China's dominant approaches have provided them with 1-0 lead over India. Gao Tianyi gave China an early breakthrough as he scored the first goal in just 16 minutes. On the other hand, India is also trying to create an opportunity to equalize the score.
 
Veteran forward Sunil Chettri is leading India in Group A match at the Huanglong Sports Centre Stadium. Thirty-nine-year-old Chettri will also be making it to the record books, joining an elite list of Indian footballers who have led the country at two Asian Games.
 
Next, India will face Bangladesh on Thursday and Myanmar on 24th of this month in their group matches.
 
Asian Games will have 21 participants battling for the podium. Besides India and China, Bangladesh and Myanmar are the other teams in Group A, with the top two sides and four best third-placed teams progressing to the round of 16.