CWG 2022 Day 6 Round-up: Riding on Lovpreet's bronze and Tulika's silver, India add six more medals to kitty

Saurav Ghosal and Tejaswin Shankar clinched historic bronze in Squash and Athletics respectively, while Tulika Maan bagged silver in Judo.

There was a lot of action in Lawn Bowls and Para Table Tennis. Indian men’s hockey team was also very dominant in their fixture against Canada in Pool B. The women’s hockey team won a crucial tie against Canada 3-2 in their quest for a medal while men's hockey team blanked Canada 8-0.

India women's cricket team also progressed to semifinals after crushing Barbados by 100 runs. Meanwhile, three Indian pugilists, including Nikhat Zareen, advanced to the semifinals in their respective events after thrilling victories while Lovlina Borgohain made a last eight exit. With their wins, Zareen (50kg), Nitu Ganghas (48kg) and Mohammed Hussamudin (57kg) assured India of three boxing medals.

Here is a roundup of Indian results from Day 6 of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham:

Indian athletes continued their excellent performance at the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The contingent delivered a mixed-bag performance on Tuesday where it had to settle for a silver in Badminton, but won gold in Lawn Bowls and Table Tennis. Picking up on their performance, the athletes were impressive on Wednesday too. Lovepreet and Gurdeep Singh added to the medals for India in weightlifting. Saurav Ghosal and Tejaswin Shankar clinched historic bronze in Squash and Athletics respectively, while Tulika Maan bagged silver in Judo.

There was a lot of action in Lawn Bowls and Para Table Tennis. Indian men’s hockey team was also very dominant in their fixture against Canada in Pool B. The women’s hockey team won a crucial tie against Canada in their quest for a medal.

Here is a roundup of Indian results from Day 6 of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham:

Boxing
Nitu Ganghas winner by ABD (abandon) vs Nicole Clyde (Northern Ireland) – Medal Assured – Women’s 48 KG Quarter-Finals

Hussam Uddin Mohammed 4-1 Tryagain Morning Ndevelo (Nambia) – Medal Assured – Men’s 57 KG Quarter-Finals
Nikhat Zareen 5-0 Helen Jones (Wales) – Medal Assured – Women’s 48–50 KG Quarter-Finals

Lovlina Borgohain 2-3 Rosie Eccles (Wales) – Women’s 64–70 KG Quarter-Finals

Ashish Kumar 1-4 Aaron Bowen (England) – Men’s 75–80 KG Quarter-Finals

Weightlifting
Lovepreet Singh – 355 KG (163 S + 192 C&J) – BRONZE MEDAL – Men’s 109KG

Purnima Pandey – 6th – 228KG (103 S + 125 C&J) – Women’s 87+ KG Final

Gurdeep Singh – 390KG (167S + 223C&J) – BRONZE MEDAL – Men’s 109+ KG

Judo
Tulika Maan IPP 10-0s2 Tracy Durhone – Women’s +78 KG Quarter-Finals

Tulika Maan IPP 10s1-1 Sydnee Andrews (NZL) – Women’s +78 KG Semi-Finals
Sarah Adlington (SCO) IPP 10-1s2 Tulika Maan – SILVER MEDAL – Women’s 78KG Final

Deepak Deswal IPP 10s2-0s3 Erick Jean Sebastian (Cameroon) – Men’s +100 KG Round of 16

Deepak Deswal IPP 0s3-10 Harry Lovell-Hewitt (ENG) – Men’s +100 KG Quarter-Finals

Hockey
India 3-2 Canada – Women’s Pool A Match

India 8-0 Canada – Men’s Pool B Match

Squash
Joshana Chinappa/Harinder 2-1 Kuruppu Yeheni/Laksiri Ravindu (Sri Lanka) – Mixed Doubles Round of 32

Sourav Ghosal 3-0 James Willstrop (ENG) – BRONZE MEDAL – Men’s Singles Medal Match

Cricket
India vs Barbados – Women’s T20 – India won by 100 runs

Athletics
Tejaswin Shankar – BRONZE MEDAL (2.22m) – High Jump Finals

Manpreet Kaur – Women’s Shot Put Final – 12th (15.59)

Lawn Bowls
Mridul Borgohain 21-5 Chris Locke (Falkland Islands) – Men’s Singles

India 23-6 Niue – Women’s Pair

Mridul Borgohain 21-19 Ian Mclean (Scotland) – Men’s Singles

India 16-16 South Africa – Women’s Pair

Cook Islands 10–20 India – Men’s Fours

India 28-7 Niue – Women’s Triple

India 3-15 England – Men’s Fours