CWG: India narrowly lose to Malta in lawn bowls Fours quarters (Second Lead)

Gold Coast (Australia) April 7 (IANS) India squandered a promising start to narrowly go down 11-13 to Malta in the lawn bowls women s Fours quarter-final at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.

The Indian team comprising Farzana Khan Lovely Choubey Rupa Rani Tirkey and Nayanmoni Saikia led till 11-7 but then found themselves on the backfoot with the Malta side making a brilliant comeback in the final stages to cut down the deficit.

Earlier India outplayed Fiji 24-9 in Fours sectional play to advance to the quarter-finals.

Meanwhile in men s pairs Sectional Play India lost 7-17 to Norfolk Island at the Broadbeach here.

Earlier India defeated South Africa 18-17 in men s Triples Sectional Play.

The team comprising Chandan Singh Sunil Bahdur and Dinesh Kumar started slowly but picked pace gradually to occupy the third place in Section A behind England and Wales.

In women s singles sectional play India s Pinki beat Niue s Pauline Blumsky 21-9.

--IANS
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