Commonwealth Games 2018 updates, Day 6, Gold Coast

That's it from us. India won two medals today -- thanks to Heena Sidhu (shooting) and Sachin Chaudhary (Para Powerlifting) -- and took their overall medals tally to 11 gold, four silver and six bronze. They remained third in the table behind leaders Australia and England. Don't forget to join us on early Wednesday morning. Till then, goodbye. 

Men's 400m Final:

Muhammad Anas finishes fourth to narrowly miss out on a historic medal.

Hima Das has qualified for the women's 400m final as a lucky loser. She finished third in her semifinal with her personal best timing. 
 

Coming Up Next: India's Muhammad Anas in men's 400m Final.

India's Hima Das finishes with a time of 51.53 (her personal best) in women's 400m Semifinal 1 but will have to wait to know whether or not she qualifies for the final as a lucky loser.

Another medal for India. Sachin Chaudhary wins bronze in men's Para Powerlifting. Sixth bronze for India. 

Another medal assured for India. Satish Kumar wins his +91kg  boxing bout against Trinidad and Tobago's Nigel Paul. Satish is the fifth Indian boxer to reach the semifinals today. 

Nigel Paul gets a couple of punches in the second round to make a big comeback. Now, Satish will have to do extremely well in the final round to turn the tide in his favour. 

First round of the Satish-Paul bout is over. It's difficult to say who has had the upper hand. Both boxers did well. And the second round gets underway. 

+91kg boxing coming up. India's Satish Kumar is up against Nigel Paul of Trinidad and Tobago.  Remember, four Indian boxers have reached the semis earlier today, meaning a win for Satish Kumar in this quarterfinal match will assure India another medal. 

India beat South Africa 1-0 to qualify for the women's hockey semifinals. Rani Rampal scored the all-important goal to take her team through. Pool toppers England are the other team from Pool A to reach the semis, ahead of India on goal difference but level on points (9 each).

Women's Hockey (IND 1 - 0 SA in Q4)

Rani Rampal gets the elusive goal for India to break the deadlock. The dugout will breathe a lot easy now with a foot into the semis. 10 min left on the clock. 

Women's Hockey (India 0 - 0 South Africa in Q4)

Very important 15 minutes coming up. The way this match has gone, the team that scores the elusive goal is likely to hold on for a win. India need a draw at least to reach the semis.

Joshan Chinappa and Harinder Pal Sandhu win their first match of mixed doubles in Pool H beating the team of Caroline Laing and Kelly Jacob 11-3, 11-6.

Men's 69kg Quarterfinal  - Manoj Kumar vs Terry Nickolas (AUS)

Manoj wins in a split decision. Another medal in the bag for India. It's a huge day for our boxers. 

Men's 69kg Quarterfinal  - Manoj Kumar vs Terry Nickolas (AUS)

End of Round 2: Difficult to pick a winner in this one, but I think Manoj has got his nose slightly in front now.

Men's 69kg Quarterfinal  - Manoj Kumar vs Terry Nickolas (AUS)

Manoj on the offensive in the first round, tries to find jabs with his left, lands a couple of them at least. Lots of noise from the home crowd for the Aussie. 

Men's 69kg Quarterfinal  - Manoj Kumar vs Terry Nickolas (AUS)

Lots of support for the home-team boxer but Manoj is a mountain of experience and should be able to pull this one off. 

Women's Hockey (India 0 - 0 Malaysia at Half-Time)

It's been a cagey game so far. None of the teams want to concede as India need at least a draw and South Africa must win.  

Women's Hockey: IND 0 -0 South Arica in Q2

Seven minutes into the second quarter and it's still 0-0. Vandana Katariya delayed a crucial shot when she had a clear sight of the goal. 

Women's Hockey: India vs South Africa (0-0 in Q1)

PC to India in the 12th minute. Rani takes a direct, ricochet, an Indian stick tries to tap it into the goal but it sails over the crossbar.

In progress now: India 0 - 0 South Africa in women's hockey. India need at least a draw to progress to the semis. South Africa must win.

Boxing: Men's 56kg quarterfinal (IND v ZAM)

Mohammed Hussamuddin through to the semis with a unanimous (5-0) win over Zambia's Mulenga Everisto. Another boxing medal assured.

Boxing: Men's 56kg quarterfinal (IND v ZAM)

The Zambian has been throwing punches from the word go. Hussamuddin trying to respond with equal aggression. Scrappy from both so far. 

Another boxing quarterfinal coming up in men's 56kg, in which India's Mohammed Hussamuddin takes on Zambia's Mulenga Everisto.

Also beginning is the crucial women's hockey match between India and South Africa with a place in the semis at stake. 

SQUASH UPDATE

Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal reach Mixed Doubles Round of 16 with a comfortable 11-2, 11-3 win over Madina Zafar and Tayyab Aslam from Pakistan. They topped Pool E with an all-win record in two matches.

SQUASH UPDATE

Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal have won the first game with a comfortable 11-2 margin in their second Group E match of mixed doubles against the Pakistan duo of Madina Zafar and Tayyab Aslam.

Some 'fun' at the @GC2018 Games Village in Gold Coast this afternoon there's an energy spilling over.@Media_SAI pic.twitter.com/lcU7CjYDkQ

— Neelam Kapur (@NeelamKapur) April 10, 2018

Remaining India events on Day 6 in Gold Coast

2:15 pm - Squash - Mixed Doubles - Dipkia Pallikal & Saurav Ghosal
2:45 pm - Boxing - Mohammed Hussamuddin (Men's 56kg QF)
3:00 pm - Hockey - India vs South Africa (Women)
3:30 pm - Boxing - Manoj Kumar (Men's 69kg QF)
3:45 pm - Squash - Mixed Doubles - Harinder Pal Sandhu & Joshna Chinappa
4:15 pm - Boxing - Satish Kumar (Men's +91kg QF)
4:45 pm - Athletics - Hima Das - Women's 400m Semis
5:15 pm - Athletics - Muhammad Anas - Men's 400m Final

Here's how the gold rush by top 10 in Gold Coast looks like at 1:20 pm IST on Day 6 of the competition

The only medal prospect remaining for India on Day 6 in Gold Coast

Muhammad Anas in Men's 400m Final at 5:15 pm IST. This will be huge if Anas can pull it off. He is the joint third-fastest qualifier in the pack. 

Men's Hockey Update

England have joined India as the two semi-finalists from Pool B after they beat Wales 3-2. India and England meet tomorrow and the winner will go on to top the Pool. The Indian team booked its place in the last-four stage earlier today with a 2-1 win over Malaysia.

Congratulations #HeenaSidhu for the gold in women's 25m pistol. #GC2018  #GC2018Shooting

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) April 10, 2018

Para table tennis player Maitreyee Sarkar loser her Women's TT6-10 Singles Group 1 match 11-3, 11-1, 11-3 to Australia's Melissa Tapper. 

Nothing motivates us better than these #Golden mornings!#ThankYou @HeenaSidhu10 on winning us our latest Gold from #GC2018Shooting Women's 25m Pistol Finals! Many #Congratulations on the new #GamesRecord you have to your name. No doubts you've made us proud! #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/dg5lha95mo

— IOA - Team India (@ioaindia) April 10, 2018

GOLD No. 11 for India! First on Day 6!

Heena Sidhu wins the Women's 25m Pistol event with a new Games Record of 38; Annu Raj Singh finishes 6th. This takes India's medals tally to 11 gold, 4 silver, 5 bronze.

Heena Sidhu in lead with 31 points, assured of a medal with three shooters left in the fray in the women's 25m Pistol finals. 

India's Heena Sidhu goes into the lead in women's 25m Pistol Final. Annu Raj was eliminated earlier. She finished a disappointing 6th. 

Annu Raj Singh eliminated, finishes 6th in women's 25m Pistol event with a score of 15. Heena Sidhu still in the fray, currently 2nd. 

Women's 25m Pistol Final

Annu in danger of being eliminated, Heena in second position after first two sets of shooting in Elimination round.

Women's 25m Pistol Final

At the end of Stage 1, Heena Sidhu joint second, Annu joint fourth. 

Boxer Naman Tanwar enters Men's 91kg semifinals. That assures India of another medal in the ring. 

Earlier in the day, Amit Phangal also progressed to the Men's 46-49kg semifinals. 

Three more boxing quarterfinals to come in the day. 

Boxer Naman Tanwar in Men's 91kg Quarterfinal:

Round 2 in progress. A good left jab from Naman rattles Frank Masoe and he is now looking for spaces right when Frank tries to go for an offensive. 

Boxer Naman Tanwar in Men's 91kg Quarterfinal:

The Indian has a unique open stance, plays with a dropped-guard strategy. The Samoan Frank Masoe is having a better first round so far. 

Naman Tanwar's men's 91kg boxing quarterfinal to begin shortly. He will take on Samoa's Frank Masoe. Stay tuned as we will bring you all the live updates from that match. 

Up next on the Day-6 Gold Coast roster for India:

10:30 am - Boxing - Naman Tanwar in men's 91kg quarterfinal

11 am - Women's 25m Pistol Finals - Annu Raj Singh and Heena Sindhu

India's medal winners have been celebrating their wins, and why not! Here's Saina Nehwal with team-mates after India won their maiden CWG mixed team badminton gold in Gold Coast yesterday.

Moments after the match yesterday with my friends..#CommonwealthGames2018 #badminton #Goldcoast @PRANNOYHSPRI @pranaav6 @Shettychirag04 pic.twitter.com/J8sTzEzPQL

— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) April 10, 2018

BOXING MEDAL ASSURED!

India now assured of a medal in men's 46-49kg division as Amit beats Scotland's Aqeel Ahmed in a split 4-1 verdict in the quarterfinals.

Para TT player Vaishnavi Sutar falters in a group match of women's TT6-10 Singles event as she lost to Canada's Stephanie Chan 11-1, 11-2, 11-3.

Coming up is Amit in Men's 46-49kg boxing quarterfinal.

SQUASH

After winning her women's doubles pool match with Joshna Chinnappa earlier in the day, Dipika Pallikal paired up with Saurav Ghosal in mixed doubles and the duo easily got past their Guyanese opponents 11-3, 11-3 in a Pool E match.

BADMINTON

Indian pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy broke little sweat in winning their first Pool E match of the mixed team event 21-9, 21-5 against the team from Guernsey.

BAD NEWS!

India fails to win any medal in men's 50m rifle prone finals after Chain Singh finished 4th with 204.8 points and Gagan Narang 7th with 142.3 points. 

Men's50m Rifle Prone Finals.

Gagan Narang (142.3 points) eliminated, finishes 7th. Chain Singh in second position.

Men's 50m Rifle Prone Final

Gagan Narang (122.1) in elimination zone, needs 10s or above to stay in the pack that is now reduced to 7 shooters. Chain Singh up to second position now with 123.6 points 

Men's 50m Rifle Prone Final

Gagan Narang has fell to 5th position with 102.0 points after second batch of five shots. Chain Singh stays joint third. 

Men's 50m Rifle Prone Final

Gagan Narang joint second with 51.5 points while Chain Singh is joint third with 51.3 points. Shooters will now take shots No. 6 to 10. 

Men's 50m Rifle Prone Final

Shooters taking first five of the 24 shots after which the leaderboard will be updated.

All in readiness for the Men's 50m Rifle Prone final, where Gagan Narang and Chain Singh are among the favourites to finish on the podium. 

The line-up of India action between 8:30 am & 9:30 am

8:30 am - Shooting (Men's 50m Prone Final, Gagan Narang and Chain Singh)

8:45 am - Squash (mixed doubles, Dipika Pallikal & Saurav Ghosal)

9 am - Table Tennis (Women's Singles, Vaishnavi Sutar)

9:15 am - Boxing  (Amit, Men's 46-49kg QF)

WOMEN SHOOTERS IN FINALS!

Annu Raj Singh and Heena Sidhu have qualified for the women's 25m Pistol final (Precision/Rapid). It starts 11 am. 

SQUASH: 

After losing first game 10-11, defending champions in women's doubles squash - India's Dipika Pallikal & Joshna Chinappa romped through the next two 11-0 and 11-1 against Pakistan's Faiza & Madina in a Pool C match.

Not so good start for India in the ATHLETICS arena. Dharun Ayyaswamy failed to advance in Men's 400m Hurdles after he finished 5th in Heat 1 with a timing of 49.85.

On the SQUASH courts, defending champs Joshna Chinnappa & Dipika Palikal have begun their campaign in women's doubles in a pool match, but have lost the first game 10-11 to Pakistan pair of Faiza and Madina.

Result from the Pool:

India's para-swimming Vaishnavi Vinod Jagtap was in action in Heat 1 of women's S8 50m Freestyle event. Unfortunately, she finished 7th with a timing of 41.63 and couldn't progress.

India enter Men's Hockey Semifinals

Harmanpreet Singh's two penalty-corner conversions helped India beat Malaysia 2-1 in a Pool B match. They still have a pool match in  hand against England, which will decide whether they finish No. 1 or 2 in the pool.

Five minutes left to full-time in the India vs Malaysia men's hockey pool match, and the Indians holding onto their 2-1 lead at the moment. If India win, it will be their second win in three matches and take them through to the semifinals.

With a quarter left to play, India have scored through Harmanpreet's second goal off a PC to lead Malaysia 2-1 in Pool B match of the men's hockey.

Men's hockey action also, with India taking on Malaysia in their third pool match. It's 1-1 at present in Q3. Harmanpreet Singh scored for India in the third minute, Faisal Saari equalised for MAL in Q2. 

We have already had our first good result of the day, and it comes from the shooting range.

India's Gagan Narang and Chain Singh have reached the final of men's 50m Rifle Prone finishing third and sixth respectively in the qualification round.

Also going on is the Women's 25m Pistol Precision Qualifying where Annu Raj Singh and Heena Sidhu are participating. 

Hello and welcome to ZeeNews.com's continued coverage of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. Just to refresh your memory, India currently stands third on the medals tally with 10 Gold, 4 silver, 5 Bronze.