CWG 2022: The Indian men’s pair of Dinesh Kumar and Sunil Bahadur defeated England to advance to the quarter-finals of the lawn bowl event in the Commonwealth Games here on Sunday. Follow CWG 2022 Live updates on InsideSport.IN
CWG 2022: Indian men’s lawn bowls pair of Sunil Kumar and Dinesh Bahadur delivers big against England to seal quarters slot in Birmingham
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🇮🇳’s Men’s Pairs team of Dinesh Kumar and Sunil Bahadur progress to the QUARTERFINALS after solidifying their position in Sectional Play Round with a 18-15 victory over Team England 🏴
Well Done 👏
Keep up the Momentum!!!#Cheer4India#India4CWG2022 pic.twitter.com/pao3qjlUYH— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) July 31, 2022
Dinesh Kumar (skip) and Sunil Bahadur (lead) won 18-15. The duo was 10-5 ahead after the eighth end and thwarted English pair’s effort to make a comeback.
The Indian pair had gone down to Malaysia 14-17 in their first game on Friday but bounced back with wins over Falkland Islands (36-4) and Cook Islands (15-8).
They will now take on Northern Ireland in the quarter-final scheduled later in the day at 10.30 pm.
Tania Choudhary defeated Shauna O’Neill of Northern Ireland 21-12 to record a consolation win in women’s singles competition.
She had already bowed out of competition.
The Indian men’s triples team had also crashed out of the event after two losses and a tie.
CWG 2022: Indian men’s lawn bowls pair of Sunil Kumar and Dinesh Bahadur delivers big against England to seal quarters slot in Birmingham
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