My mother has a new favourite team - Twitterati reacts to India s historic Lawn Bowls gold medal in Commonwealth Games 2022 × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout Lawn Bowls Commonwealth Games 2022 News My mother has a new favourite team - Twitterati reacts to India s historic Lawn Bowls gold medal in Commonwealth Games 2022 By Hari Kishore M Modified 02 Aug 2022 Follow Us Comment Share The Indian women's Lawn Bowls team in action against South Africa in the final. (PC: Twitter) The Indian women's Fours Lawn Bowls made history when they beat South Africa 17-10 to win the gold medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 (CWG 2022) in Birmingham on Tuesday (August 2). The quartet of Lovely Choubey, Rupa Rani Tirkey, Pinki and Nayanmoni Saikia kept their cool and were on the money displacing their South African opponents. India opened the proceedings with a solitary point in the opening round. South Africa took the lead in the next end when Johanna Snyman scored two points with her last bowl. Read: CWG 2022: The connection between MS Dhoni and the Indian women's Lawn Bowls team Rupa Rani Tirkey did well in the fifth end when she brought up a good last bowl to help India jump into a two-point lead. The sixth round (end) was a good one for India as they were on cue with their bowls to extend their lead to five points. Indian Lawn Bowls team overcome a blip However, India lost their way soon after taking a five-point lead. Their bowls went awry and South Africa being on cue didn't help either. After drawing a blank in three consecutive ends, India could only watch South Africa restore parity at 8-8 at the end of 10 ends. South Africa seemed to go from strength to strength and even managed to take the lead at 10-8. Rupa Rani then scored two points in the next end (12th end) as India drew level at 10-10. Also read: CWG 2022: Indian weightlifter Harjinder Kaur wins bronze, India's seventh medal in weightlifting India soon took the lead at 12-10 and after the South African skip Snyman pushed three Indian bowls closer to the jack, India surged into a handsome five-point lead at 15-10. The final end was a mere formality that only delayed the inevitable as the Indian team held their nerve to triumph 17-10. Social media hails Indian Lawn Bowls team for gold medal The Twitterati have hailed the Indian Lawn Bowls team for their stupendous performance at CWG 2022. Here are some of the reactions: Shikha Pandey@shikhashaunyMy mother has a new favourite team- The #LawnBowls Indian women’s team. Absolute legends. #CommonwealthGames6311My mother has a new favourite team- The #LawnBowls Indian women’s team. Absolute legends. #CommonwealthGames Mithali Raj@M_Raj03India's first-ever medal in Lawn bowls and it's a gold! ?These Indian women have not only chartered the unexplored territory but have conquered it too. #CWG202211918India's first-ever medal in Lawn bowls and it's a gold! ?These Indian women have not only chartered the unexplored territory but have conquered it too. #CWG2022 https://t.co/kEgXz3fwXP M C Mary Kom OLY@MangteCHurray! Gold medal in Lawn Bowls & Para Lawn Bowls. Historic win for India Team beating South Africa. Congratulations Women's Lawn Bowl Team India and officials. #womenempowerment #CommonwealthGames229910Hurray! Gold medal in Lawn Bowls & Para Lawn Bowls. Historic win for India Team beating South Africa. Congratulations Women's Lawn Bowl Team India and officials. #womenempowerment #CommonwealthGames22 https://t.co/4cH9cevhxQ Trupti Murgunde@TMurgundeSUPER WOMEN OF ! Historic GOLD ? for #TeamIndia in #LawnBowls at @birminghamcg22 !#RupaTirkey, #LovelyChaubey, #NayanmoniSaikia & #PinkiSingh bring home our th ? from #CWG2022! @WeAreTeamIndia @SonySportsNetwk #IndiaTaiyaarHai #India4CWG2022 #Birmingham2251SUPER WOMEN OF ! Historic GOLD ? for #TeamIndia in #LawnBowls at @birminghamcg22 !#RupaTirkey, #LovelyChaubey, #NayanmoniSaikia & #PinkiSingh bring home our 4️⃣th ? from #CWG2022! @WeAreTeamIndia @SonySportsNetwk #IndiaTaiyaarHai #India4CWG2022 #Birmingham22 https://t.co/5egdXsNRwb Parimal Nathwani@mpparimalHistorical moment for #India ! The Indian women's Lawn Bowls team wins the first-ever GOLD MEDAL?in #CommonwealthGames. An inspiring story of grit & perseverance, the team has made the nation proud! #LawnBowl #CommonwealthGames2022 @Media_SAI @IndiaSports @ianuragthakur31Historical moment for #India ! The Indian women's Lawn Bowls team wins the first-ever GOLD MEDAL?in #CommonwealthGames. An inspiring story of grit & perseverance, the team has made the nation proud! #LawnBowl #CommonwealthGames2022 @Media_SAI @IndiaSports @ianuragthakur https://t.co/YRDsySuAdB 7Sport@7SportIndia's first ever Commonwealth Games medal in lawn bowls is GOLD ?The women's fours defeat South Africa 17-10 #B20223India's first ever Commonwealth Games medal in lawn bowls is GOLD ?The women's fours defeat South Africa 17-10 #B2022 https://t.co/UpZtTj2pCB The Bharat Army@thebharatarmy? HISTORIC GOLD! Congratulations to Lovely Choubey, Pinki, Nayanmoni Saikia, and Rupa Rani on winning India's first-ever medal in the Lawn Bowls event at the Commonwealth Games.? Take a bow, Queens! SAI Media • #LawnBowls #B2022 #CWG2022 #TeamIndia #BharatArmy26454? HISTORIC GOLD! Congratulations to Lovely Choubey, Pinki, Nayanmoni Saikia, and Rupa Rani on winning India's first-ever medal in the Lawn Bowls event at the Commonwealth Games.? Take a bow, Queens! SAI Media • #LawnBowls #B2022 #CWG2022 #TeamIndia #BharatArmy https://t.co/cmsilRs3aD Aniket Mishra@aniketmishra299This might sound generic but there’s so much sporting potential in India waiting to be tapped in to - who would have thought we will be excelling in Lawn Bowls So so proud of this quartet 11This might sound generic but there’s so much sporting potential in India waiting to be tapped in to - who would have thought we will be excelling in Lawn Bowls So so proud of this quartet Sayan@Tweets_by_SayanA historic gold for India in Lawn bowls women's fours event Such an intense and nail biting final where we excelled in the last 4 ends. Kudos to the ladies for keeping their nerves #CWG2022144A historic gold for India in Lawn bowls women's fours event Such an intense and nail biting final where we excelled in the last 4 ends. Kudos to the ladies for keeping their nerves #CWG2022 https://t.co/akIL253yX2 Anuj Nitin Prabhu @APTalksCricketLegends on #CricketTwitter who never even have held a lawn ball in their life, are now trolling the Indian team for "bottling" in Lawn Bowls final.This bird app always manages to amaze me in different ways#LawnBowls #CommonwealthGames #India7Legends on #CricketTwitter who never even have held a lawn ball in their life, are now trolling the Indian team for "bottling" in Lawn Bowls final.This bird app always manages to amaze me in different ways#LawnBowls #CommonwealthGames #India Rahul Ravindran@23_rahulrFrom us having an 8-10 lead… hope our ladies turn it around… a gold in Lawn Bowls would be Cool Runnings level epic! Really praying hard! Tune in India! twitter.com/espnindia/stat…ESPN India@ESPNIndiaEpic comeback from South Africa! They lead 10-8 after going down 2-8 4 Ends to go... #CWG22 #B2022131Epic comeback from South Africa! They lead 10-8 after going down 2-8 4 Ends to go... #CWG22 #B2022From us having an 8-10 lead… hope our ladies turn it around… a gold in Lawn Bowls would be Cool Runnings level epic! Really praying hard! Tune in India! twitter.com/espnindia/stat… Devansh@_devanshbansalseriously I don't know anything about lawn bowls but still, this closed final match seems interesting whats the scoring system in this game can anyone please tell ?#CommonwealthGames #india #LawnBowls #IndiaTaiyaarHai2seriously I don't know anything about lawn bowls but still, this closed final match seems interesting whats the scoring system in this game can anyone please tell ?#CommonwealthGames #india #LawnBowls #IndiaTaiyaarHai Sanjeev Gupta@sanjg2k1It is strange feeling to 1st read rules of the game whose final you are watching and cheering your country for a Gold?. India doing well so far (South Africa coming back) in Women's Fours of Lawn Bowls with a 8-8 after End 9. A total of 15 Ends. @birminghamcg22 #B20224It is strange feeling to 1st read rules of the game whose final you are watching and cheering your country for a Gold?. India doing well so far (South Africa coming back) in Women's Fours of Lawn Bowls with a 8-8 after End 9. A total of 15 Ends. @birminghamcg22 #B2022 Anand Yadav@onlyanandyadavDoesn't know the rules of lawn bowls but as long as India is ahead on the scorecard, everything is fine #CWG2022 #LawnBowls #indiaforthewin6Doesn't know the rules of lawn bowls but as long as India is ahead on the scorecard, everything is fine #CWG2022 #LawnBowls #indiaforthewinVikram Chandra@vikramchandraHow many in India had even heard of Lawn Bowls before these Commonwealth Games?But the women's four team registered a commanding performance in the final to beat South Africa and take the gold! twitter.com/vikramchandra/…Vikram Chandra@vikramchandraIndia win gold in Lawn Bowls! What a fantastic performance!!313India win gold in Lawn Bowls! What a fantastic performance!!How many in India had even heard of Lawn Bowls before these Commonwealth Games?But the women's four team registered a commanding performance in the final to beat South Africa and take the gold! twitter.com/vikramchandra/… Also read: CWG 2022: Srihari Nataraj misses berth in 200m backstroke final by a whisker Poll : 0 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Ritwik Kumar × Feedback Thank You! Be the first one to comment Follow Us Share Show More Comments GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? No thanks Delete GIF Cancel Update GIF Cancel Reply ❮ ❯ GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? 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