Birmingham Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 are about to begin and there are high hopes from several Indian athletes who can clinch the gold this time. From badminton to cricket, table tennis to track and field events, Indian athletes will be eyeing glory to help better the nation’s medal tally at the event.
Key Indian players who can shine
From table tennis, it’s Manika Batra who promises India a medal in the games. She has been in fine form and is one of the top contenders from the Indian contingent to win a medal. In track and field, it is none other than the golden boy Neeraj Chopra who recently won a silver medal at the World Athletics Championships is expected to win gold.
Apart from these two, there are big hopes from the Indian Women Cricket team. Led by Harmanpreet Kaur, the in-form team is one of the top contenders after dominating Sri Lanka. From Badminton, PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth etc. are the players to watch out for different events. Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu and bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain are expected to bag gold as well.
Good show in Glasgow 2018
The 2018 Commonwealth Games were held in Gold Coast, Australia, and India's overall medal count went up by two medals to 66 medals, which helped them finish third on the medals tally. India emerged as the best performing nation in weightlifting, shooting, wrestling, badminton, and table tennis, and the second-best in boxing.
Here’s the full schedule for the Indian contingent in 2022:
Athletics
Date - 30 July 2022
1. Nitender Rawat: Men’s Marathon
Date - 02 August 2022
1. Avinash Sable: Men’s 3000m Steeplechase
2. Murali Sreeshankar: Men’s Long Jump
3. Muhammed Anees Yahiya: Men’s Long Jump
4. Dhanalakshmi Sekar: Women’s 100m
5. Jyothi Yarraji: Women’s 100m hurdles
6. Manpreet Kaur: Women’s Shot Put
7. Navjeet Kaur Dhillon: Women’s Discus Throw
Date - 03 August 2022
1. Aishwarya B: Women’s Triple Jump
Date - 05 August 2022
1. Abdulla Aboobacker: Men’s Triple Jump
2. Praveen Chithravel: Men’s Triple Jump
3. Eldhose Paul: Men’s Triple Jump
4. DP Manu: Men’s Javelin Throw
5. Rohit Yadav: Men’s Javelin Throw
6. Sandeep Kumar: Men’s 10km race walk
7. Amit Khatri: Men’s 10km race walk
8. Aishwarya B: Women’s Long Jump
9. Ancy Sojan: Women’s Long Jump
10. Annu Rani: Women’s Javelin Throw
11. Shilpa Rani: Women’s Javelin Throw
12. Manju Bala Singh: Women’s Hammer Throw
13. Sarita Romit Singh: Women’s Hammer Throw
Date - 06 August 2022
1. Amoj Jacob: Men’s 4x400m relay
2. Noah Nirmal Tom: Men’s 4x400m relay
3. Arokia Rajiv: Men’s 4x400m relay
4. Muhammed Ajmal: Men’s 4x400m relay
5. Naganathan Pandi: Men’s 4x400m relay
6. Rajesh Ramesh: Men’s 4x400m relay
7. Bhawna Jat: Women’s 10km race walk
8. Priyanka Goswami: Women’s 10km race walk
9. Hima Das: Women’s 4x100m relay
10. Dutee Chand: Women’s 4x100m relay
11. Srabani Nanda: Women’s 4x100m relay
12. MV Jilna: Women’s 4x100m relay
13. NS Simi: Women’s 4x100m relay
Badminton
29 July 2022
Ashwini Ponappa and B Sumeeth Reddy: Mixed Doubles
03 August 2022
1. P.V. Sindhu: Women’s Singles
2. Aakarshi Kashyap: Women’s Singles
3. Lakshya Sen: Men’s Singles
4. Kidambi Srikanth: Men’s Singles
04 August 2022
1. Treesa Jolly: Women’s Doubles
2. Gayatri Gopichand: Women’s Doubles
3. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy: Men’s Doubles
4. Chirag Shetty: Men’s Doubles
Boxing
30 July 2022
1. Amit Panghal: Men’s 51kg
2. Mohammad Hussamuddin: Men’s 57kg
3. Shiva Thapa: Men’s 63.5kg
4. Rohit Tokas: Men’s 67kg
5. Sumit Kundu: Men’s 75kg
6. Ashish Chaudhary: Men’s 80kg
7. Sanjeet Kumar: Men’s 92kg
8. Sagar Ahlawat: Men’s 92+kg
9. Nitu Ghanghas: Women’s 48kg
10. Nikhat Zareen: Women’s 50kg
11. Jasmine Lamboria: Women’s 60kg
12. Lovlina Borgohain: Women’s 70kg
Cricket (women’s)
1. July 29: Australia vs India
2. July 31: India vs Pakistan
3. August 03: Barbados vs India
Hockey (Men’s)
1. July 31: India vs Ghana
2. August 01: England vs India
3. August 03: Canada vs India
4. August 04: India vs Wales
Hockey (Women’s)
1. July 29: India vs Ghana
2. July 30: India vs Wales
3. August 02: India vs England
4. August 03: Canada vs India
Table Tennis
Men’s Team
1. July 29: Round 1 & Round 2
2. July 30: Round 3
3. July 31: Quarterfinals
4. August 1: Semifinals
5. August 2: Finals
Women’s Team events Schedule
1. July 29: Round 1 & Round 2
2. July 30: Round 3
3. July 30: Quarterfinals
4. July 31: Semifinals
Weightlifting
30 July 2022
1. Mirabai Chanu: Women’s 55kg
2. Sanket Mahadev: Men’s 55kg
3. Chanambam Rishikanta Singh: Men’s 55kg
31 July 2022
1. Bindyarani Devi: Women’s 59kg
2. Jeremy Lalrinnunga: Men’s 67kg
3. Achinta Sheuli: Men’s 73kg
01 August 2022
1. Popy Hazarika: Women’s 64kg
2. Ajay Singh: Men’s 81kg
02 August 2022
1. Usha Kumara: Women’s 87kg
2. Purnima Pandey: Women’s 87+kg
3. Vikas Thakur: Men’s 96kg
4. Ragala Venkat Rahul: Men’s 96kg
Wrestling
05 August 2022
1. Bajrang Punia: Men’s 65kg
2. Deepak Punia: Men’s 86kg
3. Mohit Grewal: Men’s 125kg
4. Anshu Malik: Women’s 57kg
5. Sakshi Malik: Women’s 62kg
6. Divya Kakran: Women’s 68kg
06 August 2022
1. Ravi Kumar Dahiya: Men’s 57kg
2. Naveen: Men’s 74kg
3. Deepak: Men’s 97kg
4. Pooja Gehlot: Women’s 50kg
5. Vinesh Phogat: Women’s 53kg
6. Pooja Sihag: Women’s 76kg
