India’s Rupa Rani Tirkey and Pinki Singh suffered defeat to their Namibian counterparts, after three wins on the trot in the competition, in the lawn bowls women’s pairs sectional event at the Commonwealth Games here on Sunday.

Rupa and Pinki lost the nerve-wracking tie-break 0-3 against the Namibian pair of Amanda Steenkamp and Diana Viljoen after both teams won a set each in the section B match. The Indians lost the first set 5-7 but came back strong to win the second set 10-1.