India's [ Images ] Akhil Kumar [ Images ] claimed a Commonwealth Games [ Images ] gold medal on his debut appearance as he won the Bantamweight 54 kg final in Melbourne [ Images ] on Saturday.

Kumar beat Louis Richard Bruno Julie of Mauritius 20:12 in the final bout.

Harpreet Singh and Vijender [ Images ] though had to be content with a silver medals in their respective categories.

Harpreet went down 10:25 in the 91 kg final to local favourite Bradley Michael Pitt at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre while Vijender lost the Welterweight 69 kg 33:26 to Bongani Mwelase of South Africa [ Images ].