The Indian team picked up its first medals in the World Para Athletics Championships with high jumper Nishad Kumar and 200m runner Preethi Pal winning a silver and bronze respectively at Kobe in Japan on Sunday. Kumar, a Tokyo Paralympics silver medallist, cleared 1.99m to finish second in the men's T47 high jump final and pick up India's first medal on the third day of competitions. American Roderick Townsend won the gold with a jump of 2.05m. Another Indian in the fray, Ram Pal finished sixth with his season's best performance of 1.90m.