New Delhi: India are bang on target to achieve their aim of finishing second in the Commonwealth Games with 30 gold in the bag, equalling their best-ever haul in the process, going into the ninth day of competitions on Tuesday.
At close of competitions on Monday, the host nation were ahead of England by three gold medals after the latter picked up a late title.
More medals of the yellow hue are awaited by the hosts at the shooting range, where four-gold hero Gagan Narang would be striving to draw level with 2006 Games hero Samaresh Jung and become the new "Gold Finger".
Narang, who had a two-day break after clinching his fourth title at the Dr Karni Singh range, will be gunning for the men's 50m rifle prone pairs event with Hariom Singh.
World champion Tejaswini Sawant is also competing in the women's 50m rifle prone individual event.
Indian shuttlers, led by Saina Nehwal, and paddlers, spearheaded by Achanta Sharath Kamal, too would be in the thick of action along with squash players Spirav Ghosal and Joshna Chinnappa in the mixed doubles quarters.
The men's and women's relay squad are to run in the finals of the athletics event. Also in action would be triple jumpers Renjith Maheswary and Amarjeet Singh, along with javelin throwing men's trio of Kashinath Naik, Samarjeet Singh and Rajender Singh.
Lalita Babar and Jhuma Khatun would be running in the energy-sapping women's 5000m.
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