Shakhzod nurmatov

With Arjun Lal Jat:  India's Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh bagged a silver medal in the Lightweight Men's Double Sculls rowing competition on Sunday, giving a good start to the country's campaign for excellence in Hangzhou.

Indian rowers have made it to nine finals in Hangzhou and the Olympian rowers duo of Arjun and Arvind came up with a fine performance to bag India's first medal in the 19th Asian Games.

Arvind and Arjun completed the course in a timing of 6 minutes 28.18 seconds as they finished behind the Chinese duo -- Junje Fan and Man Sun, who completed the course in 6:23.16. Uzbekistan's Shakhzod Nurmatov and Sobirjon Safaroumov won the bronze medal in 6:32.47.