Asian Wrestling C'ships: Sujeet Kalkal injured out in quarterfinal, Chirag exits in first round- Highlights

Up Next: Jointy Kumar Vs Mohammad Mobin Azimi (IRI)

Chirag faces a heavy defeat on technical superiority in his first-round match

Final Score: Chirag 0-10 Almaz Smanbekov (KGZ)

First Up: 57FS - Chirag Vs Almaz Smanbekov (KGZ) at 2:10 PM

U23 World Champion Chirag has a tough first-round encounter in his first senior tournament as he takes on former Asian medalist and third seeded Almaz Smanbekov of Kyrgyzstan.

Chirag will have to showcase his best form to overcome the challenge of Almaz and progress further into the tournament.

Five Indian wrestlers will be in action in the men's freestyle category today

Here is the approximate schedule of the prequarterfinal matches of all the five Indian wrestlers in action:

• 57FS - Chirag Vs Almaz Smanbekov (KGZ) - Mat A 
• 70FS - Vishal Kaliramana Vs Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MG)- Mat C 
• 79FS - Chandermohan Vs Asadbek Karimov (UZB) Mat B 
• 97FS - Jointy Kumar Vs Mohammad Mobin Azimi (IRI) - Mat A
• 65FS - Sujeet Kalkal Vs Abdullah Assaf (PLE) - Mat C

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the men's freestyle action at Asian Championships