Check out India's Day 1 Schedule and Match timings at the Commonwealth Games 2022 as Indian women's cricket team and hockey team begin their campaign
Team India will begin their journey at one of the biggest multi-sporting tournaments, the Commonwealth Games from July 29, 2022. India currently stands at the fourth position in the Commonwealth Games, with a total of 503 medals (181 Gold medals, 173 Silver medals, and 36 Bronze medals). The country recorded its most successful campaign at the Commonwealth Games 2010 in which it was also the host nation. In the last edition of the Commonwealth Games, India collected 66 medals of which 26 were Gold medals, and ended their campaign with a third position finish. After India’s best-ever performance at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics 2020, the 204-member Indian contingent will be pumped up more than ever and aim for a dominating display in different sporting events at Birmingham 2022.
The live coverage of the Commonwealth Games 2022 will be available on different networks across the world. In the Indian subcontinent, it will be telecast LIVE from Birmingham on Sony TEN 1, Sony TEN 2, Sony TEN 3, Sony SIX, and Sony TEN 4. The Live streaming will be available on the Sony LIV app or website. Elsewhere, BBC will telecast LIVE in United Kingdom, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in Canada, Seven Network in Australia, Sky NZ in New Zealand, Mediacorp in Singapore, S4C in Wales, and ESPN in the USA.
The women’s cricket team will play Australia on Day 1 of the Commonwealth Games 2022 which will receive a significant viewership from the cricket enthusiasts of the nation. The Indian women’s hockey team led by Savita Punia will also be in action against team Ghana. The pugilists will also be aiming to continue their dominance at the Commonwealth Games 2022.
Sport | Events | Timing | Players in action |
Lawn Bowl | Men’s Pairs Men’s Triples Women’s Singles Women’s Fours | 05:30 PM onwards | Sunil Bahadur, Mridul Borgohain Chandan Kumar Singh, Navneet Singh, Dinesh Kumar Nayan Moni Saikia Pinki, Tania Choudhury, Rupa Rani Tirkey, Lovely Choubey |
Table Tennis | Women’s and Men’s Team Qualifying Events | 06:30 PM | Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Reeth Rishya, Diya Chitale, Sharath Kamal, Gnanasekaran Sathiyan, Harmeet Desai, Sanil Shetty |
Badminton | Mixed Team Event Qualifying Round 1 – India vs Pakistan | 06:30 PM onwards | Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth, PV Sindhu, Aakarshi Kashyap, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty, Gayatri Gopichand/Treesa Jolly, Ashwini Ponnappa/ Sumeeth Reddy |
Hockey | Women’s Group Match – India vs Ghana | 06:30 PM | Women’s Hockey Team |
Swimming | Men’s 100m Backstroke Men’s 400m Freestyle Men’s 50m Butterfly Men’s 100m Backstroke S9 | 07:30 PM onwards | Srihari Nataraj Kushagra Rawat Sajan Prakash Ashish Kumar |
Cricket | Women’s T20 – Group Match- Ind vs Aus | 04:30 PM | Indian Women’s Cricket Team |
Triathlon | Women’s Individual Sprint Distance Men’s Individual Sprint Distance | 08:00 PM | Sanjana Joshi, Pragnya Mohan Adarsh MS, Vishwanath Yadav |
Boxing | Men’s 63.5 kg, 67 kg, 75 kg and 80 kg | 09:00 PM onwards | Shiva Thapa, Rohit Tokas, Sumit Kundu, Ashish Chaudhary |
Squash | Men’s Singles Women’s Singles | 09:00 PM onwards | Ramit Tandon, Sourav Ghoshal, Abhay Singh Joshna Chinappa, Anahat Singh, Sunayna Kuruvilla |