New Delhi: Today is the second day of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. India will be eyeing Mirabai Chanu (49kg) in weightlifting. A 15-member strong Indian team led by Chanu will stake its claim. Chanu has won gold last time in Gold Coast. Not only this, India was also the best performing country in weightlifting last time. India then won three gold medals in the women’s section and two in the men’s section. 27-year-old Chanu is fit and in form this time too. About a year ago, he started the Indian medal campaign by winning a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Not only medals but gold will be expected from him once again. Apart from this, there are competitions from India in other sports including boxing, hockey, table tennis. Here we will give you information about India’s events and timings on the second day of CWG 2022. After the completion of the event, information about the results will also be available here.
India’s challenge today
Marathon: Nitender Rawat will present the Indian challenge, from 11:30 am
Badminton: vs Sri Lanka in mixed team event 1:30 pm and from australia 11:30 pm
Boxing: Mohammad Hasimuddin (57kg category), from 4:30 pm
Hockey: Women’s team’s match against Wales, from 11:30 pm
squash: Sourav Ghoshal, Ramit Tandon in men’s singles and Anahata Singh in women’s singles
Table Tennis: Team events in men’s and women’s categories, from 2 pm
Weightlifting: Mirabai Chanu, Sanket, Gururaja Pujari, Bindiya Rani Devi will descend, the competition from 1:30 pm
How was the first day for India?
Somewhere win, some lose on the first day of Commonwealth
- India’s first day in the Commonwealth was mixed. On one hand, where the players of India got victory, they also had to face defeat.
- The Indian women’s team led by Manika Batra defeated South Africa 3-0 in the first match. The men’s team also beat Barbados 3-0.
- In boxing, veteran boxer Shiva Thapa defeated Suleman Baloch of Pakistan 5-0. With this win, Thapa has entered the pre-quarterfinals.
- In swimming, Indian swimmer Srihari Natraj entered the semi-finals of the 100m backstroke event. Natraj, 21, was the third fastest swimmer in his event and the fifth fastest overall.
- The start of its Commonwealth Games campaign was disappointing for the Indian cycling team. All three teams failed to make it to the final on Friday.
- Women’s singles player Tania Choudhary and men’s triples team suffered two defeats on the first day of lawn-ball matches.
- In cricket, Australia defeated India by three wickets in the first match of Group A. However, Renuka broke the back of Australian batting by taking 4 wickets for 18 runs in 4 overs.
