Asian Games 2023 HIGHLIGHTS, September 21: India beats Bangladesh football team 1-0; India Women lose to Chinese Taipei 1-2

That will be it for today. But do come back tomorrow for more live action.

Disciplines that Indians will take part on September 22: Volleyball, Rowing, Sailing, Modern Pentathlon and table tennis

Dennerby’s side slumps to a gruelling loss but will be happy nonetheless for the type of performance they’ve displayed.

Both teams are yet to open their account after 26 minutes have elapsed.

• Men’s Windsurfing - iQFoil, Race 4: Jerome (8 race points)
• Men’s Skiff - 49er, Race 3: GanaVarun (4 race points)
• Boy’s Dinghy - ILCA4, Race 2: Adhvait (6 race points)
• Women’s Skiff - 49erFX, Race 3: Harshita-Shital (3 race points)
• Girl’s Dinghy - ILCA4, Race 2: Neha (3 race points)
• Women’s Single Dinghy - ILCA6, Race 2: Nethra (4 race points)
• Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17, Race 3: Siddeshwar Indar Doiphode-Ramya Srinivasan (3 race points)
• Women’s Windsurfer RS:X - RS:X, Race 3: Ishwariya Ganesh (DNF)
• Men’s Dinghy - ILCA7, Race 2: Vishnu (5 race points)
• Men’s Kite - IKA Formula Kite, Race 4: Chitresh (7 race points)

There goes the whistle and it will be the end of the road for Bangladesh.

An additional four minutes to be played!

Sunil Chhetri nets it in from the spot after the Bangladesh captain pulls off a mindless tackle inside the box.

OUT: Chinglensana IN: Narender; OUT: Ayush IN: Barretto

Lalchungnunga and Murad have a heated exchange, and the latter comes crashing down at the faintest of touches. The ref sees through the theatrics and only awards a throw-in for BAN.

An hour into the game and it remains goalless. India badly needs a breakthrough, for it’s a knockout fixture. A loss here will draw the curtains on the Blue Tigers’ campaign in Hangzhou.

Bangladesh gets the ball rolling...

The Bangladesh team will do well to thank Mitul back in the tunnel. It is for that one man that the side still finds itself alive in this contest.

Three superhuman saves from Mitul have the Bangladesh fans sighing in relief! Chhetri, Rahul KP and Anjukandan have a shy at the goal but somehow Mitul always found a way to ward off the impending danger.

Three minutes have been added on.

Jayed Ahmed gets away with a yellow card for a very rash tackle on Bryce Miranda.

A tricky through ball for Jony is tactfully cleared by Sandesh Jhingan.

Rohit Danu feeds Rahul KP at the edge of the box, who finds Chhetri lurking inside. Bangladesh struggles but the ball is ultimately cleared. Corner awarded to India.

Bryce Miranda initiates an attack on the left flank. Marma with a timely interception.

While this blog keeps you updated with periodic information from all the disciplines, my colleague Nigamanth P will be live blogging the men’s IND vs BAN football match. Do not miss the live football blog; click here.

Even just a month before the Asian Games, when the All India Football Federation (AIFF) announced a strong squad for the tournament, it was hard to envisage the Indian men’s team’s chances of going all the way here in Hangzhou.

But with a ‘third or fourth choice’ team’ in his own words, head coach Igor Stimac has his task cut out to get the team out of the group stages and into the knockouts.

In the opening 1-5 defeat to China, Stimac had only 17 players – five players were yet to fly out to Hangzhou – to choose from, which included three goalkeepers.

And, among the five, only Narender Gahlot, Gurkirat Singh and Aniket Jadhav are expected to join the group in the early hours of the matchday.

Despite the depleted squad, India will be expected to overcome Bangladesh and Myanmar in its next two group outings, starting with a match against the former at the Xiaoshan Sports Centre stadium on Thursday.

Bangladesh suffered a 0-1 loss to Myanmar on the opening day.

Stimac will take positives from several new faces including Gurmeet Singh, Lalchungnunga, Ayush Dev Chhetri, Sumit Rathi, Bryce Miranda and Abdul Anjukandan experiencing international football on a big stage. While Gurmeet had five goals against his name, he could come away with some credit with the number of saves he made in the game, his debut for team India.

Winger Rahul KP scored a goal to pull India level at half-time for a team which was put together in the eleventh hour.

-Aashin Prasad

India: Dheeraj Singh, Lalchungnunga, Chinglensana Singh, Sandesh Jhingan, Ayush Chhetri, Amarjit Singh Kiyam, Rahul KP, Sunil Chhetri, Bryce Miranda, Abdul Anjukandan, Rohit Danu

Bangladesh: Mitul Marma, Mojibor Rahman Jony, Hasan Murad, Md Ridoy, Rabiul Hasan, Suman Reza, Foysal Ahmed Fahim, Isa Faysal, Jayed Ahmed, Rahmat Mia, Sakil Hossain

• Women’s Single Dinghy - ILCA6, Race 1: Nethra Kumanan (2 race points)
• Men’s Windsurfer RS:X - RS:X, Race 1: Eabad Ali (3 race points)
• Men’s Kite - IKA Formula Kite, Race 2: Chitresh Tatha (7 race points)
• Men’s Dinghy - ILCA7, Race 1: Vishnu Saravanan (1 race point)

1. Harshita-Shital bag three points from race 3 in women’s skiff - 49erFX.
2. Neha is third after Girl’s Dinghy - ILCA4 race 2.
3. Jerome comes eighth in men’s windsurfing iQFoil - race 4.
4. GanaVarun pick four race points from the third men’s skiff - 49er race.

ROWING

1 PM: Men’s Quadruple Sculls Repechage 1- Satnam Singh, Parminder Singh, Jakar Khan, Sukhmeet Singh

SAILING

11:30 AM onwards

Women’s Single Dinghy - ILCA6- Nethra Kumanan

Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17- Siddeshwar, Ramya Saravanan

Men’s Windsurfer RS:X - RS:X- Eabad Ali

11:34 AM

Men’s Kite - IKA Formula Kite- Chitresh Tatha

11:40 AM

Men’s Dinghy - ILCA7- Vishnu Saravanan

Women’s Windsurfer RS:X - RS:X- Ishwariya Ganesh

FOOTBALL

1:30 PM: Men’s Group stage- India vs Bangladesh

5 PM: Women’s Group stage- India vs Chinese Taipei

• Men’s Skiff - 49er: Thakkar-Chengappa third after Race 2
• Mixed Dingh - 470: Preethi-Sudhanshu fourth after Race 2
• Women’s Skiff - 49erFX: Harshita Tomar-Shital Verma second after Race 2
• Girl’s Dinghy - ILCA4: Neha Thakur third after race 1

Jerome Savarimuthu sixth at Marks 1 and 4s-4p, eventually finishes fifth after race 2 in men’s windsurfing iQFoil.

Adhvait Menon momentarily slipped past Oman’s Abdul Latif Zyad Al Qasmi at Mark 2. However, he let go of the fourth place to eventually finish a rung lower in Boy’s Dinghy - ILCA4.

Preethi Kongara (helm) and Sudhanshu Shekhar (crew), in mixed dinghy - 470, who were sixth at Mark 1, improved from 4s-4p to move to fifth.

Ganapathy Chengappa and Varun Thakkar finish eight in men’s skiff - 49er race 1. Korea’s Kim Kyoungduk and Bae Sangwoo top the field.

In men’s windsurfing iQFoil, Jerome Kumar Savarimuthu finishes eighth, three minutes 50 seconds off leader Bi Kun (CHN).

Oh no! The covers have started to come on. There will be another stoppage.

A full toss to start off the last over, and Richa has swung hard at this one. It looked like a maximum the moment it came off the blade; even the fielder signalled the same when the ball hit the ground. But the third umpire, after referring to video replays, rules it a four. There is no room for any doubt after the second delivery though, as the ball disappears over deep midwicket. Two successive fours to extra cover and mid-on follow. 20 runs off the over.

Jemimah, beaten fair and square, just about survives a stumping scare! A full split keeps her in the game. Ouch! Jemimah’s shot hits Shafali on the wrist at the non-striker’s end. There is a brief stoppage in play as the physio tends to the injury. By the way, it has started drizzling again! Shafali gets a lifeline as the fielder at deep midwicket seemed to have no clue as to where the ball was landing. Meanwhile, off the very next delivery Shafali has been trapped plumb in front of the sticks. Looked middle of middle, if you ask me. Richa Ghosh saunters in. Shafali Verma lbw b Mas Elysa 67(39)

Malaysia is sending in quite a few freebies in the form of full tosses, and Shafali is doling out... well, the appropriate treatment. As another maximum clatters into the practice pitch outside the ground, Shafali walks over to Jemimah in the middle of the pitch with a wicked smile pasted on her lips. The opening batter gets her fifty - her first in 10 matches - even as India’s score gets into the three digits..

Shafali with back-to-back boundaries! Bowler Nur Dania Syuhada can only look on as the India opener continues to target the midwicket area. Cheeky! Jemimah guides a delivery past the wicketkeeper and down to third man. The ball, however, doesn’t have the legs to make it to the fence.

Ismail completes the over, and in turn, the Powerplay also comes to an end. India’s score reads 62/1 with Shafali and Jemimah looking to accelerate now that it is a 15-over contest.

According to the official broadcaster, the cricket game may commence in the next 10 minutes. Five overs per side are set to be lost.

While this blog keeps you updated with periodic information from all the disciplines, my colleague Abhishek Saini has been tapping away at the keyboard since the IND vs MAS cricket game began. Do not miss the live cricket blog; click here.

Meanwhile, India has got another FA beside its name on the roster. The Singhs, Satnam (bow) and Parminder, top the leaderboard with a timing of 6:48.06. Iraq (also marked an FA finish), Hong Kong China, Sri Lanka and Kuwait were the others in the field.

Since India is placed way higher (4th in comparison to Malaysia’s 27th) in the T20I rankings, it would sail through to the next round.

Seems like Aashin has already started missing Chintadripet’s subway snacks in China.

• India (FA) - 6:55.78
• Japan (FA) - 7:05.91
• Philippines (FB) - 7:10.97
• Pakistan (FB) - 7:13.99
• Saudi Arabia (FB) - 7:28.44

The men’s lightweight double sculls duo have made the Final A, topping Repechage 1. Arjun Lal Jat (Bow) and Arvind Singh (Stroke) jumped into an early lead and never let go of it until the finish.

Timing breakup (Distance - Time - Position):

And quite in line with the forecast... the weather gods have intervened! The covers are being called for.

Smriti Mandhana holes out to Ainna Hamizah Hashim at backward point. A short ball and Mandhana, looking to pull, ends up getting a big, fat edge. Mandhana c Ainna Hamizah Hashim b Mahirah Izzati Ismail 27(16)

India is out of medal contention as it enters Final B alongside Thailand (third) with a fourth-place finish in the Repechage. Its final timing of 8:01.80 doesn’t hold a candle to top-placed Japan’s 7:39.43.

Japan and Hong Kong China will feature in Final A.

The teams have rowed a kilometre more since the last update, but there has been no change in standings on the leaderboard. Japan (5:43.94) continues to lead the pack, followed by Hong Kong China (5:45.87), Thailand (5:53.25) and India (6:00.88).

Kiran and Anshika cross the 500m mark in 1:56.32, 4.64 seconds behind leader Japan.

India’s Kiran (Bow) and Anshika Bharti (Stroke) are competing on Lane 2 at the women’s Light-weight Double Sculls Repechage 2.

Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana will be hoping to shatter a few records as India goes up against an unheralded Malaysian outfit today.

India Women: Smriti Mandhana (c), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Kanika Ahuja, Richa Ghosh (w), Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, Amanjot Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar, Minnu Mani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

Malaysia Women: Ainna Hamizah Hashim, Winifred Duraisingam (c), Mas Elysa, Wan Julia (w), Mahirah Izzati Ismail, Aina Najwa, Wan Nor Zulaika, Nur Arianna Natsya, Aisya Eleesa, Nur Dania Syuhada, Nik Nur Atiela

India Women: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Devika Vaidya, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Richa Ghosh (w), Deepti Sharma, Minnu Mani, Kanika Ahuja, Amanjot Kaur, Uma Chetry, Bareddy Anusha, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Titas Sadhu

Malaysia Women: Ainna Hamizah Hashim, Winifred Duraisingam (c), Mas Elysa, Wan Julia (w), Mahirah Izzati Ismail, Aina Najwa, Jamahidaya Intan, Nur Arianna Natsya, Aisya Eleesa, Nur Dania Syuhada, Nik Nur Atiela, Musfirah Nur Ainaa, Ainur Amelina, Dhanusri Muhunan, Wan Nor Zulaika

There are predictions of light showers throughout the day. One can only hope it doesn’t result in a curtailed game.

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Here are all the events Indians will be participating on September 21 in Hangzhou (Timings in IST)

CRICKET

6:30 AM: Women’s Quarterfinal- India vs Malaysia

ROWING

6:40 AM: Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls Repechage 2 - Kiran, Anshika Bharati

6:50 AM: Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls Repechage 1- Arjun Lal Jat, Arvind Singh

7:20 AM: Men’s Double Sculls Repechage 1- Satnam Singh, Parminder Singh

1 PM: Men’s Quadruple Sculls Repechage 1- Satnam Singh, Parminder Singh, Jakar Khan, Sukhmeet Singh

SAILING

8:30 AM onwards

Men’s Windsurfing - iQFoil - Jerome Kumar

Men’s Skiff - 49er- K C Ganapathy, Varun

Mixed Dinghy - 470- Kongara Preethi, Sudhanshu Shekhar

Boy’s Dinghy - ILCA4- Adhvait Menon

8:40 AM onwards

Women’s Skiff - 49erFX- Harshita Tomar, Shital Verma

Girl’s Dinghy - ILCA4- Neha Thakur

11:30 AM onwards

Women’s Single Dinghy - ILCA6- Nethra Kumanan

Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17- Siddeshwar, Ramya Saravanan

Men’s Windsurfer RS:X - RS:X- Eabad Ali

11:34 AM

Men’s Kite - IKA Formula Kite- Chitresh Tatha

11:40 AM

Men’s Dinghy - ILCA7- Vishnu Saravanan

Women’s Windsurfer RS:X - RS:X- Ishwariya Ganesh

FOOTBALL

1:30 PM: Men’s Group stage- India vs Bangladesh

5 PM: Women’s Group stage- India vs Chinese Taipei

The Asian Games events will be streaming live on SonyLIV. It will also be broadcast live on the Sony Sports Network.