India vs Malaysia Live Score, Badminton Final, 2022 Commonwealth Games: Sindhu wins tight first game, Malaysia leads 1-0

Welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the mixed team final in badminton between India and Malaysia at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. This is Nihit Sachdeva taking you through the action as it unfolds at Hall 5 of the National Exhibition Center.

SECOND MATCH – Women’s Singles – P V Sindhu vs Goh Jin Wei

SECOND GAME

21-17: Goh Jin Wei gives it her all but at the end, it is Sindhu who emerges victorious. A long final rally leaves the Malaysian face down on the court as Sindhu hits the shuttle back into the open court from the net. India 1-1 Malaysia

20-15: Down the line smash from Sindhu. Five match points.

19-14: Cross-court smash from Sindhu takes within two points of the win.

18-13: Sindhu fails to finish the point with her body smashes as Goh Jin Wei keeps returning one after the other and ultimately, Sindhu hits one into the net.

18-12: Clever net shot from Sindhu.

17-11: Sindhu is running away with the match now. Quick kill. Effective.

15-11: Sindhu restores her four-point lead as the Indian’s lift lands right on the baseline.

13-11: Goh Jin Wei trying her best to stay close to Sindhu in terms of points in the second game. Doing quite well.

11-9: Two quick overhead smashes from Goh Jin Wei followed by a quick kill which hits Sindhu. Two-point gap.

11-8: Inch-perfect cross-court lift from Goh Jin Wei. Sindhu lets it go but the shuttle lands on the side line.

11-7: Goh Jin Wei goes for the cross-court smash straight away on Sindhu’ serve but manages to find only the net. Four-point lead for Sindhu at the mid-game interval.

9-7: The Malaysian shuttler makes an unforced error going for the net shot after some excellent bit of defending from Sindhu.

6-6: Goh Jin Wei dictates the rally all the way and eventually, Sindhu is unable to retrieve the net shot.

5-5: Goh Jin Wei tries the cross-court drop again. It has worked out well for her so far but not on this occasion.

4-4: Sindhu wrongfoots Goh Jin Wei with her down the line smash and levels the scores.

2-4: Four consecutive points for Goh Jin Wei. She may have lost the first game but the fact that she almost won it out of nowhere must have boosted her confidence.

2-0: Sindhu starts the second game just like she did in the first. A couple of thunderous smashes.

FIRST GAME

22-20: Sindhu wins the opening game at the second time of asking. Earned the game point with a down the line smash and then converted it as Goh’s attempted cross-court net shot never made it to the opposite side of the court.

20-20: Goh Jin Wei’s cross-court drop shot does the damage again. Incredible.

20-19: Sindhu wins what is probably the rally of the match. Thirty-seven shots and it is the Indian who comes out on top with a down the line smash. One game point.

18-19: Goh Jin Wei moves ahead. What a turnaround!

18-18: Extraordinary comeback from Goh Jin Wei. Body smash and Sindhu’s return hits the net. Scores level.

18-17: Another delightful cross-court drop from Goh Jin Wei. Five points on the trot.

18-16: Goh Jin Wei believes. Malaysia believes. Two-point game now. Another unforced error from Sindhu.

18-14: Down the line smash from Goh, Sindhu lets it go thinking it is going wide but it is well in. Four-point game.

18-12: A healthy six-point lead for Sindhu. Finish line in sight in the first game.

16-11: Goh Jin Wei goes for the cross-court drop with the tightest of the angles available. However, she executes it and how!

15-10: Little bit of momentum for Goh now as Sindhu makes one unforced error after another.

14-7: Goh thought she had one of the best net shots there ever was but Sindhu simply lifted the shuttle over her head into the open court.

13-7: Terrific overhead slice from Sindhu. No chance for the Malaysian to retrieve.

11-6: Down the line smash from Sindhu gives her five-point advantage at the halfway stage in the first game.

10-4: A reckless overhead shot from the Malaysian goes flying off the court.

9-3: No mistake this time. Down the line smash from Sindhu leaves Goh on the floor.

8-2: Sindhu does incredibly well to anticipate Goh Jin Wei’s net shots but makes a mess of the smash by hitting it bang into the net.

7-1: More of one way traffic. Cross-court slice of pure class from the Indian.

6-1: Lovely cross-court drop shots from Sindhu.

4-1: Goh Jin Wei opens her account courtesy of a fumbled drop shot by Sindhu.

4-0: Sindhu has come out all guns blazing. The height advantage, the power and the slight drift too is working for her.

Warm-up is done. Game time!!!!

10:55 PM: Sindhu and Goh Jin Wei have entered the arena.

Chia and Soh further strengthen their head-to-head record against the Indians to 5-0. Next up will be P V Sindhu against Goh Jin Wei in the women’s singles tie. Sindhu, the biggest superstar in Indian badminton at the moment, has a 2-0 win loss record against the Malaysian. However, this is a different situation. Pressure must surely be on the tall Indian.

FIRST MATCH – Men’s Doubles – Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty lose 18-21, 15-21 to Teng Fong Aaron Chia/Wooi Yik Soh

SECOND GAME

15-21: They needed only one. Chirag’s return goes under the net and the Malaysian pair lets out a huge roar. Malaysia leads 1-0.

15-20: Five match points for Chia and Soh. Well deserved.

14-18: Unfortunate. Simply bad luck. Chia’s return on Chirag’s serve catches the net and drops dead on the Indian pair’s side.

13-17: Once again, Soh attacks Satwik with body smashes and wins the point.

13-16: A rare error at the net from Soh. Two consecutive points for the Indians.

11-16: Total lack of communication between Satwik and Chirag. Ultimately, Satwik sends a half-hearted return which barely gets anything on it and hits the net.

11-14: Relentless stuff from Soh who keeps badgering Satwik’s body and manages to pierce his defense.

10-13: Soh takes on the Indians all by himself and sends one thundering smash into the opposition court.

10-11: Looks like coach Boe’s words have done something. Satwik and Chirag have won three points after the interval. The third one needs a special mention as Chirag went mid-rally to change his racquet and the Indians still won it.

Coach Mathias Boe in conversation with Satwik and Chirag who clearly look a bit short on confidence.

7-11: Four-point lead for Chia and Soh at the mid-game interval. Can Satwik and Chirag make a comeback from here?

7-9: Alert Chirag sends a precise net return which dips viciously and Soh can manage to send the shuttle only into the net.

6-8: Indians end Chia and Soh’s run off three consecutive points as Soh overcooks the drive and it lands beyond the baseline. Unsuccessful challenge from the Malaysians.

4-5: Strange shot selection from Soh. Decided to innovate and go for the cross-court net shot but the shuttle never cross the net.

3-4: Satwik expected Chirag to intercept at the net which did not happen and the result is a return from Satwik which goes under the net.

3-2: Three points on the trot for the Indians, the final one coming after a 43-shot rally.

0-2: Solid start to the second game for the Malaysians. They have successfully managed to nullify the power of the Indians with their sturdy defending.

FIRST GAME

18-21: Would you believe it? From 15-18 down, Soh and Chia have reeled off six straight points to clinch the opening game.

18-20: Two game points for Malaysia. No one saw that coming. Excellent bit of defending from Soh and Chia and Satwik ends up fumbling the net shot.

18-19: Did I mention momentum? Four points in a row for the Malaysians now.

18-15: Four points in a row for the Indian duo. Momentum.

16-15: Chirag is here, there and everywhere! Mid-way through the rally, it becomes one against too and it is Chirag who emerges victorious as he keeps the exchange going before pushing the opponents back and ending it with a drop, leaving Soh on the floor.

14-15: Satwik takes the risk of going for the down the line smash but sends it wide.

13-13: Successful challenge from the Indian pair as the lift landed bang on the baseline.

11-13: Satwik and Chirag decide against going cross-court in the rally. Malaysian pair eventually gets a weak return and Soh kills it easily.

11-11: Behind-the-body return from Soh! However, Satwik takes the point with a quick kill.

10-11: Chia and Soh take a slender one-point lead at the mid-game interval.

10-10: Chirag commits and he delivers. Keeps on attacking with his body smashes and reaps the reward by levelling the score.

8-9: Great rally. Malaysian consistently exploited vacant spots on the Indian side and eventually, Soh’s down-the-line smash lands, much to the joy of the Malaysian contingent.

8-7: The intensity of the rallies has increased as both pairs of shuttlers have properly warmed up. The point goes to the Indian duo as Chirag hits one unreturnable smash down the middle.

6-6: Clever serve from Satwik. Barely put anything on it and Soh’s return hits the net.

5-6: Chirag sets up the point with the smash from the back, the return from the Malaysian shuttler barely makes it to the net and Satwik hits the shuttle back at him with ferocious speed.

4-4: Great bit of defending from Satwik and Chirag. Eventually, Soh hits one which goes only as far as the net.

3-4: Chirag looks for the tramline and misses it by quite some distance.

2-1: Whoa! Chirag loses his balance midway through the rally. Malaysians win the point. Fortunately for India, nothing serious though.

1-0: First point of the final goes to the Indian pair as Chirag hits one powerful jump smash and Soh’s return hits the net.

Game time!!!

10 PM: Here we go. First match is the men’s doubles tie between Indian duo of Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty and Malaysian pair of Teng Fong Aaron Chia-Wooi Yik Soh who have entered the arena.

The head-to-head record, if you are an Indian fan, is not that encouraging. Satwik and Chirag have lost all four matches they have played against Chia and Soh.

9:55 PM: Five minutes to go before live action begins. Time to check the line-ups one final time. India has chosen to go ahead with Srikanth instead of Lakshya for the men’s singles tie. Tactical genius?

9:45 PM: Just 15 minutes to go for the clash between two badminton powerhouses. Till then, read why doubles matches are going to be key for India if it wants to retain gold, a piece by Sudipta Biswas.

9:35 PM: India has had a pretty extraordinary day in team events today. While the men’s team of Sharath Kamal, Sanil Shetty, Harmeet Desai and G Sathiyan successfully defended its table tennis gold medal against Singapore, the women’s side comprising skip Rupa Rani Tirkey, Lovely Choubey, Pinki and Nayanmoni Saikia created history by beating South Africa 17-10 to clinch the country’s first-ever gold medal in Lawn Bowls, a sport many Indians did not even know about. Can the Indian badminton contingent keep the streak alive?

9:25PM: As far as the squads are concerned, India has retained Sindhu, Ponnappa, Chirag, Satwik, and Srikanth from the team that won the gold in 2018. For Malaysia, only Chan Peng Soon was a member of the 2018 silver medallist contingent.

9:15 PM: How India and Malaysia have reached the final-

9:05 PM: It is time for the gold medal match between reigning champion India and three-time winner Malaysia. Both teams have had a fairly comfortable route to the summit clash. However, the pressure of the final can do interesting things to the best of the players. Stay tuned as I take you through the pre-match build-up!

MATCH PREVIEW

Defending champion India takes on Malaysia in the mixed team final at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in what will be a repeat of the summit clash from four years ago in Gold Coast.

India made it to the final with dominating performances in the group stage. It clean swept Pakistan and Sri Lanka 5-0 and beat Australia 4-1.

The Indian shuttlers followed it with 3-0 wins over South Africa and Singapore in quarterfinal and semifinal, respectively.

This is the third CWG final between India and Malaysia. The first summit clash happened in the 2010 edition in New Delhi where Lee Chong Wei’s Malaysia beat India 3-1.

Overall, Malaysia has won the mixed team gold three times, only second in the all-time list which is topped by England with six gold medals.

What time is the India vs Malaysia mixed team badminton final?

The India vs Malaysia mixed team badminton final is scheduled to start at 10 PM Indian Standard Time (IST) on Tuesday, August 2.

Where to watch India vs Malaysia mixed team badminton final?

India vs Malaysia mixed team table tennis final will be telecast on the Sony Network and streamed online on Sony Liv.