India competed at the

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at Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022. It was India's 18th appearance at the Commonwealth Games. In July 2022, the Indian team of 106 men and 104 women competing in 16 sports was named. India did not compete in

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, netball and rugby sevens. Indian para-athletes competed in athletics,

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, swimming and table tennis. Hockey player Manpreet Singh and badminton athlete

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served as the country's

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flagbearers. Squash player Anahat Singh became the youngest Indian athlete to compete at the Commonwealth Games at just 14 years of age. 45-year old Lawn Bowls player

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was the oldest player in the contingent. India's first medal of the Games was won by

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with a silver in weightlifting. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won the first gold medal for the country, also in weightlifting. India won its first ever medals in Lawn Bowls after the Women's Fours team won the Gold medal, and were followed by the Men's fours team winning a silver medal. Sharath Kamal was India's most successful player at the Games, having won four (3 gold and 1 silver) medals in table tennis. India ended the games as the best nation in 4 sports: badminton, table tennis, wrestling and weightlifting and second best in boxing.

Withdrawal threat

Following a June 2019 decision by the Commonwealth Games Federation Executive Board to back BOCCG's proposal that archery and shooting not be included in the 2022 sport programme, IOA President Narinder Batra proposed that India boycott the 2022 Games, claiming the CGF leadership had an "India bashing mindset" and that "people with a particular mindset" could not tolerate India's sporting prowess (of which

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constitute a significant portion). However, the IOA later withdrew its boycott threat and proposed the hosting of a combined archery and shooting championships, scheduled to take place in Chandigarh during January 2022. The proposal was backed by associated stakeholders and subsequently received official approval on the proviso that India bore the cost of hosting the event; medals awarded in Chandigarh would be included in the 2022 Games overall medal table a week after the closing ceremony. In July 2021, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In October 2021, Hockey India withdrew both hockey teams from the Games, citing the pandemic within the United Kingdom and the proximity of Birmingham 2022 to the

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(with Paris 2024 Olympic qualification at stake in the latter); the decision was made in response to the UK's non-recognition of Indian COVID-19 vaccination certificates and England Hockey withdrawing from the

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in Bhubaneswar. Following discussions with the IOA and

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Anurag Thakur, the federation determined that India would, subject to qualification, participate in the Commonwealth hockey tournaments.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Medalists

Medals by sport

Medals by day

Medals by gender

Medalists

Athletics

Following the National Inter-State Athletics Championships in Chennai, a squad of thirty-seven athletes was selected on 16 June 2022. ;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events

Badminton

By virtue of its position in the combined BWF World Ranking (as of 1 February 2022), India qualified for the mixed team event. Following the Senior Selection Trials, a full squad of ten players was selected on 20 April 2022. ;Singles ;Doubles ;Mixed team ;Summary ;Squad * Srikanth Kidambi * Satwiksairaj Rankireddy *

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* Lakshya Sen * Chirag Shetty *

Gayatri Gopichand Pullela Gayatri Gopichand (born 4 March 2003) is an Indian badminton player. She is the daughter of former badminton players P. V. V. Lakshmi and Pullela Gopichand. She was part of the national team that clinched the women's team gold medal at ...

Treesa Jolly Treesa Jolly (born 27 May 2003) is an Indian badminton player. She trains in the Gopichand Badminton Academy. Achievements Commonwealth Games ''Women's doubles'' BWF World Tour (1 title, 2 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was a ...

Aakarshi Kashyap Aakarshi Kashyap (born 24 August 2001) is an Indian badminton player. She was selected to be part of the Indian team at the 2018 Asian Games. She was part of the national women's team that won the gold medal in 2019 South Asian Games. Early l ...

* Ashwini Ponnappa *

;Group stage ;Quarter Finals ;Semi Finals ;Final

Boxing

Following the men's selection trials on 2 June 2022, eight boxers were selected for the competition. The women's trials and selection of four more boxers followed on 11 June 2022. ;Men ;Women

Cricket

By virtue of its position in the ICC Women's T20I rankings (as of 1 April 2021), India qualified for the tournament. Fixtures were announced in November 2021. ;Summary ;Roster Fifteen players were officially selected on 11 July 2022. * Harmanpreet Kaur ( c) *

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( vc) * Taniya Bhatia ( wk) *

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( wk) *

Harleen Deol Harleen Kaur Deol (born 21 June 1998) is an Indian cricketer. She plays for Himachal Pradesh. She is an attacking right-hand batter who also occasionally bowls right arm leg spin. Harleen made her Women's One Day International (WODI) debut for ...

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* Sabbhineni Meghana * Sneh Rana * Jemimah Rodrigues *

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Meghna Singh Meghna Singh (born 18 June 1994) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Railways. In August 2021, Singh earned her maiden call-up to the India women's cricket team, for their series against Australia, including being named in India's squad for the ...

* Renuka Singh *

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* Shafali Verma * Radha Yadav Reserves:

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, Richa Ghosh, Poonam Yadav ;Group play ---- ---- ;Semi-final ;Gold medal match

Cycling

Thirteen cyclists (9 men and 4 women) have been officially selected to represent India at CWG 2022.

Track

;Sprint ;Keirin ;Time trial ;Pursuit ;Points race ;Scratch race

Gymnastics

Artistic

;Men ;Team Final & Individual Qualification ;Individual Finals ;Women ;Team Final & Individual Qualification ;Individual events

Rhythmic

;Individual Qualification

Hockey

By virtue of its position in the FIH World Rankings for men and women respectively (as of 1 February 2022), India qualified for both tournaments. Detailed fixtures were released on 9 March 2022. Hockey India originally sought to send reserve squads to the Commonwealth Games; this was so the primary squads could focus on the Asian Games tournaments and attempt to qualify for the

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at the first opportunity. Owing to the subsequent postponement of the 2022 Asian Games, a full-strength men's squad for the Commonwealth Games was confirmed on 20 June 2022; an experienced women's squad was also confirmed on 23 June 2022. ;Summary

Men's tournament

;Roster *

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Krishan Pathak Krishan Bahadur Pathak (born 24 April 1997) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Indian national team. Early life Pathak was born on 24 April 1997 in Kapurthala, Punjab. He is of Nepalese descent; his parents migr ...

( gk) * Varun Kumar *

Surender Kumar Surender Kumar (born 23 November 1993) is an Indian field hockey player, who plays as a defender for the Indian national team. He was born to Malkhan Singh and Neelam Devi on 23 November 1993 in Ror community. He is from Karnal, Haryana. He ...

* Harmanpreet Singh ( vc) *

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Jugraj Singh Jugraj Singh (born 22 April 1983) is a former Indian field hockey player whose playing career was cut short by a 2003 car accident. Born in 1983 to a Sikh family in Punjab, the former Punjab policeman was a self-coached, drag-flicker defende ...

Jarmanpreet Singh Jarmanpreet Singh (born 18 July 1996) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a defender. He made his international debut at the 2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Breda where India won the silver medal. Finally he won gold medal in ...

* Manpreet Singh ( c) *

Hardik Singh Hardik Singh (born 23 September 1998) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for the Indian national team. International career After becoming the vice-captain of the Indian junior team, he made his senior international debu ...

Vivek Prasad Vivek Sagar Prasad (born 25 February 2000) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for the Indian national team. In January 2018, he became the second-youngest player ever to debut for India at 17 years, 10 months and 22 days ...

* Shamsher Singh * Akashdeep Singh *

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* Mandeep Singh *

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* Lalit Upadhyay *

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;Group play ---- ---- ---- ;Semi Final ;Gold medal match

Women's tournament

;Roster *

Savita Punia Savita Punia (born 11 July 1990) is an Indian field hockey player and is a member of the India women's national field hockey team. She hails from Haryana and plays as the goalkeeper. Savita Punia is also known as "Great Wall of India" because o ...

( c, gk) *

Rajani Etimarpu Rajani Etimarpu (born 9 June 1990) is an Indian field hockey and member of the India women's national field hockey team. She hails from Andhra Pradesh and plays as a Field hockey#Positions, goalkeeper. She was India's goalkeeper at the 2014–1 ...

( gk) * Deep Grace Ekka ( vc) * Gurjit Kaur * Nikki Pradhan * Udita Duhan * Nisha Warsi * Sushila Chanu *

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* Neha Goyal *

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* Navneet Kaur *

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* Sangita Kumari ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ;Semi Final ;Bronze medal match

Judo

India announced a six-member judo team following selection trials held from May 23 to May 26. ;Men ;Women

Lawn bowls

;Men ;Women

Para powerlifting

Squash

As of 12 July 2022, a team of 9 athletes will represent India in the squash competition at the Games. ;Singles ;Doubles

Swimming

India declared its four-member swimming team on 25 June 2022. ;Men

Table tennis

India qualified for both the men's and women's team events via the ITTF World Team Rankings (as of 2 January 2020). Seven players were selected on 31 May 2022; the women's selections were provisional and dependent on SAI approval since Archana Kamath was selected even though she did not satisfy the selection criteria. The SAI returned responsibility for the decision back to the ''Committee of Administrators''; Diya Chitale, who filed a writ petition to the Delhi High Court protesting her non-selection, replaced Kamath in the amended squad. Another player was also added to the men's squad. ;Singles ;Para-Singles ;Doubles ;Team

Triathlon

A squad of four triathletes (two per gender) was selected for the competition; the men will be named at a later date. ;Individual ;Mixed Relay

Weightlifting

A squad of 15 weightlifters was confirmed on 13 April 2022.

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, Ajay Singh and Purnima Pandey qualified for the competition by winning gold at the

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in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The other 11 qualified via the IWF Commonwealth Ranking List, which was finalised on 9 March 2022. ;Men ;Women

Wrestling

Following the women's selection trials on 16 May 2022, six wrestlers were selected for the competition. The men's trials and selection of six more wrestlers followed on 17 May 2022. ;Men ;Women ;Group stage Format ;Nordic Format ;Repechage Format

Notes

References

External links

Indian Olympic Association Official site
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