It was another successful day for the Indian athletes in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022. Indian women's cricket team reached the finals and assured a strong finish. On the other hand, the Wrestling contingent added another three medals. The experienced Sharath Kamal produced strong performances to assure another two medals in Table Tennis.
Wrestling
Women's Freestyle 53 kg - Nordic
Vinesh Phogat beat Chamodya Keshani of Sri Lanka to win the gold medal.
Men's Freestyle 74 kg semifinal
Naveen beats England's Charlie Bowling
Women's Freestyle 50 kg - Group A
Pooja Gehlot beats Christelle Lemofack Letchidjio of Scotland 12-2 and won the bronze medal
Women's Freestyle 76 kg - Semi-Final
Pooja Sihag lost to Canada's Justina di Stasio
Men's Freestyle 57 kg
Ravi Dahiya beats New Zealand's Suraj Singh to enter the quarter-finals
Ravi Kumar beats Ebikewenimo Welson of Nigeria 10-0 to win the gold medal.
Cricket
Indian Women’s team (164/5) beat England (160/6) by four runs in the semi-finals to reach the Finals.
Athletics:
Men's 3000m Steeplechase
Avinash Mukund Sable won the silver medal.
Women's 4 x 100m Relay
Dutee Chand, Hima Das, Srabani Nanada and Jyothi Yarraji qualified for the finals with a timing of 44.45 seconds.
Badminton
Women’s Singles Quarterfinals.
PV Sindhu defeated Jin Wei Goh of Malaysia 19-21, 21-14, 21-18 and reached the semi-finals
Aakarshi Kashyap lost 10-21, 7-21 to Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland in the quarterfinals.
Men's Singles Quarterfinals
Lakshya Sen beats Julien Georges Paul of Mauritius 21-12, 21-11
Table Tennis
Women's Doubles Quarter-finals
Sreeja Akula/Reeth Tennison lose 14-16, 11-13, 11-6, 8-11 to Wong Xin Ru/Zhou Jingyi of Singapore
Manika Batra/Diya Parag Chitale lost 7-11, 6-11, 13-11, 10-12 to Charlotte Carey/Anna Hursey of Wales and failed to reach the semis.
Men's Singles quarter-final
Achanta Sharath Kamal beats Singapore's Yong Izaac Quek 4-0
Women's Singles
Sreeja Akula lost 6-11, 11-8, 11-6, 9-11, 8-11, 11-8, 10-12 to Tianwei Feng of Singapore in the semi-finals.
Men’s Doubles
Achanta Sharath Kamal/Gnanasekaran Sathiyan beat Nicholas Lum/Finn Luu of Australia 8-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-1, 11-8 to reach the finals.
Mixed Doubles
Achanta Sharath Kamal/Sreeja Akula emerged as the winner against Nicholas Lum/Minhyung Jee of Australia 11-9, 11-8, 9-11, 12-14, 11-7 to reach the finals.
Squash
Men's Doubles Quarter-Final
Velavan Senthilkumar/Abhay Singh lose 8-11, 8-11 to NG Eain Yow/Yuen Chee Wern of Malaysia
Mixed Doubles Semi-Final
Dipika Pallikal/Saurav Ghosal lost 7-11, 4-11 to Joelle King/Paul Coll of New Zealand
Boxing
45kg-48kg (Minimumweight)
Nitu beat Canada's Priyanka Dhillon to enter women’s – FINAL
Women's 50kg (Light Fly)
Nikhat Zareen beats Savannah Alfia Stubley of England 5-0 to reach the finals.
Women's 60kg (Lightweight)
Jaismine settled for a bronze medal after losing 2-3 to Gemma Paige Richardson of England
Lawn Bowls Men's fours
India won a silver medal after getting lost 5-18 to Northern Ireland.