The day of the Opening Ceremony started with Deepika Kumari and the Indian men's archery contingent grabbing the limelight. Kumari grabbed the ninth spot in the women's ranking event, while Pravin Jadhav outlasted Atanu Das and Tarundeep Rai. Jadhav finished ahead of the experienced Das and Rai as India managed ninth-place finishes in both the men's team and mixed team rankings of the Games archery competition at the Yumenoshima Park.

Now it's time to look at the next day's featured events of the Tokyo Olympics:

Shooting (Women's 10m air rifle) (5:00 am IST) - Apurvi Chandela and Elevanil Valarivan

Both Chandela and Elavenil will enter the competition with plenty to look forward to, despite the occasional blips here and there. Three-time ISSF World Cup gold medallist Chandela has endured a bit of rough time in the run up to the Games, having contracted Covid-19 and then testing negative just in time to board the flight for the Indian team's training-cum-competition tour of Croatia. The 21-year-old Elavenil, world number 1 and considered one of the country's finest rifle shooters after some fine performances since breaking into the senior team, will certainly fancy her chances too.

Hockey -- Pool A (Men's) (6:30 am IST) - India vs New Zealand

Ranked fourth in the world, India would be looking to break their over four-decade-long Olympics medal drought. Their last of the eight gold medals came way back in the 1980 Moscow Games. India will play New Zealand in their opener on Saturday and Mandeep said they are geared up for the job ahead. "We are now allowed to interact with other teams. Today was the first day we also got to play on the main competition pitch and no doubt, it is a fantastic stadium. We are eager to play our first match against New Zealand," he said.

Tennis (Men's Singles) (7:30 am) -- Novak Djokovic vs Hugo Dellien

Novak Djokovic will take on Bolivia's Hugo Dellien in the first round on Saturday. The Serb will be aiming for his first ever Olympic gold medal, with an eye on the historic Golden Slam, provided he wins the US Open down this year. Djoker, after winning a bronze in 2008, failed to secure a podium finish in 2012 and 2016. Djokovic is in prime form this year after winning the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon. Taking Djoker down won't be easy.

Tennis (First round) -- (7:30 am IST) Sumit Nagal vs David Istomin

Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal will face Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin in the opening round of the men's singles event at the Tokyo Olympics. Nagal, who qualified for the Games last week after large-scale withdrawals, was pitted against the lower-ranked Uzbek in the draw on Thursday. A first-round win for the 23-year-old Indian, ranked 160, could see him face second-seeded Russia's Daniil Medvedev, who takes on Alexander Bublik in his opening round match.

Table Tennis (Round of 16) ( 8:30 am IST)-- YJ Lin/IC Cheng vs S Achanta/Manika Batra

The world number one duo from Chinese Taipei are a tough challenge for A Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra. The Asian Games bronze-medallists were brilliant in the Olympic qualifiers and ended up winning the competition. However, in the run up to the Olympics, Sharath and Manika got only three sessions to train together before they boarded the flight to Tokyo.

Men's 10m air pistol (Qualification) (9:30 AM) -- Sourabh Chaudhuary & Abhishek Verma

The highly-skilled Saurabh Chaudhary will have a few Olympic and world champions standing in his way to glory at sport's biggest showpiece. Alongside Abhishek Verma, Chaudhary will be part of the first competition day action in the men's 10m air pistol event.

Table Tennis (Women's Singles) (12:15 pm) -- Manika Batra vs Tin-Tin Ho

The unseeded Manika is expected to beat Britain's Tin-Tin Ho in the first round and is drawn to meet 20th seed Margaryta Pestoska in the second. If she manages to win her second match, the 62nd-ranked Indian meets 10th seed Sofia Polcanova from Austria for a place in the pre-quarterfinals.

Weightlifting (49kg) -- Mirabai Chanu (10:20 am)

Former world champion Mirabai Chanu will be in focus for her high medal-winning chances at the Tokyo Olympics as the Indian hopes to exorcise the ghosts of a disappointing Rio Games and write a new chapter in the country's weightlifting history. Competing in the 49kg category, Chanu is being considered a sure shot medal prospect for India as her personal best of 205kg is only second to China's Hou Zhihui's effort of 213kg in the eight-woman field. The hype is similar to the one five years ago in Rio, where Chanu could manage only one lift from her six attempts and thus could not get an overall total in the women's 48kg event. The diminutive Manipuri will desperately hope for a different script this time round, one that involves a podium.

Here are the other events India will be part of:

Equestrian – Individual dressage grand prix day 1

Table tennis – Men’s singles preliminary round – 5:30

Table tennis – Women’s singles preliminary round – 5:30

Archery – Mixed team round of 16 – 6:00 (Pravin Jadav and Deepika Kumari vs Chinese Taipei)

Judo – Women’s 48kg all rounds – 7:30

Rowing – Men’s lightweight double sculls heats – 7:50

Boxing – Women’s welterweight – 8:00

Shooting – Men’s 10m air pistol qualification – 9:30

Archery – Mixed team medal rounds – 10:45

Shooting – Men’s 10m air pistol final – 12:00

Badminton – Men’s doubles -- Chirag Shetty & Satwiksairaj Rankireddy vs Lee Yang & Chi-Lin Wang (Taipei) – 12:20

Badminton – Men’s singles – B. Sai Praneeth vs Misha Zilberman (Israel) – 13:00

Boxing – Men’s welterweight round of 32 – Vikas Krishan vs Sewonrets Quincy Mensah Okazawa – 15:54

Hockey – India Women vs Netherlands – 17.15