Shooter Deepak Kumar fought valliantly to earn India its third medal, a silver, in the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. India had two shooters in the final round of the Men's 10m Air Rifle Final on Monday. Both Ravi Kumar and Deepak were in fine form with the former finishing in fourth place. Deepak, though, went further and brought home a richly-deserved silver medal.

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Wrestler Bajrang Punia clinched India's first gold medal in the 18th Asian Games after defeating Takatani Daichi of Japan in the men's 65 kg freestyle title bout on Sunday. Bajrang, 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.

Earlier, India opened its account in the 18th Asian Games with a bronze medal. Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar cracked under pressure to finish third in the rifle mixed team shooting event on Sunday.

China, as expected, are leading the medals tally ahead of Korea and hosts Indonesia.

Here's latest medal tally at Asian Games 2018

Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Medals
1 China 9 5 4 18
2 Japan 3 6 5 14
3 S Korea 2 3 6 11
4 Iran 2 2 1 5
5 Indonesia 2 1 0 3
6 Kazakhstan 1 1 2 4
6 Uzbekistan 1 1 2 4
8 India 1 1 1 3
9 Chinese Taipei 1 0 4 5
10 Mongolia 1 0 1 2
10 Thailand 1 0 1 2
12 Hong Kong, China 0 1 2 3
13 Kyrgyzstan 0 1 0 1
13 Lebanon 0 1 0 1
13 DPR Korea 0 1 0 1
16 Philippines 0 0 3 3
17 Vietnam 0 0 2 2

The medal tally was updated last at 10 am IST on Monday, August 20.