Commonwealth Games 2022: India's schedule on July 29
Commonwealth Games gets underway on Friday in Birmingham. The Indian contingent will have a huge number of events lined up on the first day of the CWG.
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CWG 2022: Virat Kohli Wishes Indian Women's Cricket Team Luck Ahead Of Match vs Australia
The Indian women's cricket team will begin its campaign at the Commonwealth Games on Friday against Australia at Edgbaston, Birmingham. The Indian team is grouped alongside Australia, Pakistan and Barbados in Group A. Ahead of the fixture against Australia, Virat Kohli wished the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side luck for the entire event.
CWG 2022: Mighty Australia first up for Harmanpreet's India
Covid-struck team hopes to erase scars of 2020 T20 WC final lossLeft reeling after two of their players, S Meghna and allrounder Pooja Vastrakar, were struck by Covid-19, India's women's cricket team members face an uphill task when they takes on seven-time ODI world champions and hot favourites Australia in their opening game at Edgbaston on Friday. In an encouraging development, it has emerged that Meghna has recovered and has flown to Birmingham. She was slate to join the squad late on Thursday night, and should be available for the opener. However, Vastrakar is likely to be in quarantine till Saturday. Even if she flies to England on Sunday, she will only be available for India's last league game against Barbados on Wednesday.
Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 1 Live Updates: India Start Table Tennis Campaign With Doubles Action vs South Africa
Commonwealth Games, Day 1 Live Updates: India's Reeth Tennison and Sreeja Akula have taken the one first game against Lailaa Edwards and Danisha Patel of South Africa. Table tennis event is also about to get underway and first up is women's team event which will see Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Reeth Rishya, and Diya Chitale squaring off against South Africa. India's campaign at the Commonweath Games in underway with the lawn bowls event.
Watch: PV Sindhu, Manpreet Singh Lead Indian Contingent At CWG Opening Ceremony
Olympic medalist PV Sindhu and the men's hockey team captain Manpreet Singh led the Indian contingent as the Commonwealth Games 2022 opening ceremony that was held in Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on Thursday. Neeraj Chopra was the designated flag bearer for India in the opening ceremony, but he suffered an injury during the World Athletics Championships, where he won the silver medal. He had to pull out of CWG 2022 due to the injury.
CWG 2022: India shuttlers begin title defence against Pakistan
Pakistan at the Arena Birmingham on Friday. Unlike cricket or hockey, where the atmosphere is electric, the Indian shuttlers are expected to ease past Pakistan. While the Indian squad boasts of big names, Pakistan have struggled to field a team. It is learnt that their federation has named only a four-member squad with world No. 175 Mahoor Shehzad being their highest-ranked player, in women's singles. None of the other players figure in top-500. India should top Group 1. Pakistan, Australia and Sri Lanka are the other teams in the group.
CWG 2022: Relatively easy opening draws for India's boxers
Spotlight on Nikhat Zareen, Lovlina Borgohain, Amit PanghalThe Commonwealth Games have always been a happy hunting ground for Indian boxers. The trend is likely to continue in Birmingham with the pugilists getting relatively easy opening draws. The bouts will start on Friday. Reigning world champion Nikhat Zareen will start her campaign in the women's 50kg light flyweight category against a lesser-known Helena Ismael Bagao of Mozambique on Sunday. A win against Helena will put the 21-year-old two-time Strandja Boxing tournament gold medallist in the quarterfinal against Helen Jones of Wales. Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain is also expected to comfortably sail into the quarterfinals of the women's 70kg light middleweight category. She begins against unfancied Ariane Nicholson of New Zealand on Saturday.
Commonwealth Games 2022 In Birmingham Declared Open In Grand Ceremony
CWG 2022 Opening Ceremony Highlights: The 2022 Commonwealth Games was officially declared open after a grand opening ceremony was held at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on Thursday. Olympic medalist PV Sindhu and the men's hockey team captain Manpreet Singh lead the Indian contingent. Neeraj Chopra was the designated flag bearer for India in the opening ceremony, but he suffered an injury during the World Athletics Championships, where he won the silver medal. He had to pull out of CWG 2022 due to the injury. Earlier, drummer-percussionist Abraham Paddy Tetteh started things off at the Alexander Stadium, and then, Indian classical vocalist and composer Ranjana Ghatak took the lead, the section intended to showcase the diversity of the city. The Games, set to be the biggest and most expensive sporting event in the UK since the 2012 London Olympics, have had to deal with the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The opening ceremony is being attended by Prince Charles as its chief guest. The Queen's Baton reached the Games village in Birmingham on Wednesday, July 27. The entire opening ceremony, which is expected to last about two and half hours, has been created by British screenwriter Steven Knight, who had produced the famous crime drama 'Peaky Blinders'. Talking about the CWG, athletes from over 72 nations and territories have entered the multi-discipline event. Meanwhile, India had bagged 66 medals in the previous edition of the Commonwealth Games held at Gold Coast in Australia.