Gaurav Chauhan who plays in 91 kg category assure himself atleast an Bronze after being the only Indian boxer to register a victory on the opening day of the President's Cup in Astana, kazakhstan.
Gaurav defeated the local player Kazakhstan's Erkin in the quarterfinal to make the last-four stage.
However, it was curtains for Deepak Singh (52 kg) & Praveen kumar as they lost their bouts to thei respective opponents in the opening round.
National champion Deepak went down to Kyrgyzstan's Musaev while Parveen lost to local favourite Nurbolat Sermakhanov.
The tournament features both men's and women's competition with close to 150 boxers vying for the top honours.