NEW DELHI: The action at the 22nd Commonwealth Games gets underway on Friday in Birmingham. The Indian contingent will have a huge number of events lined up on the first day of the CWG. The Indian women’s cricket team will be up against Australia as cricket returns to the Commonwealth Games for the first time since 1998.
Shiva Thapa will open India’s campaign in boxing in men’s 63.5 kg round of 32 bout against Suleman Baloch of Pakistan. Women’s hockey team will also be in action against Ghana.
Here’s India’s complete schedule for July 29:
Lawn Bowls
1 PM: Tania Choudhury vs Dee Hoggan (Scotland) in Women’s Singles – Section B – Round 1
India vs New Zealand in Men’s Triples – Section A – Round 1
Table Tennis
2 PM: India vs South Africa in Women’s Team – Group 2
Swimming
3:11 PM: Men’s 400m Freestyle – Heat 3 (Kushagra Rawat)
Cycling
3:25 PM: Men’s 4000m Team Pursuit Qualifying (Vishavjeet Singh, Naman Kapil, Venkappa Kengalagutti, Anantha Narayanan SS, Dinesh Kumar)
Cricket T20
3:30 PM: India vs Australia – Preliminary Round – Group A
Triathlon
3:31 PM: Adarsh MS, Vishwanath Yadav in Men’s Individual (Sprint Distance) – Final
Lawn Bowls
4 PM: Tania Choudhury vs Daphne Arthur-Almond (Falkland Islands) in Women’s Singles – Section B – Round 2
India vs Scotland in Men’s Triples – Section A – Round 2
Swimming
4:03 PM: Men’s 50m Butterfly – Heat 6 (Sajan Prakash)
Cycling
4:12 PM: Women’s Team Sprint Qualifying (Mayuri Lute, Triyasha Paul, Shushikala Agashe)
Swimming
4:26 PM: Men’s 100m Backstroke – Heat 4 (Srihari Nataraj)
Artistic Gymnastics
4:30 PM: Men’s Team Final & Individual Qualification – Subdivision 2 (Satyajit Mondal, Saif Tamboli, Yogeshwar Singh)
Table Tennis
4:30 PM: India vs Barbados in Men’s Team – Group 3
Cycling
4:46 PM: Men’s Team Sprint Qualifying – (Y Rojit Singh, Ronaldo Laitonjam, David Beckham Elkatohchoongo, Esow)
Boxing
5 PM: Shiva Thapa vs Suleman Baloch (Pakistan) in 63.5kg Round of 32
Hockey
6:30 PM: India vs Ghana – Women Pool A
Badminton
6 PM: India vs Pakistan in Mixed Team Event – Group Play Stage – Group A
Triathlon
7:01 PM: Pragnya Mohan, Sanjana Sunil Joshi in Women’s Individual (Sprint Distance) – Final
Lawn Bowls
7:30 PM: India vs England in Women’s Fours – Section D – Round 1
India vs Malaysia in Men’s Pairs – Section C – Round 1
Table Tennis
8:30 PM: India vs Fiji in Women’s Team – Group 2
Lawn Bowls
10:30 PM: India vs Cook Islands in Women’s Fours – Section D – Round 2
India vs Falkland Islands in Men’s Pairs – Section C – Round 2
Table Tennis
11 PM: India vs Singapore in Men’s Team – Group 3
Squash
11 PM: Anahat Singh vs Jada Ross (SVG) in Women’s Singles – Round of 64
Squash
11:45 PM: Abhay Singh vs Joe Chapman (IVB) in Men’s Singles – Round of 64
Para Swimming
00: 18 AM: Men’s 100m Backstroke Final S9 Final (Ashish Kumar Singh)