India were hit hard at this edition of Commonwealth Games as the pair events, in which the country had won India had won 18 medals lats time, were dropped in Glasgow 2014.
This time, India managed just four gold with Vijay and the experienced Heena Sidhu crashing out in the qualification stage and another Olympic medallist Gagan Narang failing to grab a yellow metal.
He, however, had a decent show by winning a silver -- his first CWG medal in the 50m rifle prone event.
Narang failed to join Michael Gault of England and Jaspal Rana of India to have won nine gold medals in the Commonwealth Games history. He has won four gold each in the 2006 and 2010 Games.
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"I am not disappointed all all for not winning a gold here. I won a silver in a new event, the best by an Indian in the Games. I have enough time left with me to break the record," he said.
The 2012 London Olympics silver-medallist finished seventh in the qualifying round to make a shock exit. Harpreet Singh though made up for Vijay's failure as he won a silver in the event via two rounds of nerve-wrecking shoot-off and brushing aside a penalty point docked for an 'out of time' shot.
Considered one of the brightest gold medal hope in Glasgow Games, Heena was another flop show as she finished a disappointing seventh in women's 10m pistol event finals.