Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 1 Schedule: Big events and games from Birmingham

The Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 is all set to start today, 28 July. India is one of the top four medal contenders Since the 2002 Commonwealth Games alongside England, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. India will begin its CWG journey on Day 1, 29 July. The key Indian contenders like the Men's hockey team and the women's cricket team will be playing on Day 1. The women's cricket team will be making their CWG debut that day.

Squash stars Sourav Ghoshal and Josahana Chinappa, the Indian table tennis player Manika Batra, boxer Shiva Thapa, and Olympic medalist PV Sindhu (badminton) will all be in action on Day 1 too as well.

Other sports which will see Indian athletes in action include swimming, gymnastics, squash, lawn bowls, track cycling, and triathlon. The full schedule of India for Day 1 of the Commonwealth Games 2022 are given below.

Day 1 (July 29) schedule, time (IST):

Boxing-

Shiva Thapa- 63.5 kg Round of 32 (4:30 pm)

Sumit Kundu- 75kg Round of 32 (4:30 pm)

Rohit Tokas- 67kg Round of 32 (11:00 pm)

Ashish Chaudhary- 80kg Round of 32 (11:00 pm)

Cricket-

India v Australia- Group A match (3:30 pm)

Badminton-

Mixed Team Event Qualifying Round 1- India vs Pakistan (11:00 pm)

Hockey-

India v Ghana- Women Group Stage (6:30 pm)

Gymnastics-

Yogeshwar, Satyajit, Saif- Men Individual and Team Qualifying (1:30 pm)

Men Team Final (if Qualified) (10:00 pm)

Lawn Bowls-

Nayanmoni- Women Singles (1:00 pm)

Dinesh, Navneet, Chandan- Men Triples (1:00 pm)

Sunil, Mridul- Men Pair Round 1 (7:30 pm)

Rupa, Tania, Lovely- Women Four Round 1 (7:30 pm)

Swimming-

Kushagra- 400m FreeStyle Heats (3:00 pm)

Ashish- 100m BackStroke S9 Heats (3:00 pm)

Sajan- 50m Butterfly Heats (3:00 pm)

Srihari- 100m BackStroke H (3:00 pm)

Kushagra (if Qualified)- 400m Freestyle Final (1:30 pm)

Ashish (if Qualified)- 100m Backstroke S9 Final (11:30 pm)

Sajan (if Qualified)- 50m Butterfly Semis (11:30 pm)

Srihari (if Qualified)- 100m Backstroke Semis (11:30 pm)

Squash-

Saurav, Ramit, Abhay- Round of 64 (4:30 pm)

Joshna, Sunayna, Anahat- Round of 64 (4:30 pm)

Men Singles- Round of 64 (10:30 pm)

Women Singles- Round of 64 (10:30 pm)

Table Tennis-

Men's Team- Qualifying Round 1 (2:00 pm)

Women's Team- Qualifying Round 1 (2:00 pm)

Men's Team- Qualifying Round 2 (8:30 pm)

Women's Team- Qualifying Round 2 (8:30 pm)

Track Cycling-

Vishwajeet, Naman, Venkappa, Anantha, Dinesh- Men Team Pursuit Qualification (2:30 pm)

Mayuri, Triyasha, Shushikala- Women Team Sprint Qualification (2:30 pm)

Y Rojit, Ronaldo, David, Esow- Men Team Sprint Qualification (2:30 pm)

Men Team Pursuit Final (if Qualification) (8:30 pm)

Women Team Sprint Final (if Qualification) (8:30 pm)

Men Team Sprint Final (if Qualification) (8:30 pm)

Triathlon-

Adarsh, Vishwanath- Men's Final (3:30 pm)

Sanjana, Pragnya- Women's Final (3:30 pm)