Women’s fours team of Rupa Rani Tirkey, Pinki, Nayamoni Saikia and Lovely Choubey assured India’s first-ever lawn bowls medal of Commonwealth Games history by reaching the final with a thrilling win over New Zealand in Birmingham on Monday.
| Lawn Bowls Women's Fours |
|---|
| Pinki |
| Lovely Choubey |
| Nayanmoni Saikia |
| Rupa Rani Tirkey |
The team will face South Africa in the gold medal clash on Tuesday.
“We cannot express our feelings in mere words. We have fought as a team and now our journey doesn’t end here,” Tirkey was quoted as saying by PtI. “We have to play in a similar fashion against South Africa and do what hasn’t been done before.”
The Indian team put on a stunning show against New Zealand to first fight back from 1-6 down and take a 7-6 lead. From there on it went back and forth. After End 14 too, India trailed by a point. But a stunning penultimate bowl in the final End by the captain Rupa Rani Tirkey put India in a great position by knocking off NZL’s closest bowl, and that gave India a whopping four points.
The team was overcome with emotions at the end after the historic feat.
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