The trio, trailing Karanataka’s Prathima Hegde, Shashi Kumar and Girish Gaba at the end of halfway stage, rallied back in the remaining three games to fell 3573 pins for the gold. There was more joy Tamil Nadu after Sana Saleem, Rahul Jain and Surendra Gabu took silver with 3421 pins.

Results: Mixed trios: Tamil Nadu (Sabeena Saleem, Bharath Nahar, Shabbir Dhankot) 3573, 1; Tamil Nadu (Sana Saleem, Rahul Jain, Surendra Babu) 3421, 2; Karnataka (Prathima Hegde, Shashi Kumar, Girish Gaba) 3419, 3.