Indian badminton team will begin their Mixed team campaign at the Commonwealth Games 2022 by taking on Pakistan in the first Group A match on Day 1 of the Games on Friday.
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Indian badminton team will begin their Mixed team campaign at the Commonwealth Games 2022 by taking on Pakistan in the first Group A match on Day 1 of the Games on Friday, 29th July 2022. India are the defending champions in the Mixed team event, having won the gold medal in the CWG 2018 in Gold Coast. India has won 25 gold medals, since the sport made its debut in the event in 1966 in Kingston. Team India’s match against Pakistan is scheduled to begin at 6:30 pm IST.
India’s preliminary round clash against the neighbors is unlikely to create much buzz because the two teams come from opposite ends of the spectrum. Team India won six gold medals at Gold Coast, four years ago. The India team consists of two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu, former world number one Kidambi Srikanth, All England Open runner-up Lakshya Sen. in the men’s doubles Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are ranked eighth in the world. Besides Pakistan, the other teams in Group A are Australia and Sri Lanka. The top two teams from each of the four groups will go through to the knockout stage.
All Times are in Indian Standard Time (IST)
| Match | Time |
| England vs Barbados (Group B) | 1:30 pm to 5 pm IST |
| Singapore vs Mauritius (Group B) | 1:30 pm to 5 pm IST |
| South Africa vs Jamaica (Group D) | 1:30 pm to 5 pm IST |
| Malaysia vs Zambia (Group D) | 1:30 pm to 5 pm IST |
| Scotland vs Maldives (Group C) | 5:30pm to 9 pm IST |
| India vs Pakistan (Group A) | 5:30pm to 9 pm IST |
| Canada vs Uganda (Group C) | 5:30pm to 9 pm IST |
| Australia vs Sri Lanka (Group A) | 5:30pm to 9 pm IST |
| Malaysia vs Jamaica (Group D) | 10:30 pm to 2 am IST |
| England vs Mauritius (Group B) | 10:30 pm to 2 am IST |
| Singapore vs Barbados (Group B) | 10:30 pm to 2 am IST |
| South Africa vs Zambia (Group D) | 10:30 pm to 2 am IST |
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 the 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.
