CWG 2018, Day 10: India win 17 medals with 8 gold on Super Saturday as Boxers, Wrestlers dominate

That's it on Super Saturday. 

India won 17 medals today, including 8 gold medals. India will have some more medals in sight on the final day of 2018 Commonwealth Games on Sunday. 

They are assured of at least six more medals on Sunday including at least one gold medal with PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal meeting in the Badminton women's singles final. 

India's Satwik Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa go down 19-21, 19-21 in their mixed doubles bronze medal match.

India in Boxing at 2018 Commonwealth Games: Indian boxers win three gold medals, three silver and three bronze.

Satish wins silver

India's Satish Kumar loses his bout against England's Frazer Clarke in the Men's +91kg final. 

Indian boxing legend MC Mary Kom will be India's flagbearer at the event's closing ceremony on Sunday. Mary Kom claimed a gold medal on debut at the Commonwealth Games today. 

Badminton: India's Satwik Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa lose first game 19-21 in their mixed doubles bronze medal match.

Table Tennis : India's Achanta Sharath Kamal and Gnanasekaran Sathiyan settle for silver after losing 5-11, 12-10, 11-9, 6-11, 8-11 against England's Paul Drinkhall and Liam Pitchford in the men's doubles final.

Table Tennis : India's Achanta Sharath Kamal and Gnanasekaran lose the 4th game against England's Paul Drinkhall and Liam Pitchford. The match will be decided in the 5th and final game now.

Table Tennis : India's Achanta Sharath Kamal and Gnanasekaran win the third game against England's Paul Drinkhall and Liam Pitchford 11-9 to take 2-1 lead in the men's doubles gold medal match. 

Badminton: India's HS Prannoy loses to England's Rajiv Ouseph in the men's singles bronze medal match. Prannoy went down 21-17, 23-25, 9-21. 

Table Tennis : India's Achanta Sharath Kamal and Gnanasekaran win the second game against England's Paul Drinkhall and Liam Pitchford 12-10 to stay in the men's doubles gold medal match. They lost the first game 5-11.

Badminton: India's HS Prannoy has lost the second game 23-25 against England's Rajiv Ouseph in the men's singles bronze medal match. Prannoy has won the first game 21-17. 

MEDAL ALERT

Table Tennis: India's Harmeet Desai and Sanil Shetty beat Singapore's Yew Pang and Ethan Poh to win the bronze medal in men's dpubles. They won the match 11-5, 11-6, 12-10.

Hockey: England men's team win the bronze medal after beating the India 2-1. India finish fourth.

Table Tennis: India's Harmeet Desai and Sanil Shetty have taken the second game 11-6 in the bronze medal playoff against Singapore's Yew Pang and Ethan Poh.

MEDAL ALERT!

Boxing: India's Mohammed Hussamuddin wins bronze in the 56 kg bantamweight. Indian boxers have had a phenomenal Day 10!

Badminton: HS Prannoy takes the first game 21-17 in his men's singles bronze medal playoff. 

Table Tennis: India's Harmeet Desai and Sanil Shetty are currently playing the bronze medal playoff against Singapore's Yew Pang and Ethan Poh.

The Indian duo take the first game 11-5.

Hockey - Men's Bronze Medal Match: England take the lead once again! India trail 1-2 at the end of Q3.

Hockey: The Indian team has picked up pace. It's 1-1 in Q3 with a bronze medal at stake!

Meanwhile, India have made it 1-1 in the men's hockey bronze medal match against England.

MEDAL ALERT!

Squash: India's Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal settle for silver in the mixed doubles. They are beaten 8-11, 10-11 by Australia's Donna Urquhart and Cameron Pilley.

MEDAL ALERT!

Table Tennis: India's Manika Batra wins gold in women's singles! She defeats Singapore's Mengyu Yu 11-7, 11-6, 11-2, 11-7. What a thumping 4-0 win for Manika, she's in tears.

Table Tennis - 

Manika Batra is demolishing Mengyu Yu in the Women's Singles gold medal match. Batra just won her third set 11-2

The Indina now leads three sets to love as commentators and audiences look in awe of her 'flawless, flawless game'

Men's Hockey -

At the end of Q1, India trail England 0-1.
India need to stretch more to take control.

Squash - 

Sourav Ghoshal misses his mark and the Australian pair takes advantage of it. 

Australians lead the game 11-8.

Table Tennis - 

Manika Batra takes second game 11-6. Two sets to love is a great start for Batra on her quest to win gold medal.

Men's Hockey - 

In Q1, Team England score on a penalty corner to take the lead 1-0 lead over Team India.

India now will have to fight back.

Table Tennis - 

Coming in hot, Manika Batra takes first set 11-9 in the women's singles gold medal match.

Squash - 

India's Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Saurav Ghosal are gearing up to face Donna Urquhart and Cameron Pilley of Australia in mixed doubles finals

MEDAL ALERT!

Badminton: India's Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy clinch bronze after a thrilling playoff against their Australian opponents! The Indian duo win 21-19, 21-19.

Badminton: India's Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy take the first game 21-19 in the women's doubles bronze medal playoff. Ponnappa is putting in a phenomenal effort here, this is her third match of the day.

With Somveer's bronze, India has achieved an incredible feat. Every Indian wrestler will return from Gold Coast with a medal!

MEDAL ALERT!

Wrestling: India's Somveer wins the bronze medal in 86 kg freestyle.

Badminton: India's Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy are currently competing in the women's doubles bronze medal match.

MEDAL ALERT!

Vinesh Phogat defends her gold medal! She wins in the 50 kg freestyle category. Superb performance from Phogat, she defeats Canada's Jessica McDonald 13-3.

Wrestling: India's Sakshi Malik claims bronze in the women's 62 kg Nordic. The Olympic bronze-medalist defeated New Zealand's Taylor Ford 6-5 on the back of some fine defensive skills.

Table Tennis: Sharath Kamal loses his men's singles semi-final against Nigeria's Aruna Quadri. An emphatic 4-0 win for Quadri who played a brilliant match, never giving Kamal a whiff. He sank to the ground once he won, with Kamal graciously congratulating him.

Score: 12-10, 11-9, 11-9, 11-7

Table Tennis: Poor, poor loss for Sharath Kamal in the third game. Was up 9-7 but an array of errors meant the Nigerian won four points in a row to take the game. The Indian trails three games to nil now, just one more away from elimination.

Athletics: India finish a disappointing seventh in the women's 4x400m relay final. Jamaica, as expected, take gold.

Table Tennis: Nigeria's Aruna Quadri takes the second game 11-9. He now has a 2-0 lead in this best-of-seven men's singles semi-final. Sharath Kamal did well to mount a comeback after being 5-10 down in the second game, but Quadri held his nerve to get the job done. Not much room for error for Kamal now!

Table Tennis: India's Sharath Kamal is currently taking on Nigeria's Aruna Quadri in the men's singles semi-final. It's not going according to plan for the seasoned Indian paddler. He loses the first game 12-10.

Athletics: India's Arpinder Singh misses bronze in the long jump event by a whisker! He finishes fourth after Cameroon's Marcel Mayack II pips him right at the end. Arpinder has won the bronze medal in Glasgow.

Athletics: India's Jinson Johnson finishes fifth in the men's 1,500m final. He, however, sets a national record with his run on Saturday. A commendable effort!

Badminton: India's Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwik Rankireddy lose in the mixed doubles semi-final against Lauren Smith and Marcus Ellis - 22-20, 18-21, 16-21.

This is Ponnappa's second defeat of the day after she lost the women's doubles semi-final with N Sikki Reddy.

This is India's 5th gold medal in athletics at the Commonwealth Games.

Here are the previous winners - 

Milkha Singh - 440 yards gold medal at the 1958 Commonwealth Games

Krishna Poonia - Discus Throw gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Manjeet Kaur, Sini Jose, Ashwini Akkunji, and Mandeep Kaur - Women's 4x400 relay gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Vikas Gowda - Discus Throw gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Neeraj Chopra - Javelin Throw gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Neeraj Chopra recorded his season's best with a throw at 86.47 meters. This put him 3.88m ahead of Australia's Hamish Peacock.

India's Vipin Kashana ended up at fifth position with a best throw of 77.87 metres.

Medal Alert! 

Neeraj Chopra becomes first Indian athlete to win the gold medal in Javelin Throw at the Commonwealth Games.

This is India's first athletics gold medal at Gold Coast 2018.

Badminton: Lee Chong Wei dashes hopes of an all-Indian men's singles final. The legend defeats HS Prannoy in three games to set up a gold medal match with World No.1 Kidambi Srikanth.

Badminton: And we're going to have a dream final in the women's singles! PV Sindhu wins her semi-final after her Canadian opponent retires in the second game. It's going to be PV Sindhu against Saina Nehwal in the gold medal match.

Athletics: India's Neeraj Chopra is at the top of his game in the javelin throw final. He's in the lead at the moment after two massive attempts, both crossing the 85 meter mark comfortably.

Badminton: HS Prannoy is locked in a gripping battle with the great Lee Chon Wei. It's tied at 6-6 in the deciding game.

Badminton: India's PV Sindhu wins the first game of her women's singles semi-final 21-18. It was a tight game with Sindhu's Canadian opponent putting up a solid fight. Will the Indian qualify for the final to compete for gold with her compatriot Saina Nehwal?

Athletics: The javelin throw final is about to begin. India's Neeraj Chopra and Vipin Kasana will be in action.

Kaushik loses after three of the five judges rule in the Aussie's favour. It was a close, close bout, though. The Indian should hold his head high.

Medal Alert!

Boxing: Manish Kaushil settles for silver after losing the 60 kg final against Australia's Harry Garside.

The roar of #India! India! filled the stadia as @MangteC clinched her gold. Hon'ble Minister of #Sports Sh. @Ra_THORe was there to lend his support as well. Have a look at the post match celebrations. #SAI pic.twitter.com/gVqgGCx0A3

— SAIMedia (@Media_SAI) April 14, 2018

The roar of #India! India! filled the stadia as @MangteC clinched her gold. Hon'ble Minister of #Sports Sh. @Ra_THORe was there to lend his support as well. Have a look at the post match celebrations. #SAI pic.twitter.com/gVqgGCx0A3

— SAIMedia (@Media_SAI) April 14, 2018

Badminton: Saina Nehwal is through to the women's singles final after a hard-fought win over Scotland's Kirsty Gilmour. The Indian ace took the third and deciding game 21-18 to make her way to the gold medal match.

Squash: Defending champions Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa are through to the women's doubles final after defeating England’s Laura Massaro and Sarah-Jane Perry 11-10, 11-5.

Badminton: Kidambi Srikanth is through to the men's singles final after a comfortable 21-10, 21-17 win over England's Rajiv Ouseph.

MEDAL ALERT!

Boxer Gaurav Solanki wins gold in the men's 52 kg category!

Rajput sets a CWG record with a score of 454.5 in the men's 50m Rifle 3 Position final. Brilliant stuff from the Indian!

MEDAL ALERT!

Shooter Sanjeev Rajput gives India its 19th gold!

Badminton: Saina Nehwal in a serious spot of bother. After winning the first game, she loses the next one 18-21 against Scotland's Kirsty Gilmour. The ace Indian shuttler looked tired and erratic in the second game, she'll need a big effort now if she wants to play the final.

Badminton: World No.1 Kidambi Srikanth takes the first game 21-10 in his men's singles semi-final against England's Rajiv Ouseph. Just one more game and the star Indian shuttler will be through to the final.

MEDAL ALERT!

Boxer Amit Panghal settles for silver in the men's 49 kg category. It was an intense final with England's Galal Yafai winning by spilt decision.

Boxing: India's Amit Panghal is currently competing in the final of the 49 kg category. He's not off to a great start in this bout against England’s Galal Yafai.

Badminton: India's Saina Nehwal takes the first game 21-14 in her women's semi-final against Scotland's Kirsty Gilmour. The star shuttler looked in control for the better part of the game. Should make it through to the final.

Badminton: India's Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy lose 21-17, 15-21, 4-21 in the women's doubles semi-final against Malaysia’s Mei Kuan Chow and Vivian Hoo. The Indian duo gave a tough fight in the first two games, but were simply blown away at the end.

Ponnappa will be playing the mixed double semi-final later in the day along with Satwiksairaj Rankireddy.

Table Tennis: Sensational win for India's Manika Batra! The star paddler defeats World No.4 Feng Tianwei 12-10, 5-11, 11-8, 5-11, 5-11, 11-9, 13-11. Manika will now compete for gold in the women's singles final. This has been an incredible tournament for her!

Hockey: Disappointing end to what looked like a promising campaign for the Indian women's hockey team. They lose an embarrassing 0-6 to England in the bronze medal playoff.

Mary Kom wins India's 18th gold! This is the 35-year-old's maiden appearance at the Commonwealth Gamea. She defeated Northern Ireland’s Kristina O’Hara by a unanimous decision in the final.

MEDAL ALERT!

Mary Kom wins the gold medal in women's 45-48 kg! Yet another momentous occasion in the legend's illustrious career.