Commonwealth Games 2018 - Mixed team Badminton, India vs Pakistan, Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu to lead: Live Updates

And that wraps up our live coverage of this tie.

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Other than an impressive fightback by Murad Ali against Kidambi Srikanth, the Pakistani shuttlers could not do any damage.

The Indians tried out different combinations, rested PV Sindhu, yet emerged with flying colours. Saina Nehwal was at her clinical best, which was so good to see.

And with that, India have now beaten both Sri Lanka and Pakistan 5-0 in the group play.

Tomorrow they take on Scotland for the final group match.

Tie score: India def Pakistan 5-0

Brief scores:

XD: Rankireddy/Reddy def Bhatti/Bashir 21-10, 21-13
MS: Srikanth def Ali 21-16, 22-20
WS: Nehwal def Shahzad 21-7, 21-11
MD: Shetty/Chopra def Ali/Bhatti 21-9, 21-15
WD: Ponnappa/Gadde def 21-6, 21-10

Final score: 21-6, 21-10 win for India

AND THEY WIN!

It's a complete whitewash by Team India!!!!

The crowd can't contain their delight at India's win!!

TEN MATCH POINTS FOR INDIA!!!!

20-10

The Indians add SIX MORE POINTS TO TAKE THEIR LEAD TO 17-6

That could not interrupt the Indians' rhythm. They are up 11-6 at the interval.

Finally, some spirited fight from the Pakistani girls!

They have taken five points to reduce the deficit to just three points.

Trailing 5-8 now

No difference from the first game..it is absolutely one-way traffic!

It's 6-0 for the merciless Indians in Game 2

And Team India has effortlessly pocketed the opening game 21-6

Rampaging form continues for Team India as they go up to 14-4

It's 11-2 to Team India going to the interval.

8-1 for Indians!

This is SOME START for the two girls!

It's a strong start for the Indian pair and they are up 5-0

India will look to complete the whitewash after going up 4-0 in this tie.

Up next is the women's doubles match, where Ashwini Ponnappa and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde will face Shahzad and Bashir

And Team India has WON!

21-9, 21-15

Brutal!

And the Indians now have match points!

20-15

And the Indians have asserted their supremacy here and Team Pakistan is feeling the heat at the moment!

14-10 to Team India

And the Pakistanis have FOUGHT BACK!

It is 9-9

A service fault from the Pakistanis sends the Indians up to 8-5

This is totally a breezy affair for the Indians!

In Game 2, India has opened up a 5-2 lead

What an amazing crowd 🙏🙏🙏🙏 with this lovely encouragement, we can just win gold for sure 💪💪💪💪 Thank you guys from the bottom of my heart. Love you all ❤️❤️❤️❤️ #GC2018Badminton pic.twitter.com/z62K98vln2
— sikkireddy (@sikkireddy) April 5, 2018

The crowd support has been terrific so far!

The Indians have the first game in the bag!

21-9

Indian pair has moved up to 17-7 now. Very, very dominant show so far and they are not even putting all their efforts into this!

11-6 to Team India at the mid-game interval.

India has broken away from the tie and is up 7-5

It continues to be pretty even!

4-4

It's 2-2 to begin things with!

Next up: Chirag Shetty and Pranaav Jerry Chopra will be in action in men's doubles against Bhatti and Ali

India have taken an unassailable lead of 3-0 in this tie.

Quite a thumping performance so far, as was expected!

Nehwal has wrapped it up with a clinical performance!

21-7, 21-11

Absolutely ruthless show from the Indian.

And 18-8 it is to the Indian

Nehwal is pretty much giving a lesson here and is up 15-6 with a crosscourt half-smash

Shahzad hasn't been able to add any point to her kitty since then. All five points have gone Saina's way and she is up 13-4

Nehwal soars to 8-4 amidst chants from the crowd!

Nehwal is continuing from where she left!

She has opened up a 4-2 lead in Game No. 2

Nehwal has bagged the first game 21-7

Absolute demolition job that was!

Shahzad is trying to vary the height of the shuttle to throw Saina off her rhythm but all her attempts have failed so far.

Saina is READY FOR EVERYTHING!

Saina up 18-4

Saina has raced ahead to 13-3 now.

Her opponent is not able to provide any resistance

The Indian goes up to 11-2 heading into the mid-game interval.

Saina has gone up to 7-1 now

No stopping the India No. 2 and former singles champion!

It's a 5-0 lead for the Indian. She is already in cruise control.

Blazing start for Saina!

2-0

Guess who is up next?

It's CWG 2010 gold medallist Saina Nehwal up against Mahoor Shahzad of Pakistan