Commonwealth Games: Watch | Top 5 India moments from CWG Day 6 as medal tally rises to 18

Wednesday turned out to be a successful day for India as the athletes bagged four more medals on day 5 of the quadrennial event. From Sourav Ghoshal’s historic bronze medal, to Tejaswin Shankar’s track and field medal, we take a look at the top five moments. Commonwealth Games: India schedule , Results , Medals tally Sourav Ghoshal’s historic Squash singles medal Sourav Ghoshal made history on Wednesday, winning first ever singles medal for India at the Commonwealth Games. So far India had only won medals in doubles event. Ghoshal dominated his English opponent and the favourite to win James Willstrop and won the contest 3-0 in straight games with a scoreline of 11-6, 11-1, and 11-4. Ghoshal will now be seen pairing with Dipika Pallikal in the mixed doubles event.

One for the ages ✨

A historic feat as Saurav Ghosal wins 🇮🇳's first-ever singles medal in Squash at #CWG2022 🤜🤛#BirminghamMeinJitegaHindustanHamara 🫶#SonySportsNetwork #SirfSonyPeDikhega #B2022 pic.twitter.com/1LdEQfvCXU

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Renuka Singh Thakur’s magical spell Indian women’s cricket team qualified for the semi-finals after defeating Barbados by 100 runs in their last group encounter. Batting first, India posted a commendable total on the back of Jemimah Rodriguez, Shafali Verma, and Dipti Yadav’s decent batting performance. While Rodriguez held up the innings with a half-century, Verma and Yadav’s power hitting made sure that India didn’t lag behind a defendable total. The star of the match however was Renuka Singh who repeated his first match heroics and left the Barbados top order in shambles. She bowled four straight overs at the start of the innings and scalped four wickets, giving away just 10 runs. Renuka was bowling beautifully and swinging the ball in a fascinating manner. The opposition batters were baffled and left the ball only to see their stumps uprooted.

The Swing Queen 👑

Watch the highlights as Renuka Thakur produces a fiery spell against Barbados in a crucial match in #CWG2022 🔥#BirminghamMeinJitegaHindustanHamara 🫶#B2022 #SirfSonyPeDikhega #SonySportsNetwork pic.twitter.com/YXiWymR1y9

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Women’s Hockey team books semi-final birth Before the cricket team qualified for the semi-final the women’s hockey team had already beaten Canada 3-2 to book their place in the knockouts. Indian women took a 2-0 lead with goals from Vandana Katariya and Navneet Kaur. But Canada fought back and levelled the scores 2-2. Lalremsiami though found India’s late winner to give them a 3-2 lead and eventually the win, but she had to walk off the field in the game’s final minutes due to a collision.

𝐃𝐡𝐚𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐧 🤜🤛

The Indian Women's Hockey Team seals their Semi-Final spot with a win over Canada in #CWG2022 🔥#BirminghamMeinJitegaHindustanHamara 🫶#B2022 #SonySportsNetwork #SirfSonyPeDikhega pic.twitter.com/qb2S7qhKTn

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Judoka Tulika Maan wins silver Former commonwealth champion Indian judoka Tulika Maan gave her all but came up short against Scotland’s Sarah Adlington in the final, and won silver medal in the women’s 78kg category. Tulika, won two fights earlier in the day to make it to the final. She was leading the final against Adlington as well, before the Scottish judoka pulled off an Ippon to win gold. Adlington had Tulika on the mat with a forceful throw and the Indian landed on her back, ending the contest with 30 seconds remaining.

Tejaswin Shankar’s High jump bronze medal Tejaswin Shankar, whose selection for the games was marred with controversies, gave India their first track and field event medal, winning a bronze in the high jump. Shankar registered a jump of 2.22m and came third with the attempt. He later tried a 2.28m jump as well to take the leadership position but couldn’t clear the bar and had to be satisfied with the bronze. Shankar was brought in as a replacement for Arokia Rajiv who had failed a fitness test. And the CGF allowed him entry only after two Indian athletes had failed dope test.

Opening 🇮🇳's Athletics account, @TejaswinShankar brings the Bronze home 😎#SonySportsNetwork #SirfSonyPeDikhega #CWG2022 #B2022 #TejaswinShankar pic.twitter.com/hZVjm2FMsw

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