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Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 Day 1 Highlights: India win 4-0 in women`s hockey; Ashwani, Sumeeth pair win 1st match in badminton
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Hockey!
India women seal the deal with 4-0 win over Ghana at the CWG 2022 on Friday (July 29).
Hockey: India women lead Ghana 4-0 and the 4th quarter is on currently.
Badminton: India lead Pakistan 2-0 in Mixed Team Event.
Sumeeth Reddy and M Ponappa beat Irfan Saeed and Ghazala Siddique in first match
Srikanth Kidambi made short work of Murad Ali
In third match, PV Sindhu is dominating Pakistan's Mahoor Shahzad.
BADMINTON!
Badminton
Ashwini and Sumeeth win straight-game - 21-9, 21-12, to give the defending champs a 1-0 lead in the tie against Pakistan.
Hockey!
Hockey, Women’s Pool A, India vs Ghana: India take 1-0 lead early in the match.
Australia win by 3 wickets!
Australia Women beat India women as they complete their target of 154 runs in 19 overs finishing 157/7. Ashleigh Gardner is the hero of the match for Australia as her fifty helped her team to push the paddle in the end of the innings.
Gardner last hope for Australia
Australia need 36 runs in 24 balls. India keen on getting that opening victory at the Commonwealth Games 2022.
AUSW- 119/7 (16 Overs), Gardner 30 (26) & King 3 (7)
CRICKET!
Renuka Singh is wrecking havoc with the ball in hand. Four wickets from four overs while leaking just 18 runs. Superb. Australia in back foot in chase of 155.
Ash Gardner and Grace Harris in the middle.
INDW 154/8 (20)
AUSW 57/5 (8.5)
Australia Women need 98 runs in 67 ballsWell done, Men's Table Tennis team!
Table tennis, men’s team, Group 3, IND 3-0 BAR: Sathiyan makes it 3-0 for India vs Barbados, with an 11-4, 11-4, 11-5 to win the tie vs Tyrese Knight. The men’s team next plays Singapore at 11 pm tonight.
Australia in DEEP TROUBLE!
Dream start for India as Australia are 3 down in 3 overs! Renuka Singh is on fire at the moment as she has taken 3 wickets in 2 overs bowled so far.
AUSW- 21/3 (3 Overs)
Boxing:
Great start in boxing for India as Shiva Thapa beats Pakistan's Suleman Baloch to enter Round of 16 in Men's 63/5 kg. He wins the contest 5-0. Shiva Thapa's got a tough match in Round 2 vs 2021 world bronze medallist Reese Lynch of Scotland.
INDW- 154/8 (20 Overs)
India women finish at 154 runs after 20 overs as Harmanpreet Kaur scored a fifty along with Shafali Verma hitting 48 runs. Australia need 155 runs to win the match.
Swimming:
Good News for India! Srihari Nataraj qualifies for the 100m backstroke semifinals. He finishes 3rd in his heat and 5th overall with a time of 54.68s. The semis will be held at 1.15 am IST
Indian men's team in Table Tennis at 4.30 pm!
Doubles tie: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Harmeet Desai vs Brabados' Tyrese Knight and Kevin Farley
Second tie: Achanta Sharath Kamal vs Ramon Maxwell
Third tie: Sathiyan playing Knight
Cycling and Swimming update of India
Cycling, Men’s 4000m team: Bad news for India India as they finish last in the qualifying. They will miss out on the medal rounds.
Swimming: Sajan Prakash finishes 8th in his 50m butterfly heat with a time of 25.01. He is 24th overall and misses a place in the semifinals.
BLUNDER!
Yastika run out for 8 off 12 by Greace Harris/Healy. Bhatia was way down on the track and a flat throw does the job for Australia.
INDW- 75/2 (10 Overs), Harmanpreet 6 (3) & Shafali 36 (28)
Verma & Bhatia STEADY India
Shafali Verma and Yastika Bhatia steady India's ship after Mandhana's wicket. Australia keen on finding another dismissal.
INDW- 44/1 (7.1 Overs), Verma 18 (18) & Bhatia 2 (8)
GONE!
Mandhana 24 (17) caught by Healy bowled by Darice Brown as Australia get the first breakthrough as the left-handed opener departs. She was looking in fine rhythm but gets out on a short and wide delivery.
INDW - 25/1 (3.5 Overs), Verma 1 (4)
Mandhana on FIRE!
Smriti Mandhana with 5 boundaries is batting on 24 off 16 balls, pushing the paddle for Indian women team.
INDW - 25/0 (3.1 Overs), Mandhana 24 (15) & Shafali Verma 1 (4)
IND off to STEADY start
India are off to a steady start with Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma opening the batting for the Women in Blue. D. Brown and M Schutt attack the stumps for Australia.
IND- 9/0 (1.2 Overs), Mandhana 9 (8)
Swimming:
Sajan Prakash (50m butterfly) and Srihari Nataraj (100m backstroke) will be in action in their respective heats in some time. Para swimmer Ashish Kumar Singh will be in the 100m Backstroke S9 final later in the day. Kushagra Rawat finishes 10th in 44m freestyle 400m race, won't progress.
Lawn Bowls:
New Zealand beat India 23-6 in the men’s triples first round match.
India vs Australia Toss Report
Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and opted to bat first against Australia. Meghna Singh will make her debut in today's match.
India take 2-0 lead against South Africa in Women's Team Group Match
Manika Batra thrashes South Africa's Musfiquh Kalam 3-0 to hand India the lead.
Manika Batra wins first two games
Manika takes first two games 11-5, 11-3 against South Africa's Musfiquh Kalam in the singles rubber of the Group match of the women's team event
India's Manika Batra is up next
Indian table tennis star Manika Batra will take on South Africa's Musfiquh Kalam in the singles rubber of the Group match of the women's team event.
India vs South Africa Women's Table Tennis: IND 1-0 SA
India's Sreeja Akula and Reeth Tennison beat South Africa's Lailaa Edwards and Danisha Patel 11-7, 11-7, 11-5
Lawn Bowls - Tania Choudhury loses first round
India's Tania Choudhury faces 10-21 defeat in her first-round Women's Singles Sectional match against Scotland's Dee Hoggan.
India take early lead against South Africa
India's Sreeja and Reeth claim the first game 11-7 against Proteas.
India - Women's Table Tennis
Sreeja Akula and Reeth Tennison take on South Africa's Lailaa Edwards and Danisha Patel
Tania Choudhary trails Dee Hoggan
India's Tania Choudhary notched up a couple of points but still trails Scotland's Dee Hoggan 18-8.
Dee Hoggan running away with this
Scotland's Dee Hoggan has opened up a huge 10-point lead now. She is 16-6 ahead of India's Tania Choudhary.
India Men's Triples team trailing too
The Indian men’s lawn bowls team is currently trailing 1-10 against New Zealand in their first round match of Triples Sectional Play.
Tania Choudhary falling behind now
Dee Hoggan of Scotland is opening up a big lead in the women’s singles Round 1 contest against India's Tania Choudhary. Hoggan leads 12-6 right now.
Dee Hoggan in lead now
Scotland's Dee Hoggan has now opened up a two-point lead over Tania Choudhary. The Scot leads 9-6.
Tania Choudhary keeping up with Scot
It is really tight in the Lawn Bowls contest between India's Tania Choudhary and Scotland's Dee Hoggan. Both are tied at 6-6.
Lawn Bowls get underway
In the women’s sectional play (first round), Tania Choudhary will face De Hoggan of Scotland. At the same time, in men’s triple (sectional play, round 1) Dinesh Kumar/Navneet Singh/Chandan Singh will be up against New Zealand.
CWG 2022 Lawn Bowls
Tania Choudary in Women's Singles Sectional Play and India vs New Zealand in Men's Triples Sectional Play kick off India's campaign at Birmingham.
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Shiva Thapa will take on Suleman Baloch in Boxing while the Indian badminton mixed doubles team will cross swords with arch-rivals at 6:30 PM IST.
Commonwealth Games 2022 Opening Ceremony Highlights
PV Sindhu to Manika Batra - Indians in action TODAY
India will kick off their campaign in most major sports today with top stars like PV Sindhu, Manika Batra, Saurav Ghosal, Joshna Chinappa, Shiva Thapa, etc in action. Check the complete India schedule for Day 1 here.
Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Day 1 of the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham.
A Commonwealth Games 2022 that once appeared doomed exploded into life with a dazzling opening ceremony on Thursday that put a modern spin on a sporting event often seen as a relic of the British Empire’s colonial past. Ten years after the 2012 London Olympics it was Birmingham`s moment in the spotlight, although a smaller one, as Prince Charles, reading a message on behalf of The Queen contained in a Baton that had travelled through all 72 nations and regions of the Commonwealth, declared the Games open.
No one could deny Birmingham for giving itself a massive pat on the back for taking on the responsibility of staging the 2022 Games after Durban, South Africa was stripped of hosting duties for failing to deliver on promises made in its bid.
Instead of the usual six-seven years to prepare, Birmingham had four and that challenge was multiplied by the arrival of COVID-19. While the pandemic forced the delay of an Olympics and an Asian Games, Birmingham pushed ahead, delivering on its promise of an on time, on budget project.
India will be represented by 215 athletes who will take part in 141 events across 19 sporting disciplines. Women’s T20I cricket is making its debut at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham this year, with the top eight teams competing for the gold medal. Indian women’s cricket team will make their CWG debut against Australia on Friday.
Check all the LIVE scores and updates from Day 1 of Commonwealth Games 2022 here.