New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- Two silver medals, a hockey goal-fest, a cricket century, a historic MMA medal and winning starts across the courts - India's Asian Games campaign burst into life on Sunday with a day of action that stretched from the shooting range to the hockey turf and combat arena.
The first medals came from shooting, where Elavenil Valarivan became the standout figure of India's opening day. She first teamed up with Sonam Uttam Maskar and Games debutant Vidarsa K Vinod to claim silver in the women's 10m air rifle team event and then returned to win another silver in the individual competition.
Valarivan, who had gone without a podium finish in her previous two Asian Games appearances, came agonisingly close to gold. She shot 25...