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In the end, Shiva had the last laugh, walking away with a clinical win by unanimous verdict in the round of 32 clash of the men’s 63.5kg light welterweight category at the Commonwealth Games. The 28-year-old former world championship bronze medallist looked composed as he walked into the ring. He meant business from the very first round.
The Commonwealth Games got underway on July 29 and the first day was sort of a mixed bag for the Indian contingent. The Indian badminton team got the better of Pakistan as they registered a 5-0 win as PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth showed their class. On the other hand, the Indian women's cricket suffered a disappointing result as they came up short against Australia at Edgbaston. In boxing, Shiva Thapa quite easily won his men's Round of 32 bout against Pakistan's Suleman Baloch. The Indian women's hockey team defeated Ghana quite comprehensively while in aquatics, Kushagra Rawat was eliminated in the Men's 400m Freestyle event after he finished last in Heat 3. The 14-year-old squash player Anahat Singh, made a winning start in the women's singles competition The Indian women's table tennis team also registered a 3-0 victory vs South Africa.
The Indian team trained at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru ahead of the Commonwealth Games. Renuka, who made her India debut last year, produced a sensational spell of four for 18 and made Australia very nervous, but the reigning world champions showed their depth and muscle to end up with a three-wicket win in the CWG opener. "I've been working on my fitness for the past month.
India's fancied shuttlers didn't break a sweat on way to completing a 5-0 sweep of Pakistan in their badminton campaign opener at the 22nd Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Friday. The duo of B Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa started the proceedings with a comfortable 21-9 21-12 win over Muhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti and Ghazala Siddique in their mixed doubles clash at the National Exhibition Centre. After the Pakistan pair appeared to put up a fight in the second game, Reddy finished the match with a down-the-line smash, and then, Kidambi Srikanth picked up from where his mixed doubles colleagues left, easily getting the better of Murad Ali 21-7 21-12 in the men's singles match.
The duo of B Sumeeth Reddy and Machimanda Ponnappa started the proceedings with a comfortable 21-9 21-12 win over Muhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti and Ghazala Siddique in their mixed doubles clash at the National Exhibition Centre. After the Pakistan pair appeared to put up a fight in the second game, Reddy finished the match with a down-the-line smash, and then, Kidambi Srikanth picked up from where his mixed doubles colleagues left, easily getting the better of Murad Ali 21-7 21-12 in the men's singles match.
BIRMINGHAM, England : World Champions Australia won the first women's cricket match in Commonwealth Games history with a three-wicket victory over India thanks to Ashleigh Gardner's unbeaten half-century and Jess Jonassen's four-wicket haul in their T20 clash on Friday.
Ashleigh Gardner rescued gold medal favourites Australia against India as women’s T20 cricket made its Commonwealth Games debut at Edgbaston on Friday.
Commonwealth Games, Day 1 Live Updates: India have got some really good results on the opening day of the CWG 2022. The highlight among them was Srihari Nataraj qualifying for the semi-finals of 100m backstroke with a timing of 54.68 seconds. Indian boxer Shiva Thapa defeated Pakistan's Suleiman Baloch 5-0 in 63kg 3-2.