CWG 2018- Saina Nehwal bags gold, Sindhu, Srikanth silver

Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal clinched gold medal by defeating compatriot PV Sindhu in the women's singles on the final day of 21st Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast, Australia.

Showing her dominance throughout the game, Saina snatched the victory with the scoreline of 21-18, 23-21 in the final.

Defending champion Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal settled for the silver medal in the final of women's doubles in squash. They lost the match to New Zealand's Joelle King and Amanda Landers-Murphy.

In a neck-and-neck fight, the world number 1 shuttler Kidambi Srikanth won the silver medal in men's singles final.

India's third bronze medal in table tennis came on the last day of 21st Commonwealth Games as well with Sharath Kamal winning his match.

Continuing her glorious run at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, Manika Batra grabbed her fourth medal after winning the bronze in the mixed doubles table tennis final with Sathiyan Gnanasekaran.

Manika Batra created history by winning the first ever women's singles table tennis gold for India on Saturday. Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal with a season's best of 86.47 m in the fourth throw, scripting another historic record for India.

India stands at number 3 in the medal tally with 26 golds in its kitty
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