CWG 2014: Abhinav Bindra bids adieu with gold, teenager Malaika Goel bags silver

After a cracking opening day where they bagged seven medals, it was a relatively quieter day for the Indians as they added a gold, silver and a bronze to their tally.

Apart from the two medals at the shooting range, India won a bronze in the weightlifting through 20-year-old Santoshi Matsa who finished third in the women's 53 kg category.

India are currently placed fourth in the medals tally with three gold, four silver and three bronze medals behind England, Australia and Scotland.

The cynosure of the day certainly was the 31-year-old Bindra, who finally won an individual gold at the quadrennoal extravaganza, which had eluded him on four previous attempts.

Bindra, who has already won nine medals including three gold in pairs events, was calmness personified as he did not put a foot wrong in the final round, having finishing third in the qualifications at the Barry Buddon Shooting Centre, Dundee.

Bindra, first Indian Olympic individual gold medallist, shot an aggregate of 205.3 to set a Games Record.

"This is my last Commonwealth Games. Five CWG and nine medals, it is enough for me," Bindra said while speaking to Indian journalists. "It was a well-earned medal because I work hard and I am happy to have achieved the feat. I got the desired result."

Asked if Rio 2016 would be his last Olympics, he said, "I will take on thing at a time. I will decide later." He joked that after retirement he would take up journalism as career. "Journalism is an easy job, I may become a journalist after my shooting career."

Bindra said he would now focus to the World Championships to be held in a few months time. "I will relax a bit and then prepare for the World Cup," he said.

The 16-year-old Malaika gave India its first shooting medal with a score of 197.1 while favourite Heena Sidhu fell by the wayside at the Barry Buddon Shooting Centre at Dundee.