India’s Schedule For The Opening Day Of Commonwealth Games 2022
Commonwealth Games 2022 is going to start on 28 July 2022. This mega event is going to take place in Birmingham, England. Athletes from different countries will compete to bring glory to their countries. However, India has sent a total number of 215 members this time around to grab honours.
Meanwhile, India’s golden boy, Neeraj Chopra got ruled out of the whole event due to his groin injury. Thus, India dealt with a massive blow and now, the rest of the members will look to put their level best to win medals for India. Meanwhile, on Day 1 of the Commonwealth Games 2022, many Indian players will be seen in action in their respective events.
Indian women’s cricket team will face Australia on Day 1
Speaking of this year’s event, women’s cricket has been included for the first time in its history. Hence, the Indian women’s team will look to bring a medal in their maiden attempt. Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and her girls are one of the favourites to bag a medal this time along with Australia and Englan women.
Apart from it, both men and women will be seen in different sports like Squash, Boxing, Table Tennis, and Swimming. The Indian women’s Hockey team will also kick off their proceedings against Ghana, later in the day.
Here is the schedule of Indian participants on Day 1 of the Commonwealth Games 2022:
Time Schedule |
Sports | Participants |
5:30 PM IST |
Lawn Bowl |
Sunil Bahadur
Chandan Kumar Singh Navneet Singh Dinesh Kumar Mridul Borgohain Pinki Tania Choudhury Rupa Rani Tirkey Nayan Moni Saikia Lovely Choubey |
6:30 PM IST |
Table Tennis |
Men’s and Women’s Team Event Qualification Round 1
Women’s Table Tennis Team: Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Reeth Rishya, Diya Chitale. Men’s Table Tennis Team: Sharath Kamal, Gnanasekaran Sathiyan, Harmeet Desai, Sanil Shetty. |
7:30 PM IST |
Swimming |
Sajan Prakash
Srihari Nataraj Kushagra Rawat |
8:00 PM IST |
Cricket, Women’s T20I |
Australia vs India Group Match |
8:00 PM IST |
Triathalon |
Women’s Individual (Sprint Distance) Final
Sanjana Joshi Pragnya Mohan |
9:00 PM – 3 AM IST | Boxing |
Shiva Thapa- Men’s Lightwelter Round of 32 Sumit Kundu- Men’s 75 Kg Round of 32 Rohit Tokas: Men’s 67 KG (R 32) Ashish Chaudhary: Men’s 75 KG (R 32) |
9:00 PM IST |
Squash | Men’s Singles-
Ramit Tandon, Sourav Ghoshal, Abhay Singh. Women’s Singles- Joshna Chinappa, Anahat Singh, Sunayna Kuruvilla |
11.00 PM IST |
Badminton |
Mixed Team Event Qualifying Round 1-
India vs Pakistan |
Around 6:30 PM IST | Hockey |
Women’s Group Match- India v Ghana |