Ace shuttlers PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth will lead India’s badminton challenge at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, UK, starting Thursday.
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Badminton has always been one of the most highly anticipated sports at the Commonwealth Games. Since its debut at the 1966 Commonwealth Games, badminton has been included in 14 successive editions. Ace shuttlers PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth will lead India’s badminton challenge at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, UK, starting Thursday. Badminton events will begin on Friday at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Center with the mixed team competition. India, the defending champions in the mixed team event, are in Group A with Australia, Srilanka and Pakistan. A total of 16 teams are participating in the mixed team event with the top two teams from each group making the knockouts.
India as a badminton team is probably going through its best phase in history, having won the Thomas Cup a few weeks ago, while the likes of Sindhu and Lakshya winning singles titles of late. World no. 7 Sindhu won the Singapore Open this month and is in a rich vein of form. The 26-year-old is definitely one of the favourites to win the gold medal. The two-time Olympic medalist had lost to Saina Nehwal in the final of the 2018 Commonwealth Games and is yet to win a singles gold at CWG.
Mixed Team Event qualifying Round 1 (1:30pm to 5pm): England vs Barbados, Singapore vs Mauritius, South Africa vs Jamaica, Malaysia vs Zambia
Mixed Team event Qualifying Round 1 (6:30pm to 10pm): Scotland vs Maldives, India vs Pakistan, Canada vs Uganda, Australia vs Sri Lanka.
Mixed Team event Qualifying Round 2 (11:30pm to 3 am): Malaysia vs Jamaica, England vs Mauritius, singapore vs Barbados, South Africa vs Zambia
Mixed Team Event qualifying Round 2 (1:30pm to 5 pm): Australia vs Pakistan; Canada vs Maldives; India vs Srilanka; Scotland vs Uganda
Mixed Team Event qualifying Round 3 (6:30pm to 10pm): England vs Singapore; Malaysia vs South Africa; Jamaica vs Zambia; Mauritius vs Barbados
Mixed Team Event qualifying Round 3 (11:30pm to 3:am): Canada vs Scotland; India vs Australia; Sri Lanka vs Pakistan; Maldives vs Uganda.
Mixed Team Event Quarter-final (3:30pm to 7pm)
Mixed Team Event quarter-final (10pm to 1:30am)
Mixed Team Event Semi-final (3:30 pm to 7pm)
Mixed Team Event Semi-final (10pm to 1:30 am)
Mixed Team Event Bronze Medal Match (3:30pm to 7pm)
Mixed Team Event Gold Medal Match (10pm to 2am)
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.
