Asian Games 2018: Twitter salutes Bajrang Punia for winning India's first gold medal

Twitter was in awe of wrestler Bajrang Punia, who won the first gold medal for India at the ongoing 18th Asian Games in Jakarta on Sunday. Punia clinched the medal after defeating Takatani Daichi of Japan in the men's 65 kg freestyle title bout.

Many celebrities took to the micro-blogging site to congratulate Punia for his ‘golden glory’.

Wah ! @BajrangPunia . So proud of you for making us proud. Congratulations for the Gold and for fulfilling your promise of winning one. Shaabash ! #AsianGame2018 pic.twitter.com/RjxFhwqUCj

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 19, 2018

Wrestler @BajrangPunia wins India's first gold medal at the #AsianGames2018. Many congratulations Bajrang, a great final bout, you have made all of #India very proud. #GoForGold pic.twitter.com/mHIvRNEVpX

— Vijay Kumar Singh (@Gen_VKSingh) August 19, 2018

Congratulations to Bajrang Punia for winning India's first gold medal at the #AsianGames2018 We are all very proud of you

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) August 19, 2018

Congratulations for Asian Gold. Work hard for Olympic Gold. @BajrangPunia

— Ashok Khemka (@AshokKhemka_IAS) August 19, 2018

Congratulations dear @BajrangPunia for bringing Golden Glory to Mother India. We all are proud of you! https://t.co/6W2p6qfzFu

— Maheish Girri (@MaheishGirri) August 19, 2018

Punia, who came into the Asian Games as favourite to win the gold in this category, beat his Japanese opponent 11-8 in the final bout.

The 24-year-old Indian had won three consecutive gold medals -- CWG (Gold Coast), Tbilisi Grand Prix (Georgia) and Yasar Dogu International (Istanbul) -- ahead of the Asian Games.

En route to his gold medal bout, Bajrang defeated Khasanov Sirojiddin (Uzbekistan), Fayziev Abdulqosim (Tajikistan) and Batchuluun Batmagnai (Mongolia).

(With inputs from PTI)