The Indian contingent had some good outings on day 7 of the CWG 2022 in Birmingham. Finally, India has done with their campaign in weightlifting with 10 medals in Birmingham, the highest ever medal count in CWG. Apart from this, the hockey team has also reached the semi-finals with an emphatic win against Wales with a score line of 4-1.
Other Indian athletes have also advanced after winning in their respective events and categories. The 8th day of the Birmingham Games might be the day of medals for the Indian contingent as many athletes will participate in the deciders of their event and categories. Indian wrestlers will also begin their campaign in the 22nd edition of the Games.
Sakshi Malik will lead the wrestling campaign of India in the women’s category. Whereas, senior Wrestler Bajrang Punia is all set to lead the men’s wrestling campaign for India. So, discussing all things, here we’ll have a look at the complete schedule of day 8, 5th of August for the Indian contingent in CWG 2022.
Lawn Bowls
01:00 PM: England vs India – Women’s Pair Quarter-Finals
Para Table Tennis
02:00 PM – 06:30 PM: Nasiru Sule (Nigeria) vs Raj Aravindan Alagar – Men’s Singles Classes 3-5 Semi-Finals
02:00 PM – 06:30 PM: Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel vs Sue Bailey (England) – Women’s Singles Classes 3-5 Semi-Finals
02:00 PM – 06:30 PM: Sonalben Manubhai Patel vs Christiana Ikpeoyi (Nigeria) – Women’s Singles Classes 3-5 Semi-Finals
Athletics
02:56 PM: Jyothi Yarraji – Women’s 100m Hurdles Round 1
Wrestling
03:00 PM Onwards: Mohit Grewal vs TBD – Men’s Freestyle 125 KG
03:00 PM Onwards: Bajrang Punia vs TBD – Men’s Freestyle 65 KG
03:00 PM Onwards: Deepak Punia vs TBD – Men’s Freestyle 86 KG
03:00 PM Onwards: Anshu Malik vs TBD – Women’s Freestyle 57 KG
03:00 PM Onwards: Sakshi Malik vs TBD – Women’s Freestyle 62 KG
03:00 PM Onwards: Divya Kakran vs TBD – Women’s Freestyle 68 KG
Indian wrestlers will play all matches including repechage and medal games on the 8th of the Commonwealth Games 2022.
Badminton
03:30 PM: Kidambi Srikanth vs TBD – Men’s Singles Round of 16
03:30 PM: Pusarla Venkata Sindhu vs Husina Kobugabe (Uganda) – Women’s Singles Round of 16
03:30 PM: Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty vs TBD – Men’s Doubles Round of 16
03:30 PM: Jolly Treesa / Gayatri Gopichand vs Leung For Sang Jemimah / Mungrah Ganesha (Mauritius) – Women’s Doubles Round of 16
Athletics
04:07 PM: Amoj Jacob, Noah Nirmal Tom, Arokia Rajiv, Muhammed Ajmal, Naganathan Pandi, Rajesh Ramesh – Men’s 4x400m Relay Round 1
Table Tennis
04:30 PM: Batra Manika / Chitale Diya Parag vs Chung Rheann / Spicer Catherine (Trinidad and Tobago) – Women’s Doubles Round of 32
05:00 PM: Akula Sreeja / Tennison Reeth vs Elliott Lucy / Plaistow Rebecca (Scotland) – Women’s Doubles Round of 32
05:05 PM: Achanta Sharath Kamal vs Finn Luu (Australia) – Men’s Singles Round of 32
05:45 PM: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran vs Paul Mccreery (Northern Ireland) – Men’s Singles Round of 32
05:45 PM: Sanil Shetty vs Derek Agrefa (Ghana) – Men’s Singles Round of 32
Hockey
10:30 PM (Aug 5) – 03:00 AM (Aug 6): India vs Australia – Women’s Semi-Finals (Hockey)
Athletics
00:45 AM (Aug 6): Hima Das – Women’s 200m Semi-Final