Golden Girl
Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu produced another record-breaking performance (women's 49kg) to win India's first gold medal in Birmingham - Twitter Photo
New star
Before Mirabai's gold, it was Sanket Sargar (55kg) who opened India's medal count of CWG 2022 with a silver medal. He missed gold by just a kilo after an unfortunate injury - Getty Images
It's a bronze
Gururaja Poojary was the next weightlifter to add to India's medals tally. He won a bronze medal in the 61kg category (PTI Photo)
On the podium
Bindyarani Devi (55kg) capped a successful day for India with a silver-medal effort, India's fourth weightlifting medal so far - AP Photo
Triumph
India's women's hockey team registered second consecutive group-stage win by defeating Wales 3-1 (PTI Photo)
Setback
The table tennis contingent suffered a setback in the women's team event, when the Manika Batra-led team lost to Malaysia 2-3 in the quarterfinals (PTI Photo)
Going strong
Indian shuttlers progressed to the Mixed Team quarterfinals with wins over Sri Lanka (5-0) and Australia (4-1) - Getty Images
Racquet sports
Saurav Ghosal (on right in picture) and Joshna Chinappa progressed to the Round of 16 in their respective squash singles draw (PTI Photo)
Punched
Indian boxer Mohammed Hussamuddin (in blue) progressed to the men's featherweight pre-quarterfinals with a 5-0 win over South Africa's Amzolele Dyeyi (Getty Images)
Winner
Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain defeated New Zealand's Ariane Nicholson 5-0 to enter Round of 16 in women's light middleweight section (Reuters Photo)
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