Athletes across the globe from different discipline are gearing up for the highly anticipated Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 which mark its beginning from July 28. All eyes will be on 215-member Indian contingent who will take part in the marquee event which is being organised in Birmingham.
Indian squad won 66 medals in the last edition of CWG in Gold Coast, however, they will look to increase their medal tally this time around and take it to 75-80 medals. With Neeraj Chopra giving missing to CWG 2022 due to an injury, PV Sindhu & Manpreet Singh will be India’s flag-bearer at Birmingham.
Let's have a look at India's complete schedule on Day 1 of the CWG 2022:
What time CWG Opening Ceremony starts?
The Commonwealth Games 2022 opening ceremony starts at 7:00 PM local time in Birmingham or 11:30 PM IST
How to watch Opening Ceremony LIVE?
The opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games 2022 will be telecast live on Thursday (July 28) on Sony SIX, Sony TEN 1, Sony TEN 2, Sony TEN 3 and Sony TEN 4 TV channels in India. Live streaming will be available on SonyLIV.
What is the venue of Opening Ceremony?
The venue of the CWG 2022 opening ceremony will be the Alexander Stadium, the main athletics venue for the Games.
India's Day 1 schedule (July 29)
SWIMMING: Kushagra Rawat - 400m FreeStyle Heats (3:11 pm) Sajan Prakash - 50m Butterfly Heats (4:03 pm) Srihari Nataraj - 100m BackStroke H (3 pm) Kushagra Rawat - (if qualified)- 400m Freestyle Final (7:07 pm)
CRICKET: India vs Australia- Group A Premiminary Round (3:30 pm)
BOXING: Shiva Thapa - men's 63.5kg Round of 32 (5pm)
GYMNASTICS: Yogeshwar, Satyajit, Saif - men's individual and team qualifying (4:30 pm) Men's team final (if qualified) (10:00 pm).
HOCKEY: India v Ghana- Women Group Stage (6:30 pm)
LAWN BOWLS: Tania Choudhary- Women Singles Sectional Play Round 1 (1 pm) Chandan Kumar, Navneet Singh, Mridul Borgohain - Men's Triple Sectional Play Round 1 (1pm) Chandan Kumar, Navneet Singh, Mridul Borgohain - Men's Triple Sectional Play Round 2 (4pm) Tania Choudhary- Women Singles Sectional Play Round 2 (4pm) Sunil Bahadur, Dinesh Kumar- Men's Pairs Sectional Play Round 1 (7:30pm) Lovely Choubey, Rupa Rani Tirkey, Pinki, Nayanmoni- Women's Fours Sectional Play Round 1 (7:30pm) Sunil Bahadur, Dinesh Kumar- Men's Pairs Sectional Play Round 2(10:30pm) Lovely Choubey, Rupa Rani Tirkey, Pinki, Nayanmoni- Women's Fours Sectional Play Round 1 (10:30pm)
SQUASH: Anahat Singh- Women's singles Round of 64 (11pm) Abhay Singh - Men's singles Round of 64 (11:45pm) TABLE TENNIS: Men's Team - Group 3 Match 1 (4;30 pm) Women's Team- Group 2 Match 1 (2pm) Women's Team- Group 2 Match 3 (8:30pm) Men's Team - Group 3 Match 3 (11 pm)
TRACK CYCLING: Vishwajeet, Naman, Venkappa, Anantha, Dinesh- Men 4000m Team Pursuit Qualification (3:25 pm) Mayuri, Triyasha, Shushikala- Women Team Sprint Qualification (4:12 pm) Rojit, Ronaldo, David, Esow- Men Team Sprint Qualification (4:46 pm) Men Team 4000m Pursuit Final (if Qualification) (9:50 pm) Women Team Sprint Final (if Qualification) (10:25 pm) Men Team Sprint Final (if Qualification) (10:33 pm)
TRIATHLON: Adarsh, Vishwanath - Men Final (3:31 pm) Sanjana, Pragnya- Women Final (7:01 pm).
BADMINTON: India vs Pakistan - group stage of mixed team event (6:30pm).