CWG Day 6: India eyes best-ever Games haul, 36 Gold medals at stake

New Delhi: Day 6 and India's attempts to continue at the second position in the medals tally will get a huge challenge from England and Canada as both these countries have reduced their gap with the hosts considerably. (Read: 20 and still counting)

Large number of spectators are expected to pour in at all venues today with plenty of action lined up for the weekend. (Read: CWG: Tickets sold out but spirits still high) India will look to grab more Gold as the sixth day of the Games as 36 medals are up for stake. Some big names including Gagan Narang and Sania Mirza will be competing in the finals. 

Ace shooter Gagan Narang will be the cynosure of all eyes as he will participate in the Singles 50 m Rifle 3 Positions (Men). Imran Hasan will also be seen participating in the same event.

Shooting will have more to offer with Suma Siddharth Shirur and Kavitha Yadav in the Pairs 10m Air Rifle shooting event and Vijay Kumar and Harpreet Singh in the Pairs 25m Pistol (Men). (Read: Indian shooters continue to call shots at Karni range)

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After the duo of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati crashed out in the semi-finals of the men's doubles event, India rests its hope on Sania Mirza as she faces Anastasia Rodionova in the Women's singles final today. (Read: Sania and Somdev cruise into finals)

Both the men's and women's hockey team will continue their race for the Gold today. The men will look to establish a victory against Scotland while the Indian women's hockey team is up against South Africa today after thrashing Trinidad and Tobago 7-0 yesterday. (Read: India trounce T&T, 7-0 to stay in hunt)

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After Kavita Raut's stellar show in the 10, 000 mts, Indian fans will expect more medals from the track and field events which will feature some of the medals hope like Tintu Luka in women's 800 mts and Discus thrower Vikas Gowda (Read: Raut becomes first Indian woman to win individual track medal)

In Wrestling, India will hope to break more records as there are 3 Gold medals are at stake today. India's Yogeshwar Dutt, Narsingh Pancham Yadav and Anil Mann will be seen fighting for Gold in the Freestyle 60kg, Freestyle 74kg, Freestyle 96kg finals (Men's) respectively.

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In Weightlifting, Monika Devi and Srishti Singh will be competing in the 75 kg Women's category.

GOLD MEDALS AT STAKE: 36 - Swimming (9), Archery (2), Athletics (11), Shooting (7), Tennis (2), Weightlifting (2), Wrestling (3)

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Following is India's schedule of Day 6 of the Commonwealth Games:

Athletics:

Men's Race Walk: Babu Bhai Panucha

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Men's Discus throw: Vikas Gowda

Women's 800m: Tintu Luka

Men's 400m Hurdle: Joseph Abraham

Women's Long Jump Final: Mayookha Johny

Men's High Jump: Hari Shankar Roy

Netball:

Women: India vs Samoa

Lawn Bowls:

Triples Men: India vs New Zealand

Pairs Men: India vs Falkland Islands, India vs Malta

Pairs Women :India vs Zambia

Singles Women: Farzana Khan vs Siti Zalina Ahmad (Malaysia)

Singles Men: Mohammad Raja vs Safuan Said (Malyasia)

Singles Women: Farzana Khan vs Claire Johnston (Scotland)

Hockey:

Women: India vs South Africa

Men: India vs Scotland

Boxing:

Light Fly Weight (46-49kg): Amandeep Singh vs Muhamad Fuad
(Malaysia)

Heavy Weight (91kg): Manpreet Singh vs Haruna Mhando
(Tanzania)

Light Heavy Weight (81kg): Dinesh Kumar vs Obed Mbwakongo
(England)

Bantam Weight (56kg): Akhil Kumar vs Iain Weaver (England)

Weightlifting:

75kg Women: Monika Devi, Srishti Singh.

Swimming:

200m Butterfly Women: Pooja Raghava Alva, Aditi Dhumatkar

400m Individual Medley Women:  Kanch Desai, Richa Mishra

200m Breaststroke Men: Sandeep Sejwal, Puneet Rana

Archery:

Recurve Team Women Semifinals: India vs Malaysia

Recurve Team Women Finals :India vs England

Recurve Team Men Semifinals: Australia vs India vs Scotland

Recurve Team Men Finals:India vs England

Shooting:

Pairs 25m Pistol men: Vijay Kumar

Pairs 10m Rifle event: Suma Siddharth Shirur, Kavitha yadav

Singles 50 m Rifle 3 Positions Men: Gagan Narang

Singles Trap Women: Seema Tomar, Shreyasi Singh

Singles Trap Men: Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Mansher Singh

(With PTI Inputs)