Mumbai, July 25 -- Para powerlifter Ashok Malik finished fourth in the men's lightweight category, even as India's boxing campaign got off to a winning start at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Glasgow on Friday. Ashok, the 2024 Paris Paralympian from Sonipat, finished just outside the podium with a total of 143.8 points, behind England's Mark Swan (153.9 points), Nigeria's Roland Ezruike (153.9) and Malaysia's Bonnie Bunyau Gustin (153.5). The Indian successfully attempted 195kg and 200kg, but couldn't lift 205kg for his third attempt. Ashok was struck with polio at age five. He was inspired to take up a sport while watching the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi as a college student. Soon, he got into powerlifting. Despite the loss of his father in 2020, he did not deter from his sporting aspirations, and won bronze at the Hangzhou Asian Para Games in 2023. Another Indian, Parmjeet Kumar, finished sixth in the same event with 135.6 points. In the women's lightweight category, Jaspreet Kaur finished sixth with 96.4 points while Suman Devi was seventh with 88.4 points. Later, Jadumani Singh packed in a good first punch for India's boxing campaign, winning against local hope Aaron Cullen of Scotland 5-0 by unanimous decision in the men's 55kg Round of 32 bout. Jadumani was quicker and more attacking than his opponent in the first round. Even though the crowd favourite stepped up slightly in the second, all the judges gave the Indian the upper hand in the contest. The Indian set up a clash with Pakistan's Samama Rehman Butt on Sunday for a place in the quarter-final. Butt received a bye in his opening round, and the bout should be a cracking contest between the pugilists from the two rival nations. In the pool, Srihari Nataraj did just about enough to progress from the men's 50m backstroke heats and qualify for the semi-finals. The ace Indian swimmer clocked 25.52 seconds to be placed joint 14th overall, and fifth in his heat 4. Srihari had a creditable Commonwealth Games outing four years ago in Birmingham, where he made the finals of the 50m backstroke (finished 5th) and 100m backstroke (finished 7th) apart from bettering his own national record in the 200m backstroke. In para swimming, RVVBK Budigina and Imam Ali finished 3rd (57.10s) and 8th (1:05.32s), respectively, in their men's 100m freestyle S13 heats. All eight swimmers from the single heats qualified for the final. Putul Sonowal, who made a bright start for India in bowls on the opening day, pulled off another challenging tiebreak victory in his second men's singles Section D match. Sonowal beat Cecil Alexander of Falkland Islands 7-5, 6-8 (1-0) to remain in good position to advance to the next stage in singles. The Commonwealth Games debutant had upset reigning world outdoor champion Ryan Bester in his first outing on Thursday. The Indian women's pair of Pinki and Rupa Rani Tirkey dished out a much more clinical performance in their second round Section B match, brushing aside South Africa 2-0 (6-4, 7-5). They overcame some nervy moments against South Africa in the second set but ensured that, unlike against Malta on the opening day, they did not take matters to a tiebreak....