2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow Day 2 Highlights: Abhinav Bindra Shoots Gold, Malaika Goel Adds Silver Lining, Santoshi Matsa Bronze
After a rousing start on Day 1 of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, India are hoping to add to their medal tally on Day 2. Early on Friday, India's Malaika Goel won silver in 10m Air Pistol to give India a great start. Abhinav Bindra then won a 4th CWG gold by winning the 10m Air Rifle competition. A bronze medal was added to India's tally by Santoshi Matsa in the 53 kg weightlifting category. Catch highlights here.
India won a gold, a silver and a bronze on Day 2 to take their medal tally to 10 Commonwealth Games 2014. Catch highlights here. (RESULTS | MEDALS TALLY)
07.15 (IST): Squash player Saurav Ghosal advanced to quarters. In women's category, Anaka Alankamony reached round of 16.
07.12 (IST): Boxer Parveen Kumar lost 0-3 (men's +91 kg) to Scotland's Ross Henderson in Round of 16.
07.09 (IST): Indian boxer Mandeep Jangra beat Mozambique's Augusto Mathule 3-0 to enter Round of 16 (men's 69 kg).
07.05 (IST): India's Sandeep Sejwal finishes 6th in 100m breaststroke semis.
07.00 (IST): In men's 62kg, Indian weightlifter Rustam Sarang finished seventh with a total lift of 263kg.
23:36 (IST): Indian judoka Sunibala Huidrom loses to Sally Conway in women's 70 kg bronze medal match.
23:34 (IST): Oh, dear! Third penalty for Sunibala. One more will result in disqualification.
23:32 (IST): Second penalty for Sunibala. She is not looking good out there against the aggressive Conway.
23:31 (IST): Sunibala Huidrom is now in action against Sally Conway and she has already received her first penalty.
22:53 (IST): Indian judoka Sunibala Huidrom will face Sally Conway for bronze in women's 70 kg category at 11:20 pm IST.
22:37 (IST): Coming up: Indian boxer Shiva Thapa competes in his 52 kg Round of 32 bout at 11 pm IST.
22:34 (IST): Meanwhile, good news for England in swimming as Fran Halsall sets a new Games record in the Women's 50 m freestyle qualifying event.
22:17 (IST): Papua New Guinea's Dika Toua lifts 111 kg in clean and jerk (53 kg) to take the lead. And now, Nigeria's Chika Analha lifts 115 kg to win the gold! India's Santoshi Matsa wins bronze!
22:15 (IST): Weightlifting: India's Santoshi Matsa fails to lift 109 kg in clean and jerk (53 kg) competition!
22:13 (IST): Nigeria's Chika Analha lifts 107 kg in clean and jerk (53 kg) to take the lead.
22:11 (IST): Weightlifting: Papua New Guinea's Dika Toua goes one better, lifts 106 kg in clean and jerk (53 kg). Santoshi Matsa 2nd. Swati Singh finishes at 4th after lifting 100kg.
22:08 (IST): Weightlifting: India's Santoshi Matsa lifts 105 kg now in clean and jerk (53 kg) competition!
22:05 (IST): Weightlifting: India's Swati Singh fails to lift 103 kg in clean and jerk (53 kg) competition.
22:03 (IST): Weightlifting: India's Santoshi Matsa lifts 102 kg in clean and jerk (53 kg) competition.
21:25 (IST): Indian shuttlers blank Kenya 5-0 in Group B mixed team event.
21:16 (IST): Weightlifting: India's Santoshi Matsa and Swati Singh 2nd & 3rd in 53kg at halftime. Nigeria's Chika Analha is 1st.
21:14 (IST): Chika Analha of Nigeria breaks Swati Singh's record by lifting 85kg! Swati failed to lift 85 after 83kg.
21:11 (IST): Weightlifting: Swati Singh & Matsa Santoshi both lift 83 kg in 2nd and 3rd attempts, 83 kg is the CWG record.
21:06 (IST): Shooting: India's Arti Singh Rao has been knocked out in the Women's Skeet competition.
20:52 (IST): Weightlifting: Matsa Santoshi successfully lifts 78 kg in her first attempt. She is competing in the 53 kg category.
20:46 (IST): Shooting: India's Arti Singh Rao is 5th after 12/16 in Women's Skeet semis.
20:26 (IST): Weightlifting: India's Swati Singh & Matsa Santoshi compete in 53 kg category. Medals to be decided today.
19:58 (IST): India is currently at fourth place in the medal tally with 3 golds, 4 silvers and 2 bronze medals.
19:54 (IST): Here is another exciting story that was doing the rounds before Abhinav Bindra's gold rush. Rahul Dravid, Bindra and Pullela Gopichand will lead a Target Mission Olympic Podium Scheme committee to help India put up a better show in future Olympic events.
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19:41 (IST): With Bindra's win, India now have three gold medals in Commonwealth Games 2014. Here is how the current medal tally looks like.
19:28 (IST): 10m Air Rifle Men's Finals: India's Abhinav Bindra (205.3) wins GOLD!!!! Abdullah Baki (202.1) of Bangladesh wins Silver. Daniel Rivers (182.4) of England wins Bronze.
19:22 (IST): 10m Air Rifle Men's Finals: India's Ravi Kumar (162.4) eliminated after leading for most of the event. He ends up 4th. Abhinav Bindra assured of medal finish.
19:19 (IST): 10m Air Rifle Men's Finals: Bindra (133.5) has overtaken Kumar (133.2). Close fight for gold.
19:15 (IST): 10m Air Rifle Men's Finals: Kumar in the lead after 12 shots with 124.1 points. Bindra second with 123.4.
19:12 (IST): 10m Air Rifle Men's Finals: After 10 shots Ravi Kumar leads with 103.6 points. Bindra 2nd with 102.3. Looks like a Bindra-Kumar battle as of now. There are 10 more shots remaining. Two Indians in the lead.
19:09 (IST): 10m Air Rifle Men's Finals: After 8 shots, Ravi Kumar leads with 82.6 points. Bindra 2nd with 82. A total of 20 shots will be taken.
19:07 (IST): 10m Air Rifle Men's Finals: Ravi Kumar leads with 72.2 points. Abhinav Bindra second with 71.5.
19:05 (IST): 10m Air Rifle Men's Finals: Ravi Kumar leads with 61.6 points after six shots. Abhinav Bindra second at 61.2 points.
19:02 (IST): Ravi Kumar leads in 10m Air Rifle Men's Finals after 3 shots with 31.1 points. Abhinav Bindra is at fourth place.
18:42 (IST): Coming up: India's Abhinav Bindra and Ravi Kumar will compete in the 10m Air Rifle Final at 7 pm.
18:39 (IST): Mairaj Ahmad Khan from India fails to qualify for Skeet men's final.
18:16 (IST): India's Sandeep Sejwal qualifies for men's 100m breaststroke. In the process, he became the first Indian swimmer to clear the qualification round. Sejwal finished 12th overall after clocking 1:02.97 seconds in the heat to advance to the next round.
18:02 (IST): Indian squash player Joshna Chinappa has been knocked out of her singles competition after losing 11-3, 11-8, 8-11, 11-5 to New Zealand's Joelle King.
17:53 (IST): Indian judoka Sunibala Huidrom wins her women's - 70kg repechage round. She will face Scotland's S Conway for the bronze.
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17:29 (IST): SILVER MEDAL! 16-year-old Malaika Goel from Amritsar has bagged the silver medal in the 10m Air Pistol category. In a closely-fought contest, she (197.1 points) lost to Singapore's Shun Xie Teo (198.6) by a slender margin. This is India's eighth medal in the Commonwealth Games and the first today.
05.13 (IST): India's Heena Sidhu (95.8 points) eliminated from 10m Air Pistol Women's Finals. These are according to standings after 12 shots. But all is not lost for India. Malaika goel is still in medal contention.
04.50 (IST): India's Garima Choudary (63 kg category) has lost to Sarah Clark. She will compete in the Repachage contest to qualify for the bronze medal event.
04.37 (IST): Welsh 400m hurdler Rhys Williams has been withdrawn from the Commonwealth Games after failing a doping test.
04.33 (IST): India's Sunibala Huidrom loses to Australia's C Arscott in the women's 70 kg quarter-final.
04.30 (IST): 2008 Beijing Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra and Ravi Kumar qualify for 10m Air Rifle final, finishing 3rd and 4th respectively in the qualifying stages. This will be Bindra's last Commonwealth Games. Bindra has eight CWG medals.
03.26 (IST): Women seem to be doing much better than men in Judo. India's Sunibala Huidrom has beaten Botswana's Zikhale to reach quarterfinals of women's 70 kg.
03.25 (IST): Balvinder Singh lost to E Madeira of Mozambique in the 73 kg Men's Round of 32. Garima Chaudhary beats Bibiene Fopa of Cameroon to reach the quarterfinal of women's 63 kg
03.06 (IST): In Judo, India fail to replicate their splendid form from Day 1 on Thursday as Vikender Singh lost to Omgba Fouda from Cameroon in Men's 81kg.
03.05 (IST): "India unimpressive in win. They looked overconfident. Converting two of six penalty corners against a team like Wales is poor," says Jasbir Singh.
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03.00 (IST): Full-Time! India open their Commonwealth campaign with a 3-1 win over Wales.
02.50 (IST): India look a transformed side in the second session. More purpose in their attacks. Less than 10 minutes left on the clock. India enjoy possession.
02.35 (IST): GOAL! India lead 3-1 now! Gurwinder Chandi scores a field goal in the 47th minute.
02.32 (IST): GOAL! India take 2-1 lead vs Wales. Rupinderpal Singh converts a penalty corner in the 43rd minute.
02.20 (IST):  Former international hockey star Jasbir Singh slams India's bodylanguage against Wales. "They look so lethargic. The defence is bad. If they play like this, they can forget winning a medal," says Jasbir.
02.15 (IST): Meanwhile, India shooters on target as Heena Sidhu and Malaika Goel qualify for the women's 10m air pistol final with 383 and 378 points respectively.
02.10 (IST): India and Wales are level on 1-1 at half-time.
01.58 (IST): 23' GOAL! Wales have pulled one back. Andrew Cornick with the equaliser.
01.56 (IST): 19' GOAL! India take 1-0 lead vs Wales as Raghunath converts a penalty corner.
 01.48 (IST): India have dominated possession and play in the first ten minutes of the game so far. Wales goalkeeper is being kept on his toes. (0-0)
01.30 (IST): Indian hockey team begin their CWG 2014 campaign against Pool A opponents Wales. Can they salvage some pride after a poor showing in the recently-concluded World Cup?
 With seven medals on Day 1, India start today fourth in the medal standings. The events to look forward to will be shooting, weightlifting and judo. Olympic gold medallist Bindra and world number one in women's 10-metre air pistol, Heena Sidhu, are expected to set the tone for the strong Indian shooting team. The other Indian shooters in action on the second day of competition will be Ravi Kumar (10-m air rifle), Malaika Goel (10-m air pistol), Arti Singh Rao and Mairaj Ahmad Khan -- in women's and men's skeet events, respectively. (Day 2 Schedule)
After a golden start on Thursday, India will look to add to their medal tally on Friday, Day 2 of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. (Results)
All eyes will be on India's top shooters, especially Abhinav Bindra, who will be playing his fifth and final Commonwealth Games.
Having won a staggering 30 medals, including 14 gold, in the last edition of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, the expectation will understandably be high from the shooters who will be converging at the Barry Buddon Shooting Range.
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Although no medals are at stake in boxing, Indian pugilists will have to overcome administrative controversies to prove their merit. With seven medals, three of them gold and four bronze, Indian boxers had scaled an unprecedented high in the 2010 edition of the Games in front of adoring and vociferous home fans in Delhi.
In Glasgow, the Indians were initially barred from having their coaches as ringside seconds here due to the federation's termination. But the International Boxing Association (AIBA) relented after some time, much to their relief. The Indian team this time comprises seven men and three women. The women will be making their Commonwealth Games debut.
Of the seven men, only Manoj Kumar (64kg) and Olympic bronze-medallist Vijender Singh (75kg) were part of the super-successful team of the previous edition. Manoj was among the three gold-medallists, while the more fancied and more famous Vijender had settled for a rather controversial bronze in Delhi.
Judo and weightlifting grabbed the spotlight on Day 1. India could win more medals here. India's Balvinder Singh will compete in the 73 kg class while Vikender Singh will play the 81 kg category. Sunibala Huidrom (70 kg) and Garima Choudhary (63 kg) will the women judokas in action.
Indian men start their campaign in hockey too. After a horrible ninth finish in the FIH World Cup in The Hague, Sardar Singh's men will look to salvage some pride in the Commonwealth Games. They start against Wales but will come up against world champions Australia later in the group stage. South Africa and hosts Scotland are the other teams in India's group. In Pool B, England, New Zealand, Malaysia, Canada and Trinidad and Tobago will fight it out for two places in the knockout phase.
India come into the Glasgow Games as reigning silver medallists, having been humiliated 8-nil by Australia in the final of the 2010 edition in New Delhi. After Australia, the ninth-ranked Indians are the favourites to progress to the semi-finals from Pool A with South Africa (13th ranked) posing an outside challenge.