Asian Games 2018 Day 1 highlights: Bajrang bags Gold; Sushil disappoints

it was a day to forget for veteran star Sushil Kumar as the double Olympic medallist suffered a shock defeat to Adam Batirov of Bahrain in the first contest of the men's 74-kg freestyle category

On Day 1of Asian Games 2018, Wrestler Bajrang Punia won India's first gold medal while shooters Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar bagged a bronze medal at Jakarta and Palembang. Punia clinched the gold medal in the men's freestyle 65-kg category defeating Japan's Daichi Takatani 11-8 in the final. It was Bajrang's second successive gold medal at the Asian Games after his triumph in Incheon 2014 in the 61-kg category. But it was a day to forget for veteran star Sushil Kumar as the double Olympic medallist suffered a shock defeat to Adam Batirov of Bahrain in the first contest of