CWG 2022 Highlights, Day 9: Ravi, Vinesh, Naveen Win Wrestling Gold; Hockey Team in Final

Sagar Ahlawat beat Nigeria's Ifeanyi Onyekwere 5-0 to enter the final of Men’s Over 92kg (Super Heavyweight).  

Rohit Tokas lost to Zambia's Stephen Zimba in the Men's Over 63.5kg-67kg Welterweight boxing event. He won a bronze medal in the category. 

Bhavinaben Patel won a gold medal in the Women's Singles Classes 3-5 Para Table Tennis event. She beat Nigeria's Ifechukwude Christiana Ikpeoyi 3-0.

Sonalben Patel beat England's Sue Bailey 3-0 to win the bronze medal in the Women's Singles Classes 3-5 event. 

The Indian Men's Hockey Team beat South Africa 3-2 to enter the final at the 2022 Commonwealth games. 

Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen entered the Men's Singles semifinal. Both Kidambi and Sen won their games by 2-0 against English and Mauritian players, respectively. 

Deepak Nehra beat Pakistan's Tayab Raza 10-2 to win the bronze medal in the Men's Freestyle 97kg event. 

Hussam Uddin Mohammed lost to Ghana's Joseph Commey in the semi-final of the Men’s Over 54kg- 57kg (Featherweight) boxing event. He won the bronze medal. 

Pooja Sihag defeated Australia's Naomi de Bruine 11-0 to win a bronze medal for India in Women's Freestyle 76kg. 

Raj Aravindan lost 3-0 to Nigeria's Isau Ogunkunle to crash out of the bronze medal race in the Men's Singles Classes 3-5 event. 

Naveen beat Pakistan's Muhammad Tahir Sharif 9-0 on technical superiority to clinch another gold medal in wrestling for India. He won the medal in the Men's Freestyle 74kg event. 

Vinesh Phogat has won a gold medal for India in Women's Freestyle 53kg category. She defeated Sri Lanka's Chamodya 4-0. 

Ravi Dahiya beat Nigeria's Welson 10-0 to win the gold medal on basis of technical superiority in the Men's 57kg category. 

Pooja Gehlot beat Scotland's Christelle Lemofack in the Women's 50kg category to win the bronze medal for India.  

India's Jaismine lost to England's Gemma Paige Richardson 3-2 in the women's 57-60kg boxing semifinals. She won a bronze medal for India.  

Manika Batra and Diya Parag Chitale are currently competing against Wales' Charlotte Carey and Anna Hursey in the Women's Doubles Quarter-final 1.

At the same time, Akula Sreeja and Tennison Reeth are up against Singapore's Xin Ru Wong and Jingyi Zhou in the Women's Doubles Quarter-final 4.

Here's a look at Team India's celebrations after the WT20I semi-final win against England on Saturday.

The Indian men's team is all set to clash against South Africa in the Men's Hockey semi-final on Saturday, in a bid to secure their place in the Commonwealth Games 2022 final.

India's Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal suffered a 2-0 loss at the hands of Joelle King and Paul Coll of New Zealand in the Mixed Doubles Squash Semi-Final, which ended their hopes for a gold medal. The Indian mixed pair will now fight for the bronze medal on Sunday.

England's Gemma Paige Richardson earned a 3-2 victory against Indian boxer Jasmine Lamboria in the Women’s Over 57kg-60kg (Lightweight) - Semi-Final 1 and advanced into the final. With the loss, Jasmine's pursuit of a CWG gold medal came to an end, as she will now fight for the bronze medal. 

Here's a look at the official scorecard of the match-

The semi-final match between India's Jasmine Lamboria and Gemma Paige Richardson of England is currently live. The winner of the lightweight bout will reach the gold medal match in the Women's Lightweight Boxing event.

Pooja Gehlot vs Christelle Lemofack Letchidjio - India vs Scotland Bronze medal match in Women’s Freestyle 50kg event

Ravi Dahiya vs Ebikewenimo Welson - India vs Nigeria Gold medal match in the Men's Freestyle 57 kg event

Vinesh Phogat vs Chamodya Keshani Maduravalage Don - India vs Sri Lanka in Women’s Freestyle 53kg Nordic System Match 6

Naveen vs Muhammad Sharif Tahir - India vs Pakistan Gold medal match in the Men's Freestyle 74 kg event

Pooja Sihag vs Naomi de Bruine - India vs Australia Bronze medal match in Women's Freestyle 76 kg event

Deepak Nehra vs Tayab Raza - India vs Pakistan Bronze medal match in Men's Freestyle 97 kg event

Indian boxer Jasmine is all set to clash against England's Gemma Paige Richardson in the Women’s Over 57kg-60kg (Lightweight) - Semi-Final 1. The match is scheduled to begin at 8:00 PM IST.

Nikhat Zareen earned a 5-0 win against England's Stubley Savannah Alfia in the Women’s Over 48kg-50kg (Light Fly) Boxing - Semi-Final 2 and fixed her place in the gold medal match. 

Here's the official scorecard-

The Indian duo of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sreeja Akula defeated Australia's Lum Nicholas and Jee Minhyung 3-2 in the Mixed Doubles Table Tennis- Semifinals on Saturday. They went on to win the match by 11-9, 11-8, 9-11, 12-14, 11-7 and secured their place in the gold medal match. 

India's Nikhat Zareen is currently competing against Stublet Savannah Alfia in the Women's flyweight boxing semi-final. Zareen is off to a great start in the match as she earned 10 points from all five judges at the end of the Round 1.

The India women's cricket earned a 4-run victory against England in the WT20I semi-final and secure their place in the gold medal match. It is pertinent to mention that India allrounder Sneh Rana defended 14 runs off the thrilling final over and took India through to the victory. 

Indian boxer Nikhat Zareen is up against England's Stubley Savannah Alfia in the Women’s Over 48kg-50kg (Light Flyweight) Boxing - Semi-Final 2. The match is scheduled to begin at 7:15 PM IST.

Harmanpreet Kaur-led India women's cricket team has sealed their place in the WT20I finals at the Commonwealth Games 2022 after earning a four-run victory over England.

England stand at 151/5 in 19 overs during their chase of 165 runs against India in the CWG 2022 semi-final.

Chasing India's target of 165 runs, England stands at 132/3 in 16 overs, needing 33 runs to win in 24balls. India desperately needs wickets as the 4th wicket partnership continues to build.

Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan beat Nicholas Lum and Finn Luu of Australia 3-2 to reach the final of Men's Doubles event. They have assured India of another medal in table tennis. 

India's PV Sindhu beat Malaysia's Jin Wei Goh 2-1 to qualify for the semifinal of the Women's Singles event. 

Sreeja Akula lost 4-3 to Singapore's Tianwei Feng to crash out of the gold medal race from the Women's Singles event. 

Pooja Gehlot lost to Canada's Madison Parks 6-9 to crash out of the gold medal race in the Women's Freestyle 50kg event. She will now face Scotland's Christelle Lemofack in the bronze medal match. 

Ravi Kumar beat Pakistan's Asad Ali 14-4 to qualify for the final of the Men's Freestyle 57kg event. He has ensured India of another medal in wrestling.  

Naveen has qualified for the final of the Men's Freestyle 74kg after beating England's Charlie Bowling 12-1.  

Pooja Sihag lost to Justina di Stasio 6-0 to crash out of the gold medal race in the Women's Freestyle 76kg event. 

Ravi Kumar beat New Zealand's Suraj Singh 10-0 to qualify for the semifinal of Men's Freestyle 57kg. 

The Indian Women's Cricket Team scored 164/5 in 20 overs and has set England a 165-run target in their semi-final of the Commonwealth Games. Mandhana top scored for India with 61 off 32 balls. Jemimah Rodrigues scored an unbeaten 44. 

Ravi Kumar beat New Zealand's Suraj Singh 10-0 to qualify for the semifinal of Men's Freestyle 57kg. 

The Indian Women's Cricket Team scored 164/5 in 20 overs and has set England a 165-run target in their semi-final of the Commonwealth Games. Mandhana top scored for India with 61 off 32 balls. Jemimah Rodrigues scored an unbeaten 44. 

Vinesh Phogat beat Canada's Samantha Stewart in Women's Freestyle 53kg in the Nordic round. 

Avinash Sable has won a silver medal in the Men's 3000m steeplechase. He registered his personal best record in the race to win another medal in athletics for India. 

Amit Panghal entered the final of the Men’s flyweight (48 kg) category as he beat Zambia's Patrick Chinyemba in the semi-final.

Nitu Ghanghas beat Canada's Priyanka Dhillon to enter the final of the Women's 48kg category. She has assured India of a medal. 

Priyanka won a silver medal for India in the Women's 10,000m Race Walk Final. She became the first Indian athlete to win a CWG medal in this category. 

Harmanpreet Kaur survived an LBW scare off Sophie Ecclestone's bowling in the 10th over. Kaur was given out by the umpire but she went upstairs and got the decision overturned.  

India crossed the 50-run mark in the 5th over of the semi-final match against England. Opener Smriti Mandhana reached to her individual fifty in 23 balls, while India found themselves at 64/0 in 5.5 overs.

Indian openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma have scored 28 runs at the halfway mark of the powerplay. Mandhana has hit 24* runs in 13 balls so far, with the help of five fours.

Indian boxer Amit Panghal is up against Zambia's Patrick Chinyemba in the Men’s Over 48kg-51kg (Flyweight) - Semi-Final 1.

Indian TT star Achanta Sarath Kamal picked up an 11-6, 11-7, 11-4, 11-7 win over Singapore's Quek Yong Izaac in the Men's Singles Table Tennis- Quarter-Final 2.

India's Naveen kicked of his campaign on Day 9 of CWG 2022 with a sensational 13-3 win against John Emmanuel Ogbonna on Nigeria in the Men's Freestyle Wrestling 74 kg - 1/8 Final.

The India women's cricket team won the toss against England in the CWG 2022, WT20I semi-final, and elected to bat first.

India's Playing XI: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Taniya Bhatia (wk), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Sneh Rana, Meghna Singh, Radha Yadav, Renuka Singh

England's Playing XI: Danni Wyatt, Sophia Dunkley, Alice Capsey, Nat Sciver (c), Amy Jones (wk), Maia Bouchier, Katherine Brunt, Sophie Ecclestone, Freya Kemp, Issy Wong, Sarah Glenn

India's Nitu has earned an RSC win over Canadian boxer Priyanka Dhillon in the Women’s Over 45kg-48kg (Minimumweight) - Semi-Final 1. The referee stopped the contest 1:30 minutes into the third round.

India's Pooja Gehlot started India's campaign in wrestling on Day 9 of the CWG 2022 with a 4-1 win over Scotland's Christelle Lemofack Letchidjio in the Group A match of the Women's Freestyle 50 kg event. Gehlot picked up the win by technical superiority with point(s) scored by the opponent.

Indian boxer Nitu is currently in action against Priyanka Dhillon in the semi-final 1 of the 45kg-48kg category.

India's Achanta Sarath Kamal is currently in action against Singapore's Quek Yong Izaac in the Men's Singles Table Tennis-Quarter-final 2. Achanta won the first game by 11-6 and currently leads the match 1-0.

Sreeja Akula and Reeth Tennison earned a 11-7, 11-4, 11-3 win against Wales' Chloe Anna and Lara Whitton in the Women's Table Tennis Round of 16. With the 3-0 win, they secured their place in the quarter-final of the event.

Manika Batra and Diya Parag Chitale defeated Mauritius' Oumehani Hosenally and Nandeshwaree Jalim by the scores of 11-5, 11-5, 11-3 and earned a victory in the Women's Doubles Table Tennis - Round of 16. With the 3-0 win in their bag, they will now play in the quarter-final.

India has started their campaign on Day 9 of the CWG 2022 with the Table Tennis Women's Doubles - Round of 16 event. Manika Batra and Chitale Diya Parag are up against Mauritius' Oumehani Hosenally and Nandeshwaree Jalim, while Sreeja Akula and Reeth Tennison clash against Chloe Anna and Lara Whitton of Wales. 

India find themselves in 5th place in the medal standings at Commonwealth Games 2022, ahead of action on Day 9. The Indian contingent has clinched a total of 26 medals so far, which includes nine gold medals, eight silver medals and nine bronze medals.