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From 1998 to 2018: India's performance in the last six CWG editions

Commonwealth Games, with the 2010 home edition being their best performance ever (101 medals). With 72 nations expected to participate in the Birmingham Games scheduled to start from July 28, Indian athletes, spearheaded by Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra, are expected to do well in this edition too. There is however no shooting at the Games this time and that is likely to dent India's overall medal count. TimesofIndia.com here looks at India's performance at the last six Commonwealth Games from 1998-2018: 1998 Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur (25 medals):The 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur were the last of the 20th century, but the first that were held in an Asian country. More team sports like cricket and hockey were included for the first time in the CWG.

Commonwealth Games 2022: Day 1 Full Schedule, Timings In IST

The 22nd edition of the Commonwealth Games will begin at Birmingham, United Kingdom on July 28 and the mega event will conclude on August 8. The opening ceremony for the event will take place during the early hours of Friday, as per Indian Standard Time. The opening ceremony will begin at 4 AM IST. Then the first day of the mega event will see sports like hockey, women's cricket, and badminton taking centre stage. India women's cricket team will square off against Australia while India women's hockey team will start their campaign against Ghana.

Leani Ratri Bakal Main di Kejuaraan Dunia Para Badminton

Atlet para bulutangkis Leani Ratri Oktila berencana kembali ke lapangan saat Kejuaraan Dunia Para Badminton di Jepang, November mendatang. Ia berharap waktu recoverynya cukup.

Badminton At Commonwealth Games: Focus On PV Sindhu

Star shuttlers, including P V Sindhu, will chase individual gold medals but doubles would also under the spotlight as India would aim to retain the mixed team title and continue their consistent run at the Commonwealth Games. Ever since Dinesh Khanna claimed India's first badminton medal -- a bronze at the quadrennial event in 1966 -- the country has accumulated 25 medals, including seven golds, riding on individual brilliance.

Badminton at CWG: Focus on Sindhu but doubles key to India retaining mixed team gold

Ever since Dinesh Khanna claimed India's first badminton medal -- a bronze at the quadrennial event in 1966 -- the country has accumulated 25 medals, including seven golds, riding on individual brilliance. In the last edition at Gold Coast, Indian players were on fire, claiming an unprecedented six medals, including two gold. In the individual event, the coveted yellow metal will again be a target not only for double Olympic medallist Sindhu but also for world championships silver and bronze medallists Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen respectively.

Badminton's loss is squash's gain: Teenager Anahat Singh set for Commonwealth Games debut

Commonwealth Games, hopes to bump into her role model P V Sindhu over the course of her stay in Birmingham. Anahat's desire to meet India's most decorated shuttler doesn't come as a surprise considering she played badminton before deciding to make a career out of squash. As a 6-7 seven year-old, the Delhi-based girl watched the likes of Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and Lee Chong Wei play in the Indian Open at the Siri Fort Complex here and since then she has not been able to flush badminton out of her system.

101 medals, 2nd on medals tally: Remembering 2010 Commonwealth Games - India's best performance ever

Commonwealth Games held in New Delhi. India finished second on the medal tally behind Australia - their best showing at the Games till date - by winning 101 medals which included 38 gold, 27 silver and 36 bronze medals. For the first time in the history of the Games, India won over 100 medals in total. For the first time ever India won a medal in gymnastics, with Ashish Kumar winning a silver and a bronze. And it was after a gap of 52 years that India had won a gold in a track and field event - after legendary sprinter Milkha Singh's gold medal at the 1958 Cardiff Games - when Krishna Poonia won the yellow metal in the women’s discus throw event. Geeta Phogat scripted history as she became the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold - in the women’s 55kg category - at the Commonwealth Games. Here TimesofIndia.com takes you down memory lane to relive some of the big highlights of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, which will never be forgotten: Medal Rush for IndiaThe shooting contingent spearheaded the Indian medal rush at the CWG 2010, with 2008 Beijing Olympics gold-medallist Abhinav Bindra leading the way. Indian shooters clinched 30 medals in total out of India’s 101 medals, including 14 gold out of the 38 top podium finishes. Wrestlers ruled the mat too as 19 of the 21 wrestlers secured podium finishes, which included 10 gold medals. Overall Indian men won 64 medals while the women claimed 36. The only mixed team medal came in badminton, a silver.

Unfinished business: Lakshya Sen ready to dazzle in Birmingham again

badminton, has some unfinished business in Birmingham. Four months ago, it was in Birmingham that he became the first Indian man in 21 years to reach the finals of the All England Championship, only to see the gold medal slip out of his hands. The 20-year-old from Almora will have another opportunity to dazzle in Arena Birmingham this year and he is keen to go all the way, albeit, in a different tournament -- the Commonwealth Games, beginning July 28.

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From 1998 to 2018: India's performance in the last six CWG editions

Commonwealth Games 2022: Day 1 Full Schedule, Timings In IST

Leani Ratri Bakal Main di Kejuaraan Dunia Para Badminton

Badminton At Commonwealth Games: Focus On PV Sindhu

Badminton at CWG: Focus on Sindhu but doubles key to India retaining mixed team gold

Badminton's loss is squash's gain: Teenager Anahat Singh set for Commonwealth Games debut

101 medals, 2nd on medals tally: Remembering 2010 Commonwealth Games - India's best performance ever

Unfinished business: Lakshya Sen ready to dazzle in Birmingham again