Commonwealth Games 2022 (Day 3) Updates: Indian women defeat Pakistan by 8 wickets, moves on top of table

New Delhi: Indian athletes are set to compete in seven medal events on day 3 of the Commonwealth Games 2022. The nation has already won four medals in weight lifting as Mirabai Chanu brought home the gold medal, Sanket Sargar and Bindyarani Devi won a silver each and Gururaja won a bronze medal. Jeremy Lalrinnunga added another gold to the tally.

Yogeshwar Singh competed in the Artistic Gymnastics All-Round finals and stood 15th with a total of 74.700 points. With Popy Hazarika and Achinta Shueli playing the weightlifting on day 3, India has high hopes for more medals.

On the other hand, India’s star swimmer Srihari Nataraj advanced to Men’s 50 m Backstroke finals. Indian women’s cricket team defeated Pakistan in a comfortable game as the Pakistan team got all out on just 99 and Smriti Mandhana hit a fifty to lead to the victory.

Lalrinnunga Jeremy lifts 300 kg to win gold medal

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# 3:52 pm: India gets the fifth medal and that too gold. Jeremy Lalrinnunga wins gold with a total of 300 kg which is the new CWG record.

# 3:50 pm: Jeremy fails to lift successfully in his third attempt. The injury got worse as he failed in his 165 kg attempt.

# 3:45 pm: Jeremy lifted 160 kg in his second attempt and broke his game’s record again. However, he faced cramps and the injury triggered again.

# 3:40: Jeremy lifts 154 kg in his first attempt in the clean & jerk round. He registered a new CWG record with a total of 294 kg. However, he also got injured during his attempt.

# 3;35: Kiribati’s Ruben Katoatua completed all 6 attempts successfully with his best in snatch being 114 kg and in the clean and jerk being 144 kg.

# 3:32 pm: Jeremy registered his first attempt in clean & jerk to be 160 kg while Viapava Nevo Ioane registered 170 kg.

# 2:59 pm: Jeremy failed to lift 143 kg in his second attempt. However, he leads the finals after the snatch round. Edidiong Joseph Umoafia follows with the best lift of 130 kg.

# 2:53 pm: Jeremy lifts 140 kg in his second attempt to make a new Commonwealth Games record.

# 2:49 pm: UPDATE- Jeremy to lift 136 kg in his first attempt.

# 2:39 pm Vaipa Nevo Ioane lifts 124 kg in snatch. Lead the round by 10 kg. Jeremey’s lift is yet to come.

# 2:19 pm: Jeremy will attempt 130 kg in his first attempt in the snatch round.

World Champion Nikhat Zareen set to face Helena Ismael Bagao

# 5:00 pm: Nikhat Zareen wins as the referee stops the game and it is a knockdown!

# 4:55 pm: Nikhat Zareen continues to dominate with face punches. Wins round 2 with all five judges scoring in her favour.

# 4:52: Zareen clinches the first round as four judges score 10-8 and one gave 10-9 in her favour.

# 4:46 pm: Indian boxer Nikhat Zareen to play in the light flyweight category in the round of 16.

Ind vs Pak: Indian women look out to register first win

# 6:45: Smriti Mandhana scores the winning runs. India wins by 8 wickets as Mandhana scored 63* off 42 balls.

# 6:41 pm: Meghana out! Omaima Sohail takes a wicket and Meghana departs after scoring 14 runs.

# 6:38 pm: It is 92/1 in 10 overs. Will the Indian batters finish the game in the next over itself?

# 6:34 pm: Two back-to-back boundaries for Meghana. India is now at 88/1 in just 9 overs.

# 6:28 pm: Fifty for Smriti Mandhana as she hits a six. 7 fours and 3 sixes in a fifty-off 30 balls.

# 6:22 pm: Wicket! Shafali Verma departs on 16(9) after edging the ball off Tuba Hassan. Indian is now 61/1 and Sabbhineni Meghana arrives to bat.

# 6:17 pm: End of the powerplay and India is in a comfortable position. Score: 52/0 in 5 overs

# 6:12 pm: Again three boundaries in the over. India races up to 41 in 4 overs, Mandhana at 28* off 17.

# 6:10 pm: Three boundaries in the over. India is 25/0 in 3 overs.

# 6:06 pm: Mandhana dealing in boundaries, it is her third one in the 10 balls she has faced.

# 6:03 pm: Six! Smriti Mandhana goes for a big one and get the maximum.

# 6:01 pm: 2 runs for India in the first over, the pitch looks slow and Pakistan would want to take advantage of it.

# 5:57 pm: Diana Baig opens the bowling for Pakistan.

# 5:53 pm Summary: Pakistan 99/10 in 18 overs, India needs 100 in 18 overs

Muneeba Ali 32(30), Aliya Riaz 18(22)

Sneh Rana 15/2, Radha Yadav 18/2

# 5:49 pm: 10th wicket goes. Radha Yadav took a wicket on the last ball of the inning. Pakistan ends up at 99/10. Indian batters need 100 in 18 overs.

# 5:47 pm: Pakistan tries to find quick runs, but ends Tubba Hassan gets runout. Pakistan is now 99/9.

# 5:44 pm: Yastika bhatia stumps, Diana Baig goes on first ball.

# 5:41 pm: Shafali Verma takes a brilliant catch while bowling. The soft signal was out and the third umpire agreed. Fatima Sana departs and Pakistan goes into the final over with a score of 96/7.

# 5:37 pm: Direct hit and it is a runout. Aliya Riaz departs for 18(22) as Meghna hits the stumps.

# 5:32 pm: Two boundaries in the 16th over and Pakistan is now 92/5.

# 5:27 pm: Runout! Omaima Sohail goes as she ran but Aliya did not. Lack of coordination among the batters and Pakistan’s score goes to 80/5.

# 5:19 pm: It is given not out as the impact goes to the umpire’s call. Pakistan is 72/4 after 13 overs. 5 overs to go.

# 5:17 pm: India takes review for an LBW as Sneh Rana bowls to the danger woman Aliya Riaz.

# 5: 13 pm: Renuka strikes, Ayesha Naseem goes after scoring 10 off 9 as Jemimah Rodrigues takes the catch. After 12 overs Pakistan stands at 66/4.

# 5:02 pm: Another wicket falls, Rana caught and bowled Muneeba as she departs on 32(30). Pakistan is at 52/3 after 9 overs.

# 4: 59 pm: Second wicket falls, Sneh Rana to Bismah Maroof- Umpire gives LBW and Pakistan reviews to see all three reds. Pakistan is now 50/2 in 8.3 overs.

# 4:53 pm: Sneh Rana dived to take the catch, but could not hold the ball. Good attempt in the end. Pakistan 48/1.

# 4:47 pm: India brings in the spin attack as Sneh Rana bowls the 7th over.

# 4:45 pm: End of the powerplay and the score stands 26/1. 11 runs from the 5th over as Pakistan changes gears.

# 4:39 pm: Two back-to-back boundaries by Muneeba.

# 4:40 pm: 3.1 overs, Muneeba Ali just escapes a runout chance.

# 4:27 pm:  Meghna Singh strikes. Two outswingers and another one going out again as Iram Javed edges and gets out on a duck. Pakistan 0/1.

# 4:24 pm: Renuka Thakur begins with a maiden over!

# 4:20 pm: Match reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain delay.

Srihari Nataraj qualifies for semi-finals in Men’s 50 m Backstroke

# 3:50 pm: Nataraj clocked 25.92 seconds to qualify for the semi-finals in Men’s 50 m Backstroke.

Yogeshwar Singh becomes the first Indian man to play the All-Round Artistic Gymnastics finals

# 4: 17 pm: Yogeshwar finished 15th with a total of 74.700 points.

# 3:38 pm: Yogeshwar could not cross the 12 points mark in the floor exercise. He scored 11.500 in his fourth round.

# 3:18 pm: With the Horizontal Bar, Yogeshwar scores 12.700 including 4.500 for difficulty and 8.200 for execution. His total goes up to 50.300.

# 2:52 pm: Singh goes for parallel bars and scores 12.050 with 4.700 for difficulty and 7.350 for execution. He is in 15th position now. Scotland’s Pavel Karnejenko lead the finals with 41.600 points while Yogeshwar has a total of 37.600 points.

# 2:31 pm: Yogeshwar Singh is in 11th position after two rounds.

# 2:08 pm: Yoshgeshwar goes for the vault. Scores 13.200 with 4.800 for difficulty and 8.400 for execution. Total points: 25.550.

#2:03 pm: The finals will be played in six rounds with gymnasts performing Floor Exercises, Pommel Horse, Rings, Vault, Parallel Bars and Horizontal Bar.

# 1:50 pm: Yogeshwar starts with rings and scores 12.350. Currently in the 5th position. He received 4.200 for difficulty and 8.150 for execution.

Tania Choudhary wins against Shauna O’Neill in Lawn Bowl Women’s Singles

# 2:43 pm: Tania wins her first match. Defeats Northern Ireland’s Shauna O’Neill with a score of 21-12.

# 2:28 pm: Tania is on the verge of winning. The score stands 18-12 after 17 ends. just one more end to go.

# 2:12 pm: Tania extends the lead to 17-8 after 14 ends. Just 4 more ends to go.

# 1:55 pm: Tania leads 12-7 after the 11th end. With 7 more ends to go, can Tania score her first victory in the single’s section?

# 1:45 pm: O’Neill comes closer after the 9th end. The score stands 9-7 in favour of the Indian Lawn Bowler.

# 1:40 pm: Tania leads the game 9-3 after 8 ends.