Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday lauded the Indian contingent at the Hangzhou Asian Games for achieving the 100-medal mark and said it is the new beginning of a sporting journey to achieve newer heights of success
India's rising young batter Tilak Varma who played a pivotal role in the 'Men in Blue's' journey to gold was unable to express the emotions that he went through after their success in the 19th Asian Games.
"I congratulate the players because our overall performance has been good... We have won 5 medals in wrestling and all of them are bronze. One of our players is going to be in the finals which means that a silver is assured... But I think that these bronze medals should have been gold," Brij
The Indian pair defeated South Korea's Solgyu Choi and Wonho Kim 21-18, 21-16 in 57 minutes to become the first-ever Indian badminton pair to win gold at the Asian Games.
The Indian men's cricket team won gold in their first Asian Games campaign after the final was called off due to persistent rain with Afghanistan having batted for 18.2 overs.
Hockey India announced a cash reward of Rs 3 lakh to each player of the Indian women's hockey team following their bronze medal triumph in the Asian Games on Saturday.