Commonwealth Games 2022: Badminton Day 3 Schedule, Fixture and Live streaming Details

Defending champions India stormed through to the quarter-finals of the badminton mixed team event at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Saturday. India will take on South Africa in the last-8 stage on Sunday night. Team India began their title defence with a rampaging 5-0 win over Pakistan in their Group A opener before thrashing Sri Lanka 5-0 to book their place in the knockout stage. And then, India got the better of Australia 4-1 in their final group match of the competition to go through with a 100% record. 

MATCH 1 secured! ??

A scintillating performance from @srikidambi to clinch the MS encounter and hand ?? 1️⃣-0️⃣lead against ?? in their final group stage match.

Final Score: 21-14,21-13@himantabiswa | @sanjay091968 #IndiaPhirKaregaSmash#B2022#IndiaontheRise pic.twitter.com/1YqFgoDjcT

— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) July 30, 2022

Former men’s singles world number one Kidambi Srikanth started India’s fixture against Australia with a dominant 21-14, 21-13 victory, handing India a 1-0 lead. The two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu doubled India’s lead as she defeated Chen Wendy Hsuan-Yu 21-10, 21-12. India men’s duo of Sumeeth Reddy and Chirag Shetty were up next. The India pair defeated Tran Hoang Pham and Jack Yu 21-16, 21-19 to give India an unassailable 3-0 lead. In the fourth match, with the win already secured, India suffered its first defeat in this edition of the competition as the Australian women’s duo of Hsuan-Yu Wendy and Gronya Somerville got the better of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly 21-13, 21-19. India then finished off the day by winning the last match of the tie, with Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponappa beating Ying Xiang Lin and Gronya Somerville 21-14, 21-11.

July 31 Schedule and fixture (Mixed Team event)

All Times are in Indian Standard Time (IST)

Where to watch Commonwealth Games 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 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.