the fray are China, Mongolia, Chinese Taipei and Korea. Shooting first is India.
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14 Aug, 2018 | South Africa in Sri Lanka 
SAvs SL 
98/10 16.4 overs99/7 16.0 oversSri Lanka beat South Africa by 3 wickets -
12 Aug, 2018 | South Africa in Sri Lanka SLvs SA 299/8 50.0 overs121/10 24.4 oversSri Lanka beat South Africa by 178 runs -
09 - 12 Aug, 2018 | Pataudi Trophy 
INDvs ENG 
107/10 35.2 overs396/7 88.1 oversEngland beat India by an innings and 159 runs -
08 Aug, 2018 | South Africa in Sri Lanka SLvs SA 306/7 39.0 overs187/9 21.0 oversSri Lanka beat South Africa by 3 runs (D/L method) -
06 Aug, 2018 | Bangladesh in West Indies 
BANvs WI 
184/5 20.0 overs135/7 17.1 oversBangladesh beat West Indies by 19 runs (D/L method)
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