The 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham will commence on 28 July, and India will be fielding a 205-member contingent. The athletes will be competing in events across 15 sports.
Here is the sport-wise break up of the Indian contingent that will take part in the quadrennial event.
Athletics
India has named a 32-member squad for the Commonwealth Games. Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra will miss the tournament after picking up an injury at the recently-concluded World Championships. After much controversy, Tejaswin Shanker has finally been cleared to take part in the quadrennial event. Here is the full athletics squad.
1. Avinash Sable - men’s 3000m steeplechase
2. Nitender Singh Rawat - men’s marathon
3. M Sreeshankar - men’s long Jump
4. Muhammed Anees Yahiya - men’s long Jump
5. Abdulla Aboobacker - men’s triple jump
6. Praveen Chithravel - men’s triple jump
7. Eldhose Paul - men’s triple jump
8. DP Manu - men’s javelin throw
9. Rohit Yadav - men’s javelin throw
10. Sandeep Kumar - men’s 10km race walk
11. Amit Khatri - men’s 10km race walk
12. Tejaswin Shankar - men’s high jump
13. Amoj Jacob - men’s 4x400m relay
14. Noah Nirmal Tom - men’s 4x400m relay
15. Muhammed Ajmal - men’s 4x400m relay
16. Naganathan Pandi - men’s 4x400m relay
17. Muhammed Anas - men’s 4x400m relay
18. Jyothi Yarraji - women’s 100m hurdles
19. Ancy Sojan - women’s long jump
20. Manpreet Kaur - women’s shot put
21. Navjeet Kaur Dhilllon - women’s discus throw
22. Seema Punia - women’s discus throw
23. Annu Rani - women’s javelin throw
24. Shilpa Rani - women’s javelin throw
25. Manju Bala Singh - women’s hammer throw
26. Sarita Romit Singh - women’s hammer throw
27. Bhawna Jat - women’s 10km race walk
28. Priyanka Goswami - women’s 10km race walk
29. Hima Das - women’s 4x100m relay
30. Dutee Chand - women’s 4x100m relay
31. Srabani Nanda - women’s 4x100m relay
32. NS Simi - women’s 4x100m relay
Badminton
India will look towards Badminton for medals. Double Olympics medallist P.V.Sindhu will hope to improve on her silver from the 2018 Commonwealth Games, while the male shuttlers will want to carry forward the momentum from the Thomas Cup win. Following is the full badminton lineup:
1. PV Sindhu - women’s singles, mixed team
2. Aakarshi Kashyap - women’s singles, mixed team
3. Treesa Jolly - women’s doubles, mixed team
4. Gayatri Gopichand - women’s doubles, mixed team
5. Ashwini Ponappa - mixed doubles, mixed team
6. Lakshya Sen - men’s singles, mixed team
7. Kidambi Srikanth - men’s singles, mixed team
8. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy - men’s doubles, mixed team
9. Chirag Shetty - men’s doubles, mixed team
10. B Sumeeth Reddy - mixed doubles
Boxing
The boxing squad has some familiar names likes Amit Panghal and five-time Asian medallist Shiva Thapa. In the women’s events, Olympics medallist Lovlina Borgohain and world champion Nikhat Zareen are the medal candidates.
1. Amit Panghal - men’s 51kg
2. Mohammad Hussamuddin - men’s 57kg
3. Shiva Thapa - men’s 63.5kg
4. Rohit Tokas - men’s 67kg
5. Sumit Kundu - men’s 75kg
6. Ashish Kumar Chaudhary - men’s 80kg
7. Sanjeet Kumar - men’s 92kg
8. Sagar - men’s 92+kg
9. Nitu Ganghas - women’s 48kg
10. Nikhat Zareen - women’s 50kg
11. Jaismine Lamboria - women’s 60kg
12. Lovlina Borgohain - women’s 70kg
Cricket
Cricket makes an entry to the quadrennial event for the first time since 1998. Ten nations will play in a T20 tournament, reperesented by the women’s teams. India named a strong 16-member squad which will be led by Harmanpreet Kaur and will be facing the likes of Australia and Pakistan in its group matches.
Squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, Sabbhineni Meghana, Taniyaa Bhatia (wk), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Deepti Sharma, Rajeshari Gayakwad, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Radha Yadav, Harleen Deol, Sneh Rana
Standby players: Richa Ghosh, Simran Bahadur, Poonam Yadav
Cycling
1. Y Rojit Singh - men’s team sprint
2. L Ronaldo Singh - men’s sprint, men’s team sprint, men’s 1000m time trail, men’s keirin
3. E David Bechkam - men’s team sprint, men’s 1000m time trail
4. Esow Alben - men’s sprint, men’s team sprint, men’s keirin
5. Vishvajeet Singh - men’s 4000m team pursuit, men’s 4000m individual pursuit, men’s 15km scratch race
6. Naman Kapil - men’s 4000m team pursuit
7. Venkappa Shivappa Kengalugutti - men’s 4000m team pursuit, men’s 40km point race
8. Dinesh Kumar - men’s 4000m team pursuit, men’s 4000m individual pursuit
9. Annantha Naryanan - men’s 4000m team pursuit
10. Triyasha Paul - women’s sprint, women’s team sprint, women’s keirin, 500m time trail
11. Meenakshi - women’s 10km scratch race, women’s 3000m individual pursuit
12. Shushikala Agashe - women’s team sprint
13. Mayuri Dhanraj Lute - women’s sprint, women’s team sprint, women’s keirin, 500m time trail
Gymnastics
1. Satyajit Mondal - men’s events (artistic)
2. Yogeshwar Singh - men’s events (artistic)
3. Saif Tamboli - men’s events (artistic)
4. Pranati Nayak - women’s events (artisitic)
5. Ruthuja Nataraj - women’s events (artistic)
6. Protishta Samata - women’s events (artistic)
7. Bavleen Kaur - women’s events (rhythmic)
Hockey
Both the Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams will be look to build on their strong performances in the Tokyo Olympics and end up with medals at the Birmingham Games.
While the Indian women’s team had won the CWG hockey gold in 2002, the men’s team is still in search of their first, with two silver medals (2010 and 2014) being their best finishes to date.
Indian men’s hockey team: PR Sreejesh, Krishan B Pathak, Varun Kumar, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Jugraj Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Shamsher Singh, Akashdeep Singh and Nilakanta Sharma, Mandeep Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Gurjant Singh, Abhishek.
Indian women’s hockey team: Savita, Rajani Etimarpu, Deep Grace Ekka, Gurjit Kaur, Nikki Pradhan, Udita, Nisha, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, Monika, Neha, Jyoti, Navjot Kaur and Salima Tete, Vandana Katariya, Lalremsiami, Navneet Kaur, Sharmila Dev, Sangita Kumari.
Judo
1. Vijay Kumar Yadav - men’s -60kg
2. Jasleen Singh Saini - men’s -66kg
3. Deepak Deswal - men’s -100kg
4. L Shushila Devi - women’s -48kg
5. Suchika Tariyal - women’s -57kg
6. Tulika Maan - women’s +78kg
Lawn Bowls
1. Dinesh Kumar - men’s triples, men’s fours
2. Chandan Kumar Singh - men’s triples, men’s fours
3. Navneet Singh - men’s triples, men’s fours
4. Sunil Bahadur - men’s singles, men’s pairs
5. Mridul Borgohain - men’s pairs, men’s fours
6. Pinki - women’s triples, men’s fours
7. Lovely Choubey - women’s pairs, women’s fours
8. Tania Choudhury - women’s triples, women’s fours
9. Nayanmoni Saikia - women’s singles, women’s pairs
10. Rupa Rani Tirkey - women’s triples, women’s fours
Squash
India managed an impressive medal haul at the Commonwealth Games in 2018. Four years later, the major stars of Indian squash lead the team again and will hope to repeat the laurels in the Birmingham. The full squad is:
1. Saurav Ghosal - men’s singles and mixed doubles
2. Ramit Tandon - men’s singles, men’s doubles and mixed doubles
3. Abhay Singh - men’s singles and men’s doubles
4. Joshna Chinappa - women’s singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles
5. Sunayna Kuruvilla - women’s singles
6. Anahat Singh - women’s singles
7. Dipika Pallikal - women’s doubles and mixed doubles
8. Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu - men’s doubles
9. Velavan Senthilkumar - men’s doubles
Swimming
India’s young crop of swimmers has been impressive in the recent past. Though a medal in swimming might be tough, the four-member contingent will have personal bests and national records to better. The swimming team will feature:
1. Sajan Prakash - men’s 50m, 100m and 200m butterfly
2. Srihari Nataraj - men’s 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke
3. Kushagra Rawat - men’s 200m, 400m and 1500m freestyle
4. Advait Page - men’s 1500m freestyle
Table Tennis
The 2018 Commonwealth Games were groundbreaking for Indian table tennis where it bagged eight medals. Led by the same paddlers like Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra and Sathiyan, India will aim for a similar, if not better, tally as the 2018 Games. The table tennis squad is:
1. Sharath Kamal - men’s singles, men’s doubles mixed doubles and men’s team
2. Sathiyan Gnanasekaran - men’s singles, men’s doubles, mixed doubles and men’s team
3. Sanil Shetty - men’s singles, men’s doubles, mixed doubles and men’s team
4. Harmeet Desai - men’s doubles and men’s team
5. Manika Batra - women’s singles, women’s doubles, mixed doubles and women’s team
6. Diya Chitale - women’s doubles and women’s team
7. Sreeja Akula - women’s events - women’s singles, women’s doubles, mixed doubles and women’s team
8. Reeth Rishya - women’s events - women’s singles, women’s doubles, mixed doubles and women’s team
Triathlon
1. Sanjana Joshi - women’s individual sprint distance, mixed team relay
2. Pragnya Mohan - women’s individual sprint distance, mixed team relay
3. Adarsh MS - men’s individual sprint distance, mixed team relay
4. Vishwanath Yadav - men’s individual sprint distance, mixed team relay
Weightlifting
India’s 12-member weightlifting contingent for the Commonwealth Games 2022 will be spearheaded by the Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu. Among other major medal prospects are Jeremy Lalrinnunga, Achinta Sheuli, Ajay Singh and Purnima Pandey.
1. Mirabai Chanu - women’s 49kg
2. Bindyarani Devi - women’s 55kg
3. Popy Hazarika - women’s 59kg
4. Harjinder Kaur - women’s 71kg
5. Punam Yadav - women’s 76kg
6. Usha Kumara - women’s 87kg
7. Purnima Pandey - women’s +87kg
8. Sanket Mahadev - men’s 55kg
9. Gururaja - men’s 61kg
10. Jeremy Lalrinnunga - men’s 67kg
11. Achinta Sheuli - men’s 73kg
12. Ajay Singh - men’s 81kg
13. Vikas Thakur - men’s 96kg
14. Lovepreet Singh - men’s 109kg
15. Gurdeep Singh - men’s +109kg
Wrestling
Wrestling has been one of India’s forte at the Commonwealth Games. With many big names taking the mat in this year’s edition, the sport could yet again provide the highest number of medals for India. The Indian contingent for Wrestling is:
1. Pooja Gehlot - women’s 50kg
2. Vinesh Phogat - women’s 53kg
3. Anshu Malik - women’s 57kg
4. Sakshi Malik - women’s 62kg
5. Divya Kakran - women’s 68kg
6. Pooja Sihag - women’s 76kg
7. Ravi Kumar Dahiya - men’s 57kg
8. Bajrang Punia - men’s 65kg
9. Naveen - men’s 74kg
10. Deepak Punia - men’s 86kg
11. Mohit Grewal (125kg)
PARASPORT
India will field a 12-member contingent that will take part in the Para Commonwealth Games. The events will take place simultaneously with the Commowealth Games.
Here is the sport-wise list of athletes participating in the Para Commonwealth Games.
Athletics
1. Devender Kumar - men’s discuss throw - F42-44/61-64
2. Aneesh Kumar - men’s discuss throw - F42-44/61-64
3. Devendar Gahlot - men’s discuss throw - F42-44/61-64
4. Poonam Sharma - women’s shot put - F55-57
Powerlifting
1. Sahina Khatun - women’s lightweight
Swimming
1. Ashish Kumar Singh - Backstroke S9
2. Suyash Narayan Jadhav - Freestyle S7
3. Niranjan Mukundan - Freestyle S7
Table Tennis
1. Raj Aravindan Alagar - Singles Class 3-5
2. Sonalben Patel - Singles Class 3-5
3. Bhavina Patel - Singles Class 3-5
4. Baby Sahana Ravi - Class 6-10
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