Commonwealth Games 2018, Table Tennis Men's Team Final: India vs Nigeria, Achanta Sharath Kamal fighting for gold, Live Updates

Brief scores:

Match 1: Sharath Achanta (IND) vs Bode Abiodun (NIG)

Game 1: 4-11
Game 2: 11-5
Game 3: 11-4
Game 4: 11-9

Sharath wins 3-1

Match 2: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND) vs Segun Toriola (NIG)

Game 1: 10-12
Game 2: 11-3
Game 3: 11-3
Game 4: 11-4

Sathiyan wins 3-1

Match 3: Harmeet Desai & Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND) vs Harmeet Desai & Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (NIG)

Game 1: 10-8
Game 2: 11-5
Game 3: 11-3

Harmeet Desai & Sathiyan Gnanasekaran win 3-0

INDIA WINS THE TIE 3 RUBBERS TO NIL TO WIN THE GOLD MEDAL!

Brief scores of all the 3 rubbers coming in shortly!

THE INDIAN MEN FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE INDIAN WOMEN BY WINNING GOLD!!

ENTIRE TABLE TENNIS MEN'S TEAM CONTINGENT FROM INDIA MAKING THE NATION PROUD WINNING A GOLD MEDAL!!

Ultimately, it's all about who performs the best under pressure and it was India's turn today

One does feel sad for the Nigerian team of Olajide Omotayo & Bode Abiodun as they have played exceptionally well to reach the final.

Harmeet Desai & Sathiyan Gnanasekaran took just 15 minutes to win the doubles. They did not put a foot wrong in the entire rubber

The Indians with a dominant performance.

Indian joy on the Gold Coast with a TEAM DOUBLE

The singles won't need to be played

It was quite one-sided in the end

It's a runaway win. 3 rubbers to nil

INDIAA WINNSSSSSSSS!!!

The Indians have a great ability to foresee where the opponent will hit his next shot

Score: IND 7 - 3 NIG

The 2 point lead was very short lived as Harmeet Desai & Sathiyan Gnanasekaran bouncing back making it 5-3 in favor of India

The Nigerians taking the lead winning 3-1

Score: IND 1 - 1 NIG

Demoralising start to the 3rd game by the Nigerians with a fault serve

The Indians edging closer and closer to the Gold medal

India 2 games up now in the 3rd rubber

Score: IND 11 - 5 NIG

The Nigerians trying their level best but they do not have much in response to the Indians

Score: IND 8 - 3 NIG

The 2 Indians are just too consistent

The quality of shots that the Indians Harmeet Desai & Sathiyan Gnanasekaran are producing is just phenomenal

Following the pattern of most of the previous games, India taking an early lead winning 5-2 in the 2nd game

The 2nd game commences

INDIA ARE TWO GAMES AWAY FROM A GOLD MEDAL!!!!

The 2nd game of the 3rd rubber about to begin

India wins the 1st game of the 3rd rubber

Game point for India

Harmeet Desai & Sathiyan Gnanasekaran regaining composure to make it 10-6 in favor of India

The Nigerians with a good recovery to make it IND 8 - 6 NIG

Score: IND 8 - 4 NIG

The Indians outsmarting the Nigerians

Score: IND 7 - 3 NIG

The Indian's have a huge bag of tricks and are looking unstoppable

The two Indians combining very well!

Score: IND 4 - 1 NIG

Good play of the singles continued by the Doubles team of India

The 1st game of the doubles begins with India taking the lead 2-0

This is sure to be a thriller

The two teams from both the nations look very balanced.

India, on the other hand will be looking to seal the match by winning this rubber as well.

Nigeria will have to win this rubber or they will have to settle for the Silver medal

Harmeet Desai & Sathiyan Gnanasekaran of India will be taking on Olajide Omotayo & Bode Abiodun of Nigeria in the 3rd rubber

Next up will be the doubles match

Last time India won the gold medal in CWG was 12 years ago in Melbourne

India are within touching distance of the gold medal and just have to win the 3rd rubber to clinch the gold medal

Commonwealth Games 2018, Table Tennis Men's Team Final: India vs Nigeria, Achanta Sharath Kamal fighting for gold, Live Updates

The match is scheduled to start at 2pm