Pranab-Shibhnath pair wins bridge gold for India in Asian Games

The 60-year-old Pranab and 56-year-old Shibhnath finished finished in pole position with 384 points.

The 2018 Asian Games marks the first time the sporting discipline of bridge was introduced to the competition. (representational image)

India won a gold medal in the bridge competition of the 18th Asian Games with Pranab Bardhan and Shibhnath Sarkar clinching the top honours in the men’s pair event, here on Saturday.

The 60-year-old Pranab and 56-year-old Shibhnath finished at the top after scoring 384 points in the finals.

The Chinese pair of Lixin Yang and Gang Chen won the silver with a score of 378 and the Indonesian combination of Henky Lasut and Freddy Eddy Manoppo bagged the bronze scoring 374 here.

Another Indian pair of Sumit Mukherjee and Debabrata Majumder finished at the ninth place with a score of 333.