CWG 2022 Day 9 HIGHLIGHTS: Wrestlers Dahiya, Vinesh, Naveen win Gold; India men's hockey team in final

Sagar Ahlawat (India) vs Ifeanyi ONYEKWERE (Nigeria)

Sagar Ahlawat will be in action shortly.

Rohit TOKAS (India) - Stephen ZIMBA (Zambia)

In the first round, Zimba lands some good punches on target. Meanwhile, Rohit is able to land a few on a few occasions.

Zimba leads the first round with 3-2 split decision.

2nd round

Zimba is aggressive in his approach and not giving any opportunity to Rohit take advantage. 

Both the boxer takes the aggressive approach and which boxer will be in advantage after the end of 2nd round. It is a split decision again. But Rohit makes the scoreline 2-2. 

After the third round it is Zimba who prevails as he wins the bout by split decision. Rohit settles for a Bronze.

The Indian pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand continue their winning run in the women's doubles event. They beat Tahlia Richardson and Katherine Wynter of Jamaica 21-8, 21-6 in the quarterfinal. 

The Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty win their quarterfinal match against Australia Jacob Schueler and Nathan Tang 21-9, 21-11.

Finally, India hold their nerves in the final moments of the Men's hockey semi-final. They are into the final and every Indian will be hoping that this time hockey team returns with a Gold medal.

FINAL SCORELINE

INDIA 3 | 2 SOUTH AFRICA

59th minute

South Africa makes a superb comeback as they reduce the deficit by one goal. India need to hold their nerves at the last minute. 

57th minute

India earn a penalty corner and South Africa have substituted their goalkeeper already.  Jugraj makes a full use of that and converts the penalty corner to give India 3-1 lead.

Deepak NEHRA (India) Vs Tayab RAZA (Pakistan) -- Bronze medal match

1st round

Both wrestlers fail to earn any point in the first 30 seconds.  Deepak earns four points after a takedown But Pakistan challenges the decision and they won, only two points were awarded to Deepak. 

In the final minutes of the first round, both the wrestler is trying to earn some points and the Pakistani wrestler earns two points while one for Deepak of India.

2nd ROUND

Deepak starts with an ultra-aggressive approach in the second round. He takes 7 points lead upfront with a triple gut range move.

Deepak lifts the Pakistani wrestler over his head and earns a single point. Deepak Nehra wins a Bronze medal.

India's Mohammed Hussam Uddin settles for a Bronze after losing his semifinal bout against Ghana's Joseph Commey by a split 4-1 decision.

41st minute

India earn a penalty corner for a deliberate tackle from a South African defender. But yet again the proteas goalkeeper is rock solid in front of the goalpost.

South Africa earn second penalty corner in span of three minutes but on both occasions India defend that successfully.

Deepak NEHRA (India) Vs Tayab RAZA (Pakistan) -- Bronze medal match to come up shortly.

South Africa reduces the deficit by one goal in the third quarter.

Pooja Sihag (India) Vs Naomi de BRUINE (Australia) -- Bronze medal match

1st round

Pooja comes up with the first move and tries to pin the opponent. She wins two points first then four more points for a gut range move. 

At the brink of the first round, Pooja earns two more points.

2nd round

The Australian is trying to earn some points at the start of the 2nd point but Pooja is defending brilliantly. She finally pushes the opponent out of the playing area to attain two more points. 

Pooja Sihag wins a Bronze  

At the end of the second quarter, India shed the disappointment of the first one and take a two-goal lead thanks, to Abhishek and Mandeep Singh's brilliant effort on the field.

However, India need to be aware of South Africa's counter-attacking moves in the remaining two quarters. 

Naveen (India) Vs Muhammad Sharif Tahir (Pakistan) -- Gold medal match

1st Round

The Pakistan wrestler trying to make a leg attack but Naveen is not giving him that opportunity. 

Naveen takes 2 points to lead at the end of the first round.

2nd round

Naveen starts the second round with an aggressive approach and first takes three points for a takedown, then earns four more points through the gut range technique.  Naveen is just 30 seconds away from a Gold.

Naveen wins India's third Gold medal of the day like previous day.

20th minute

Abhishek unleashes a tomahawk in the 20th minute from the top of the circle and gives India 1-0 lead. 

Naveen (India) Vs Muhammad Sharif Tahir (Pakistan) -- Gold medal match

1st Round

The Pakistan wrestler trying to make a leg attack but Naveen is not giving him that opportunity. 

Naveen takes 2 points to lead at the end of the first round.

Despite getting four penalty corners in the first quarter, the Indian team fail to convert a single one. India need to step up their game to overcome a compact South African defence. Also, they need to be aware of South Africa's counter-attacking move.

Second quarter is underway

Kidambi Srikanth gets a tough fight from England's Toby Penty. However, the Indian shuttler manages to win crucial points, finally clinching the game 21-19, 21-17

Lakshya Sen continues his superb run in Badminton Men's singles as he beats Mauritius' Julien Georges Paul 21-12, 21-11.  

Naveen (India) Vs Muhammad Sharif Tahir (Pakistan) -- Gold medal match to begin shortly.

At the moment, Bronze medal matches are underway. Naveen will be in action shortly. Stay tuned with us we will provide the live updates from Wrestling and hockey field simulatenously

In the span of two minutes, India earn yet another penalty corner but again South Africans are able to save the penalty corner. 

India earn a penalty corner in the third minute of the first quarter. However, India miss the opportunity as the postman makes an excellent save. 

Vinesh Phogat (India) Vs Chamodya Maduravalage Don (Sri Lanka) 

1st round

Sri Lankan wrestler, who has nothing to lose, takes an aggressive approach but Vinesh gets 4 points for a takedown. Then she pins her opponent after being in that position for more than 40 seconds. Finally, the referee taps the mat to declare,  that Phogat wins her third consecutive Gold medal at Commonwealth Games.

If the number of participating wrestlers in a competition is less than six then Nordic System is applied. Vinesh Phogat has 10 points in the Nordic System classification round. She only needs to defeat the Sri Lankan wrestler to clinch a Gold medal.

Ravi Dahiya (India) Vs Ebikewenimo WELSON (Nigeria) --- Gold medal match 

1st round

Both wrestlers are gauging each other in the initial seconds.

Ravi Dahiya neutralises the Nigerian wrestler's leg hold move. 

Dahiya first takes two points for takedown and then earns six consecutive points. With 44 seconds left in the first round, Ravi Dahiya again earns two points takedown.

Dahiya clinches Gold by technical superiority.

Ravi Dahiya (India) Vs Ebikewenimo WELSON (Nigeria) --- Gold medal match to begin shortly.

Currently, the bronze medal matches of the same category are underway.

Pooja Gehlot (India) vs Christelle Lemofack LETCHIDJIO (Scotland) -- Bronze medal match

1st round

Both wrestlers are gauging one other and the Scottish wrestler takes two points for a takedown.

Pooja earns 10 points in one move and takes 8 points to lead at the end of the first round.

2nd Round

After 30 seconds of play in the 2nd round,  Pooja earns two more points for a takedown and wins Bronze on technical superiority.

The Indian pair of Reeth Tennison and Sreeja Akula lose their quarterfinal fixture.

They lost the match 14-16, 11-13, 11-6, 8-11 against Singapore's WONG Xin Ru and ZHOU Jingyi.

With this India's hopes of medal in Table Tennis women's doubles come to an end.

Batra & Chitale suffer a 3-1 defeat against Wales' Carey Charlotte & Hursey Anna in the Women's doubles quarterfinal. 

India lost 11-7, 11-6, 11-13, 12-10. 

After going down in first 2 games, Batra & Chitale fight back to win the third game in the Women's double quarterfinal. 

Wales still leading with a scoreline of 2-1 (11-7, 11-6, 11-13)

Jaismine (India) vs Gemma Paige RICHARDSON (England) Semifinal

3rd Round

Jaismine is not taking the aggressive approach in the third round as well. She is unlikely to spring any changes in the final decision. 

England's Gemma Paige Richardson wins the semifinal by 3-2 split decision.

Jaismine has to settle with a Bronze only. 

Jaismine (India) vs Gemma Paige RICHARDSON (England) Semifinal

2nd round

Jaismine is not able to use her height to her great advantage. While Richardson uses her hand movement to keep her opponent at bay.

Jaismine trailing after the second round as well.

Jaismine (India) vs Gemma Paige RICHARDSON (England) Semifinal

1st Round

The English boxer starts with an aggressive approach and Jaismine is defending by using her height. 

Richardson is likely to get advantage after the first round given she seems to be more aggressive in her approach.

And it is a split decision, Richardson takes lead after first round.

India's Sharath Kamal and Sreeja Akula reach Table Tennis mixed doubles final. Assured India of yet another in Table Tennis.

Saurav Ghosal and Dipika Pallikal lose to New Zealand's Paul Coll and Coelle King in Squash Mixed doubles semifinal.

Nikhat Zareen (India) Vs Savannah Alfia Stubley in Semifinal

Round 3

After taking lead in the first two rounds, Nikhat starts the third one with a defensive approach and tries to land hooks on the target. 

The English boxer is no match for the Indian pugilist and we are just waiting for official confirmation to say,  Nikhat storms into the final.

AND YES SHE DOES!!

Nikhat wins her semi-final bout 5-0 by a unanimous decision. At least a Silver assured for India in Women's 48kg-50kg category.

Nikhat Zareen (India) Vs Savannah Alfia Stubley in Semifinal

Round 2

Nikhat again starts with an aggressive approach but Stubley gets into the clinch position and the referee has to intervene.

The English boxer is not able to land punches on the target and keeps getting into the clinch position on most occassions. 

Nikhat wins the second round a unanimous decision. 

Nikhat Zareen (India) Vs Savannah Alfia Stubley in Semifinal

1st round

Nikat Zareen takes an aggressive approach from the start and lands some good punches on target. Zareen lands a combination of punches on target, she is unleashing some good hooks.

It seems Nikhat will win the first round by a unanimous decision. And yes she does, she takes 5-0 after first round

Nikhat Zareen (India) Vs Savannah Alfia Stubley in Semifinal

The Indian men's four team settle for a Silver after they face a 5-18 defeat from Northern Island. 

The Indian pair of Abhay Singh and Velavan Senthilkumar bow out in the quarterfinals as they lose the match 8-11, 8-11 against Malaysia's NG Eain Yow and YUEN Chee Wern.

India's Aakarshi Kashyap fails to extend her winning run in her debut Commonwealth Games. She fails to overcome the challenge of third seed Kirsty Gilmour of Canada in the quarterfinals. She loses her last 8 fixture 10-21, 7-21.

Only three fielders are allowed outside the circle as India are two overs behind by the end of 19th over. England need 14 runs to win in the last over.

Sneh Rana starts with a DOT ball. Bouchier collects a single off the second ball towards mid-off. Catherine Brunt misses a great opportunity to find a boundary as she hits the full toss straight to mid-off and Harmapreet Kaur completes the catch. 

Ecclestone goes for a biggie but manages only a single despite Harleen Deol dropping a SITTER.

Ecclestone hits the last ball over long-on for a SIX but this was not enough for the hosts England.

India win the match by 4 runs and the women's cricket team assure at least a Silver.

Pooja Vastrakar bowls the 19th over; England need 27 runs in 12 balls

Pooja concedes a single each off the first two deliveries. Sciver dispatches the third ball into the stands for a SIX.

Pooja sprays the 4th ball onto the pads and gifts England 4 leg byes. Sciver slogs the 5th ball towards deep mid-wicket and goes for a double but gets runout while doing so.

Advantage India now as the English captain departs.

A dot to end the over. England need 14 runs in the last over.

England continue their onslaught while chasing 165 runs and need only 52 runs to win in 36 balls as Indian bowlers are not able to stem the run flow.

In a humdinger, Indian paddlers show great grit and resilience to book a place in the final. In the 3rd game,  Sathiyan received a yellow card followed by a heated exchange between the Indian paddler and the chair umpire. That time, it felt India, who were trailing in the game, would lose their composure. But India's world-class came from behind and won their semifinal fixture 8-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-1,  11-8 against Australia's LUM Nicholas and LUU Finn.

HEARTBREAK!!!

Sreeja Akula came close to confirming a medal but in the end, Singapore's Tianwei Feng prevails and qualifies for the women's singles final. Sreeja loses her semifinal 3-4 (6-11, 11-8, 11-6, 9-11, 8-11, 11-8, 10-12).

Sreeja will now play for the bronze.

After a slow start, PV Sindhu comes back strongly to win the second game 21-14. However, she gets a stiff challenge from Malaysia's Jin Wei Goh in the third and final set. The game goes down to the wire and Sindhu shows why she is a world-class player and clinched the final set 21-18.

2nd round

Pooja Gehlot earns two points at the start of the second round but concedes two points as well.

The Canadian boxer earns two more points as she throws Pooja out of the playing area. Pooja loses the semifinal match as he takes an ultra-aggressive approach and concedes 4 points in the last nine seconds.

Pooja takes 4 points lead by the end of 1st round. 

Pooja Gehlot needs a victory to confirm another medal for India. She'll be in the final of the Women's 50 kg category. She's facing Canada's Madison Parks.

The Olympic Silver medalist has cruised to the final of Men's 57kg category with a 14-4 win over his Pakistani opponent Ali Asad.

India yet to get off the mark. Northern Ireland dominating the contest, up 7-0 against the men's side after 4 ends.

PV Sindhu has taken the second game  21-14against Malaysia's Goh Jin Wei and now it's 1-1 in the match.

Decider coming up in the quarter-final.

India's Naveen is currently facing England's Charlie Bowling in the semi-finals of Men's 74 kg category.

It's an easy victory in the end for Naveen, who has assured India of a medal with a 12-1 victory. Let's see if he can also win the coveted Gold

Not a great start for India, they are currently trailing Northern Ireland 0-6 after 3 ends.

Need to pick up those points soon enough.

India's Pooja Sihag has lost 0-6 to Canada's Justina di Stasio in the semi-final of the Women's 76 kg category.

Sihag will now battle for Bronze later in the day.

India finish behind Jamaica in second and qualify for the finals.

They clocked a total time of 44.45 seconds.

Indian ace shuttler has lost the first game to Malaysia's Goh Jin Wei 21-19.

India are currently facing Northern Ireland in the finals.

After the first end, India are currently trailing 0-2

PV Sindhu faces Jin Mei Goh of Malaysia for a semifinal berth in women's singles. 

Ravi Dahiya quickly gets over with it. 

The wrestler wins against Suraj Singh of New Zealand in the 57kg category with technical superiority, reaches Semis. 

Wrestler Ravi Dahiya to battle against Suraj Singh of New Zealand in the 57kg category

The Indian steeplechaser sets a PB of 8:11.20 to win India's first ever medal in the event at the Birmingham 2022

Sathiyan's terrific fightback in the end helps him enter semifinals with a 4-2 win over England's Walker.

(11-5, 11-7, 11-5, 8-11, 10-12, 11-9)

Sathiyan & Achanta reach semifinals of the Men's singles. 

England's Walker turns the game upside down. The English opponent of Sathiyan quickly inhes closer makes it a scoreline of 3-2. Both paddlers are fighting in the 6th game. 

(11-5, 11-7, 11-5, 8-11, 10-12)

Walker is ahead in the sixth game with an 8-6 lead.

Another win for Naveen. 

Naveen beats Hong Yeow of Singapore in the 74kg quarterfinal. 

Pooja Sihag is through to Semifinals in the 76kg category in wrestling with a dominating 5-3 win against New Zealand's Michelle Montague.

The matches in wrestling are going on as per the Nordic system.

What is Nordic system?

According to United World Wrestling, the Nordic format is used in wrestling if there are less than 6 wrestlers in a weigh-in category. In that scenario each wrestler will have a bout against each other.

QUICK WICKETS

Sciver to Mandhana, out Caught by Wong. 

Mandhana walks back after scoring 61 in 32 balls. Earlier Shafali Verma fell after scoring 15 in 17 balls. 

Harmanpreet & Jemimah on crease.

Vinesh Phogat wins her 2nd match against Nigeria's wrestler Mercy Bolafunoluwa in Women's Freestyle 53 kg - Nordic

Next up is Pooja Sihag against Michelle Montague in 76kgs

India's Santosh and Poonam Sharma in action for the Women's F55-57 Shot Put - Final. 

Sathiyan Gnansekaran has had a cakewalk against Sam Walker as he leads with a 3-0 scoreline against his English opponent.

The Indian paddler has defeated Walker in straight games of 11-5, 11-7, 11-5. They are currently battling in their fourth game, with Walker leading 5-2. 

India openers Smriti Mandhana & Shefali quickly make it a 64/0 in 6 overs. 

Mandhana who smashed 8 fours and 2 sixes have so far hit 51 in 24 and Shefali has collected 13 in 12 balls.  

Priyanka Goswami wins Silver in Women's 10000m Race Walk event after clocking 43:38.00 min

Before this, the only Racewalking medal for India at the CWG was Harminder Singh's bronze in 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Indian pugilist Amit Panghal makes it to the final of Men’s Over 48kg-51kg (Flyweight) after a tough fight against Patrick Chinyemba of Zambia in the semifinals. 

Sharath Kamal Achanta easily cruised into Semifinals of Men's Singles Table Tennis with a dominating 4-0 win over Singapore's Izaak Quek. 

Achanta won in straight games of 11-6, 11-7, 11-4, 11-7.

Semis scheduled for tomorrow.

Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma open for India.  

Mandhana was on strike and K Brunt opened the attack. 

Ind: 6/0 after first over

Mandhana: 5 off 4
Verma: 1 off 1

England XI: D Wyatt, S Dunkley, A Capsey, N Sciver(c), A Jones(wk), M Bouchier, K Brunt, S Ecclestone, F Kemp, I Wong, S Glenn

India XI: S Mandhana, S Verma, J Rodrigues, H Kaur (c), T Bhatia (wk), D Sharma, P Vastrakar, R Yadav, S Rana, M Singh, R Thakur.

Pooja Gehlot wins another group game on Day 9. After defeating Scotland's Ledchidjio, Gehlot defeated Rebecca Ndolo Muambo of Cameroon by technical superiority. 

Naveen is through to 74kgs quarterfinal with 13-3 1st round win against his Emmanuel Hojn of Nigeria.

India's Nitu beats Canada's Priyanka Dhillon to enter women’s 45kg-48kg final

India's Vinesh Phogat beats Canada's Samantha Stewart in Women's Freestyle 53 kg Nordic

Harmanpreet Kaur wins the toss as India opt to bat first vs England in the semi-final

India's Manika Batra/Diya Parag Chitale defeat Mauritius' Oumehani Hosenally/ Nandeshwaree Jalim 3-0 in their Women's Doubles Round of 16 match

Indian pair of Sreeja Akula and Reeth Tennison are through to the Women's Doubles quarterfinals after an easy 11-7, 11-4, 11-3 win over Chloe Zhang and Lara Whitton

Women's Doubles Round of 16 matches begin

Manika Batra/Diya Parag Chitale take on Oumehani Hosenally/Nandeshwaree Jalim

Sreeja Akula/Reeth Tennison vs Thomas wu Zhang Chloe Anna/Lara Whitton

Indian women's hockey team suffered a heartbreaking loss against Australia, India dominated in badminton, table tennis and squash on day 8 of Commonwealth Games 2022

Watch the video to know what all happened in Birmingham while you were asleep

The International Hockey Federation on Saturday apologised for the clock controversy that took place during the Indian women's team's semifinal loss against Australia at the Commonwealth Games. FIH to "thoroughly review" the incident

Does Mirabai Chanu now have a choice: barbell or Mjolnir? 

The God of Thunder has proclaimed Chanu as 'worthy' 

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Indian women's hockey semi-final penalty shootout vs Australia was hit by controversy when Australia's Malone took the first shot and missed but was gifted a second attempt.

Here's what exactly happened

With Commonwealth Games 2022 entering its business end, India would hope to bag as many medals as possible in the remaining days.

Here are the country's top medal contenders on day 9

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