Superstar grappler Sushil Kumar, 35, became India's first major upset of the Asian Games here when the country's only two-time individual Olympic medal-winner went down 0-2 in the first round of the 74kg category wrestling bout to Bahrain's Adam Batirov, 33, yesterday.

However, the loss notwithstanding, it's the manner in which it came about that stunned the near-packed Jakarta Convention Centre Assembly Hall here where many of whom were rooting for the Indian. Sushil began with a two-point lead, but was soon penalised a point for rapping his opponent on the head.