CWG 2018 | Day 6: Heena Wins Gold, Women’s Hockey Team in Semis

The day will start once again in the shooting arena with Olympic medallist Gagan Narang and Chain Singh kicking things off in the 50 m rifle prone qualifiers at 4:30 am. The final round is scheduled a few hours later at 8:30 am.

Heena Sidhu, the silver medallist from Sunday, is in action on Tuesday again in the 20m pistol event. The prelims are at 4:30 am and the final will take place at 11 am. Also competing in the event will be Anu Singh.

Both the hockey teams are also in action, with the men playing Malaysia at 5 am and the women taking on South Africa at 3 pm.

Five Indian boxers are also going to be competing on Tuesday, with Manoj Kumar entering the ring at 3:32 pm against Terry Nickolas of Australia.

After the disappointments in the single’s matches, India’s squash players all start their campaigns in the doubles events. Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa are the defending champions in the women’s doubles event.

Important match for India against Malaysia. India need to win this to almost make sure of a semi-final berth. These three points are majorly needed. India have played out a draw against Pakistan and then that thrilling 4-3 win over Wales. They are on four points and would advance to seven if they win against Malaysia today.

The Indian pair of Gagan Narang and Chain Singh qualified for the 50m rifle prone final by finishing third and sixth respectively in the qualifying round.

34-year-old Gagan Narang, who has eight Commonwealth Games gold since 2006, had a total of 617.0 points from the six series. His best was in the second series when he tallied 104.8 while the final series of 100.8 brought him down to third place.

Gagan’s 29-year-old teammate Chain Singh totaled 613.7, after starting with a series of 104.3 and 104.2 but ending with an unexplainable 99.4.

The final will be shot from 8.30 a.m. IST

India’s Harmanpreet Singh converts team’s eighth penalty corner to give India the lead. Malaysian goalkeeper had no clue about it as the ball hit the top right corner of the net. India 2-1 Malaysia.

India beat Malaysia 2-1 in their third Pool B encounter to qualify for the semi-finals. Harmanpreet scored both goals for India as Malaysia went down fighting. The defender scored the first goal from a penalty corner within three minutes. Malaysia caught India napping as Faizal Saari scores from a one-on-one situation with Sreejesh at the start of the second quarter. Harmanpreet scored India’s second again from a penalty corner in the 44th minute.

India will now face England in their last Pool B encounter, which India need to win to avoid a potential semi-final clash with host Australia.

Annu Raj Singh and Heena Sindhu are through to the women’s 25m pistol final after they finished second (584 points) and third (579) respectively in the qualification round behind Singapore’s Xiu Hong.

34-year-old shooter Annu Raj Singh had the best score of 293 in the precision series, while Heena Sidhu finished with 286 and was left with some work to do in the rapid-fire series. Heena scored 293, including two successive 99s in the rapid series.

The final will be held at 11 am IST.

India’s Dharun Ayyasamy finishes 5th in his semi-final of 400 m hurdle with a time of 49.85, fails to book a spot in the final.

India's squash doubles pair of Joshna Chinappa-Dipika Pallikal have won their opening Pool C match against Pakistan's Faiza Zafar and Madina Zafar. The Indian duo won 10-11, 11-0, 11-1.

Olympic medallist Gagan Narang finishes seventh in the 50 m rifle prone finals with a score of 142.3. The other Indian in the fray, Chain Singh is currently at the fourth place.

India’s campaign in the 50 metre rifle prone event doesn’t garner any medal. Chain Singh finishes fourth with a score of 204.8.

Amit Phangal is assured of a medal after defeating Scotland’s Aqeel Ahmed 4-1 in the quarter-finals of the 46-49 kg category.

Dipika Pallikal/Saurav Ghosal thrash Guyana’s Mary Fung-A-Fat/Jason-Ray Khalil 11-3, 11-3 in Pool E match.

Boxer Naman Tanwar is assured of a medal (91 kg category) after beating Samoa’s Frank Masoe 5-0 in quarters.

Heena Sidhu is currently leading with a score of 27 in the 25 m pistol finals. There are four shooters left in the fray.

India’s Annu Singh finished sixth with a score of 15.

Heena Sidhu has won her second medal of the ongoing Commonwealth Games with a gold-medal in the women’s 25m pistol final. Her score of 38 in the final is also a new Commonwealth Games record.

Australian Elena Galiabovitch finished second in the event.

India’s Maitreyee Sarkar loses 3-11, 1-11, 3-11 in the Women's TT6-10 singles match against Australia’s Melissa Tapper.

Both teams maintaining a strong defensive wall as the first two quarters end with the score tied at 0-0.

Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal hammered Pakistan's Madina Zafar and Tayyab Aslam 2-0 in a Pool E match. The Indian pair hardly lost any sweat to outclass their opponents 11-2, 11-3 in merely 13 minutes.

13 minutes left to full time and Rani Rampal has got India on the board. Vandana with the clean pass and the skipper doesn't get it wrong. A swift move and the keeper is beaten with ease. India lead 1-0.

1-0 to India at full time and India finish the group stage placed second in Pool A with nine points. They are now also through to the semi-finals.

Both top-placed England and India have the same number of points but England finish ahead on goal difference.

Third-placed South Africa have four points with a match left. They will meet fourth-placed Wales, who have three points.

India's para-lifter Sachin Chaudhary settled for the bronze in men's heavyweight category after lifting a combined weight of 181. Nigeria's Abdulazeez Ibrahim won the gold with 191.9 points while the silver went to Malaysia's Yee Khie Jong (188.7).

In his first two attempts, Sachin failed to lift 201 kg but he did it in the final attempt to finish in the top-three.

Manoj Kumar (69kg) has become the fourth Indian boxer to assure himself of a medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Earlier today, Amit Panghal (49kg), Mohammed Hussamuddin (56kg) and the 19-year-old Naman Tanwar (91kg) all also reached the semis.

Amit defeated Scotland's Aqeel Ahmed in a split 4-1 verdict. The 19-year-old Naman, on the other hand, hammered Samoa's Frank Masoe 5-0 in his quarterfinal clash to move into the medal round.

Indian runner Muhammed Anas Yahiya fell just short of the podium in the 400m final, coming in fourth behind Botswana’s Isaac Makwala and Baboloki Thebe and Jamaica’s Javon Francis.

The 45.31 clocked by Anas though is a new national record in the event.

On Monday, Anas had finished first in his semi-final with a time of 45.44 sec.