CWG 2022 Day 5 Highlights: Gold in Lawn Bowls, TT; IND lose Badminton final

Commonwealth Games Day 5 Highlights: India won a total of four medals on the 5th day with a historic first gold in Lawn Bowls. It won Men's TT final but lost in Badminton Mixed Team. Vikas won silver

2:25 AM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: This is how the fifth day ended for India

 

The Indian contingent won a total of four medals on the fifth day of Commonwealth Games 2022 with a historic first gold in Lawn Bowls. India won the gold in the Women's Fours category of Lawn Bowls where the first-time finalists defeated experienced South Africa by a huge margin of 17-10.

 

The Indian Men's Table Tennis team continued its golden period as it won a record third gold medal by defending its title once again. It beat Singapore 3-1 in the final. Vikas Kumar also won a very important silver medal for the nation in Weightlifting where Punam Yadav and Usha Bannur finished without any medal to their names. 

 

The Indian Mixed Badminton team could not defend the gold medal that it had won in 2018 as it lost to Malaysia in the final 1-3. The only match India could win came courtesy of PV Sindhu. The loss of Kidambi Srikanth against a much lower-ranked opponent was shocking. 

 

More shock came India's way as the Women's hockey team coukld convert only one out of the nine penalty corners it got and eventually lost to England 1-3. India's poster boy in Squash Saurav Ghosal was no match to world number two New Zealand's Paul Coll as he lost in straight sets to bowl out of the semi-final of the Men's Singles competition, he will now fight for the bronze medal. 

 

Indian athletes also disappointed mostly with Dutee Chand failing to qualify for the Women's 100 M semi-final and Seema Punia and Navjeet Kaur finishing a lowly fifth and ninth in the Women's Discuss Throw final. The qualification of Murali Sreeshankar and Md Anees Yahaya in the Men's Long Jump was a breath of fresh air. Manpreet Kaur also qualified for Women's Shot Put by finishing seventh overall.  

 

2:09 AM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: India bow out of Women’s Discuss Throw medal contention

 

India’s Seema Punia and Navjeet Kaur bowed out of the Women’s Discuss Throw Final of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. In the Final, Punia could only throw a best of 55.92 which was her second throw and which could only help her finish fifth, well out of the medal contention. 

 

Navjeet, who had won the bronze medal in the same event in the last Commonwealth Games could muster a meek throw of  53.51, well below her personal best of 59 to finish 8th in the competition which was won by Nigeria with a throw of 61.70, which is less than Seema’s Personal Best of 64 Meters. 

 

2:01 AM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: Badminton gold medal match, Tressa Jolly Gayatri fight, but India lose

 

The Indian team was unable to defend its gold medal in the Mixed Team Badminton event after it lost 1-3 to Malaysia. The most shocking defeat was of Kidambi Srikanth in Men’s Singles who lost to a much lower ranked Malaysian opponent 1-2. PV Sindhu was the only Indian shuttler to win her tie. 

 

India was favoured to win three of the five ties. Both the Singles were in favour of India ranking wise and the Men’s Doubles pair of India is equally ranked with the Malaysian Doubles pair in the world. But not only Srikanth, but even the Doubles pair of Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost their match in straight sets. 

 

In the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, India defeated Malaysia 3-1. 

 

1:45 AM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: Seema Punia falls out of the modal race after the fourth throw

Women's Discuss Throw Final in CWG 2022. Photo: (Screengrab/ CWG Website)

1:35 AM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: Badminton gold medal match, India lose first game in Women’s Doubles

1:30 AM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: Seema Punia in 3rd position after three throws in Women’s Discuss

 

Two Indians Seema Punia and Navjeet Kaur are taking part in the Women’s Discuss Throw final at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and after the end of the first three throws, Seema is in bronze medal position with a throw of 55.92 M, which is far lower than her Personal Best of 64 Metre. Navjeet on the other hand is in the seventh position with a best throw of 53.14 M

 

1:10 AM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: Badminton gold medal match, India’s Women’s Doubles pair up next

1:09 AM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: Badminton gold medal match, India now need a miracle to win gold

1:08 AM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: Badminton gold medal match, shocking defeat for Srikanth

 

India faced a shocking defeat in the Men’s Singles tie of the Mixed team final event against Malaysia in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022. India’s Kidambi Srikanth was tipped to win the match easily against much lower-ranked Malaysian Tze Yong Ng. He lost 19-21, 21-6 and 16-21. 

 

India now trail 1-2 in the gold medal match. PV Sindhu is the only Indian to win her match. The Men’s Doubles pair of Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also lost their match. 

 

1:01 AM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: India’s Usha Bannur finishes 6th in Women’s 87 kg Weightlifting

 

India’s Weightlifter Usha Bannur finished sixth in the Women’s 87 kg category of the event in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. She lifted 95 kg in Snatch and 110 kg in Clean and Jerk after missing out on her last two attempts of 116 kg. In total, she lifted 205 kg 

 

12:55 AM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: Rohit Tokas advances to Quarterfinals in Boxing

11:49 PM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: Badminton gold medal match, PV Sindhu equalises for India with win

11:40 PM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: Rohit Tokas will be in action soon in Boxing

11:31 PM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: Catch Usha Bannur in Women’s 87 kg Weightlifting Final right now

11:30 PM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: Latest Updates from Lawn Bowls

11:29 PM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: Badminton gold medal match, Sindhu struggles but wins first set

11:12 PM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: Badminton gold medal match, tough road for India

 

For India to win the Mixed Team final, it needed to win the Men’s Doubles rubber as that was the only rubber where the competition between the Malaysian and Indian players was somewhat similar with the Malaysian players ranked sixth in the world and Indians seventh. 

 

In the Women’s Doubles and the Mixed Doubles, Malaysia’s second-best are also better than the best India has to offer. Therefore, only a miracle can now give India the gold in this event. And miracles do happen sometimes. 

 

10:52 PM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: Badminton gold match, India lose the Men’s Doubles rubber

 

The Indian Mixed team suffered its first ever defeat as the Men’s Doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj and Chirag Shetty lost against their Maylasyin counterpart in straight sets 0-2. India would look to bounce back in Women’s Singles when PV Sindhu will take on Jin Wei Goh in the next match. 

 

10:50 PM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: Badminton gold match, India lose the first set in Doubles rubber

10:25 PM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: Indian Women’s cricket team cheered on the Women’s hockey team

10:08 PM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: Saurav Ghosal crashes out of Squash Semis

 

Saurav Ghosal, the only hope of a medal in the Squash Singles competition, lost in the Semi-Final to New Zealand’s Paul Coll in three straight sets. Ghosal was somewhat competitive in the first set, stretching his Kiwi opponent to 9-11, but in the second and third sets, he was just no match, losing the sets in a humiliating fashion 4-11, 1-11. 

 

10:04 PM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: Saurav Ghosal struggles in Squash Semi-Final

 

Indian ace Squash player Saurav Ghosal is trailing 0-2 in the Men’s Singles Semi-Final against his New Zealand opponent Paul Coll. Ghosal played brilliantly in the first set but lost the tightly contested game 9-11. But in the second set, he was no match to the Kiwi, losing it 4-11. 

 

9:27 PM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: India’s Sunayna Kuruvilla advances to Plate Final in Squash

India's Sunayna Kuruvilla wins Squash Plate Semi-Final. Photo: (Screengrab/CWG Official Website)

9:23 PM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: India’s Women’s Three team plays England in Lawn Bowls

India play England in Women's Three Lawn Bowls. Photo: (Screengrab/CWG Official Website)

9:10 PM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: Silver-winning Weightlifter Vikas Thakur

9:09 PM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: PM Modi congratulates Indian Women’s Fours Lawn Bowls team

9:07 PM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: Sports Minister Anurag Thakur congratulates Indian Lawn Bowls team

8:33 PM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: The invincible Indian Men’s TT team at CWG

8:30 PM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: India’s Vikas Thakur wins Silver in Men’s 96 kg Weightlifting

 

India’s Vikas Thakur secured another medal for the country in Weightlifting as he lifted a combined weight of 346 kg in the Men’s 96 kg category. He was way behind the gold medalist from Samoa, Don Opeloge, who created a Games record in Snatch, Clean and Jerk and the entire category with his total lift of 381 kg. In Snatch, he lifted 171 while in Clean and Jerk he could lift as much as 210 kg. 

 

8:21 PM

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: India wins gold in Table Tennnis, beats Singapore 3-1

 

The Indian Men’s Table Tennis beat Singapore 3-1 in the final of the vent in Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games to defend its gold medal from Gold Coast 2018. Achanta Sharath Kamal was the only Indian to drop his match as Harmeet Desai and Sathiyan Ganasekaran won their Singles matches as well as the Doubles rubber to fetch India its fifth gold of the Games so far.