Commonwealth Games 2022: India's medal tally rises to nine

The Indian contingent is displaying a good show at the ongoing Commonwealth Games and they have won 9 medals so far, including three gold. The first gold for India came through Mirabai Chanu on Saturday, and the rest of the two were also won by weightlifters -- Jeremy Lalrinnunga and Achinta Sheuli. Apart from three gold, the contingent has won three silver and three bronze as well. Judoka Shushila Devi also won a silver medal in the women's 48kg category on Monday.

Meanwhile, Commonwealth Games 2022 is getting more interesting as Indian women created history by ensuring the first ever medal in Lawn Bowls at CWG Birmingham 2022. India heavily relied on weightlifters for a long time, but medals in Judo and an ensured medal in Lawn Bowls are making the competition more interesting.

After India's dominance in weightlifting, Sushila Devi Likmabam secured the silver medal in the Women's 48 kg category in Judo, while Vijay Kumar Yadav defeated Dylan Munro in Men's 60 kg category Judo. Furthermore, Harjinder Kaur also got a bronze for her performance in Women's 71 kg weightlifting.

With 9 medals in the account, India would be looking to outperform South Africa for the 5th spot. The bigger challenge for India would be to win gold in most of their events to rank higher than South Africa or Canada. Besides, Scotland is another nation that is performing exceptionally well and might get more medals this year.

The Indian contingent is currently at the sixth spot in the medal tally for the ongoing Games with nine medals.

Here are the full updated medal standings

Australia: 31 gold, 20 silver, 20 bronze, total of 71 medals

England: 21 gold, 22 silver, 11 bronze, total of 54 medals

New Zealand: 13 gold,7 silver, 4 bronze, total of 24 medals

Canada: 6 gold, 11 silver, 16 bronze, total of 33 medals

South Africa: 5 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze, total of 12 medals

India: 3 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze, total of 9 medals

Scotland: 2 gold, 8 silver, 13 bronze, total 23 medals

Malaysia: 2 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze, total 6 medals

Nigeria: 2 gold, 2 bronze, total 4 medals

Wales: 1 gold, 2 silver, 7 bronze, total 10 medals

Singapore: 1 gold, 2 silver, total 3 medals

Cyprus: 1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze, total 4 medals

Trinidad and Tobago: 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze, total 3 medals

Bermuda: 1 gold, total 1 medal

Uganda: 1 gold, total 1 medal

Northern Ireland: 2 silver, 3 bronze, total 5 medals

Fiji: 2 silver, total 2 medals

Kenya: 1 silver, 1 bronze, total 2 medals

Mauritius: 1 silver, 1 bronze, total 2 medals

Guernsey: 1 silver, total 1 medal

Papua New Guinea: 1 silver, total 1 medal

Samoa: 1 silver, total 1 medal

Tanzania: 1 silver, total 1 medal

Malta: 1 bronze, total 1 medal

Namibia: 1 bronze, total 1 medal

Sri Lanka: 1 bronze, total 1 medal