The shooters and weightlifters were the showstoppers again for India on day four in Gold Coast. Here's what to watch out for on day five. (All IST).
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In a repeat of the 2010 final, India will take on three-time champions Malaysia in the final of the mixed team event. Malaysia won 3-1 in 2010 with India's sole win coming through Saina Nehwal in the women's singles. It is hard to bet against an identical outcome even this time, as Lee Chong Wei will have the upper hand against Kidambi Srikanth in the men's singles.
Malaysia's men's doubles pair of Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong, and women's doubles pair of Chow Mei Kuan and Vivian Hoo are vastly experienced and should see that match out for them. Their mixed-doubles pair of Soon Huat Goh and Shevon Jemie Lai is also one of the best in the world and it will take something special from India to topple them.
Timings: Mixed-team final, 1.01 PM
Jitu, Mehuli look to live up to their billing
After Manu Bhaker lived up to her tag of being the favourite to win the 10m air pistol on the first day of shooting, Jitu Rai and Mehuli Ghosh would look to join her and continue their good recent form. India would in fact be favourites to complete a one-two in both the women's 10m air rifle and men's 10m air pistol, with defending champion Apurvi Chandela and Om Prakash Mitharwal also in action.
Ghosh made everyone take notice of her by winning as many as eight medals at the senior national championships in December 2017. "I can say with absolute certainty that I haven't in my close to three decades in the sport run into a talent like her," Ghosh's coach Joydeep Karmakar, who had finished fourth in the 50m rifle prone event at the 2012 London Olympics, told ESPN earlier this year.
"What sets her apart is that she's extremely sharp in perception and quick in interpretation. Also, she knows how to fight back from a really bad position."
Timings: Women's 10m air rifle - Apurvi Chandela and Mehuli Ghosh
Qualification: 6.30 am
Final: 9 am Men's 10m air pistol - Jitu Rai and Om Prakash Mitharwal
Qualification: 4.30 am
Final: 7.30 am
Tejaswin Shankar and Hima Das target the podium
Tejaswin Shankar first witnessed the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in 2010 as a 11-year-old. Eight years later, he will be one of the favourites to win gold in the high jump. Shankar already holds the national record and on a quality field that will also include Olympic champion Derek Drouin, a podium finish by Shankar will be a commendable achievement.
"These are guys I had seen in videos. It's just going to be so exciting to compete along with them," Shankar had told ESPN earlier this year.
Having known nothing about the Commonwealth Games until as recently as two years ago, Hima has had a meteoric rise and will be India's best medal hope in the track events. Her timing is the sixth fastest among all competitors in the event and she will look to make the finals at the very least.
"Her biggest strength is that she simply doesn't worry about what's happening in the other lanes. People ask her, 'Aren't you worried if the person next to you is a national champion?' The fact is she doesn't even know who the national champion or world champion is because she has just been competing at any level for a year," says Nabajit Malakar, who was with Hima at her breakout tournament, the Junior national championship.
Timings: Tejaswin Shankar - men's high jump qualifying, 5.50 am
Hima Das - women's 400m heats, 6.00 am