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Harmanpreet Kaur-led Indian women's cricket clinched a gold medal in their first appearance in the Asian Games while the Men's 10m Air Rifle Team set a new world record in bagging the gold as India climbed up to the sixth position in the medals table with 11 medals on an eventful day on Monday at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China.

The women's cricket team got the better of Sri Lanka in the low-scoring final to win the gold medal in their first attempt.

Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues stitched a crucial 73-run partnership, followed by young fast-bowling all-rounder Titas Sadhu bowling a deadly spell of 3-6 in four overs to help the Women in Blue create history.

 

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The trio of World Champion Rundrankksh Patil, Divyansh Panwar and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar shot brilliantly to set a new world record of 1893.7 on their way to victory in the Men's 10m Air Rifle Team competition.

With the women cricketers and the men's 10m Air Rifle Team taking centre stage, India claimed six medals on the second day of the prestigious event, two gold and four bronze medals on Monday. Of the four bronze medals, two each came in shooting and rowing.

The shooters won a bronze each in the men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Team and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar in the 10m Air Rifle Individual event, who had to overcome his teammate Rundankkash Patil in a shoot-off to finish third.

The rowers won bronze medals in the Men's Quadruples and the Men's Coxless Four on Monday and concluded their campaign in Hangzhou with five medals in all, two silver and three bronze medals.

On the other hand, there were a few setbacks on the given day as well.

The men's doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and Yuki Bhambri crashed out in the second round. Playing their first match after getting a bye in the first round, the experienced pair lost against Sergey Fomin and Khumoyun Sultanov6-2, 3-6, (6-10) on Centre Court at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Tennis Stadium.

However, the veteran Bopanna later went on to win the mixed doubles opener pairing with Rutuja Bhosale.

 

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The boxing squad too had a disappointment with Arundhati Chaudhary crashing out against China's Liu Yang in the women's 66kg first round.

However, World Championship bronze medallist Nishant Dev entered the Round of 16 with a 5-0 win over Nepal's Dipesh Lama in the men's 71kg weight class while Deepak too progressed in the Men's 51kg, entering the Round of 16 with a 5-0 win over Malaysia's Muhammad Abdul Qaiyum.

India finished the second day at the prestigious event with six medals including two gold medals and four bronze medals.