5 of the greatest achievements by Indians at the Commonwealth Games

#2 Saina Nehwal strikes gold in 2010, Kashyap in 2014

Saina Nehwal

Some would rate Prakash Padukone's 1978 gold as a bigger achievement and rightly so. But India's rise as a true badminton superpower was signalled by the twin gold in singles that Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap won in two consecutive Commonwealth Games. Since then, India's ascent in the sport has been meteoric.

While Saina saved a match point to beat Wong Mew Choo, coming from behind in an epic final at Siri Fort in New Delhi, Kashyap played out of his skin in Glasgow, winning the final against Derek Wong of Singapore.

India had won the men's singles gold after 32 years since Syed Modi's victory. A new generation had been inspired by the twin triumphs of Nehwal and Kashyap.