Guwahati, Feb. 8: India added 23 gold to their overnight tally of 30 to end the fourth day with 53 gold, 20 silver and six bronze at the top of the table.

Sri Lanka continued to be second with 11 gold, 27 silver and 25 bronze and Pakistan have four gold, 11 silver and 14 bronze for the third place. Bhutan also opened their account in the tally with a silver and a bronze.

India and Pakistan shared honours in the squash individual finals today, clinching a gold each in the women and men's events respectively in the 12th South Asian Games here.

Indian ace and top seed Joshana Chinappa came back from a set down against second seed Maria Toorpakai Wazir of Pakistan to win 10-12, 11-7, 11-9, 11-7 while in the all-Pakistan men's final, top seed Nasir Iqbal defeated Farhan Zaman in straight sets of 14-12, 11-7, 11-9.

Joshana, 29, who is currently ranked 14th in the world, took control after losing the humdinger of a first set, reaching out to the ball better and deceiving her opponent with deft drops and clinical placement.

The players got aggressive and lodged complaints to match referee Munir Shah of pushing and obstructing play. The Singapore official warned them not to make things "dramatic".

Maria, who is four years younger to her opponent, suffered a cut near her left eye after a collision with Joshana, as play had to be stopped briefly in the second set with the score reading 7-7.

Joshana's added determination to win all the points thereafter helped her to take the second set, with lapses in focus on the part of her opponent. The see-saw third set saw Joshana saving the best for the last.

The Chennai girl found her footing in the fourth set, mixing her play with deft touches and controlled aggression, maintaining the lead after the set was locked 3-3 to finally prevail.

"I am very happy to win the gold... It was a tough match...Physically and emotionally, it was a roller coaster throughout the match...but the match got a little too aggressive and there was lot of interference. However, the referee should say a lot more to players who knock and interfere," Joshana told reporters after the match.

"There was no pressure and I knew what to expect," she said, when asked about whether she was edgy before the traditional rivalry. Maria, when asked whether the injury had a bearing on the outcome, said: "I don't know...may be...may be not."

"She (Joshana) kept pushing me. I got disturbed," a teary-eyed Maria, ranked 54th, told The Telegraph.

The men's final, saw the 22-year-old Nasir take control after a gruelling first set as teammate Farhan, who had defeated top seed Saurav Ghosal in the semi-finals, stretched well to reach balls. The second and third sets were fought hard but Nasir (world No 35) took control to see it through.

"I am happy that we have finished one and two. We practised hard and play each other quite regularly. Now, we look to perform well in the team events," Nasir, from Banno district in Waziristan, told reporters.

In the swimming pool at Zakir Hussain Aquatics Complex here, the Indians and Sri Lankans continued to dominate, bagging three gold medals each.

India added the three gold to their overnight tally of eight through Sandeep Sejwal (men's 50-metre breast stroke), P.S. Madhu (men's 100-metre backstroke) and V. Malavika (women's 800-metre freestyle).

Kimikoo Raheem tallied two more gold for Sri Lanka in women's 100-metre back stroke and 50-metre freestyle. He compatriot Matthew Abeysinghe also claimed a gold medal in the men's 400-metre medley.

The Maldives finally opened their SAG medal account, Aminath Shajan winning a bronze in the women's 800-metre freestyle.

In archery, at Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Complex in Shillong, Assam lad Manash Jyoti Changmai was a cause for joy for the hosts, tallying a gold for India in the men's compound team event.

Manash teamed up with Abhishek Verma and Rajat Chauhan to earn India a well-deserved gold medal, defeating defeating Bhutan by 230 points to 219.

The India women's team, comprising Purvasha Sudhir Shende, Jyoti Vennam and P. Lily Chanu, beat Bangladesh 228-217 for the gold.

Chauhan and Shende won the gold medals in the men and women's individual compound events, beating fellow Indians Verma (144-142) and Vennam (138-133) respectively.

Badminton proved to be even easier, with the Indian men and women's teams taking the gold medal in their respective events.

First up in the afternoon finals were the men and the Indian team, comprising K. Srikanth, H.S. Prannoy and the doubles pair of Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy, breezed past Sri Lanka 3-0.

The Indian women's team, comprising P.V. Sindhu, Ruthvika Shivani and Ashwini Ponnappa, also handed a 3-0 defeat to the Lankans. There was more gold for India in wushu, where M. Punshiya Meitei clinched the gold in taolu (nanquan and nangun).