India at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

India will compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games at Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022.[1] It will be India's 18th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

India at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Flag of India
CGF codeIND
CGAIndian Olympic Association
Websiteolympic.ind.in
in Birmingham, England
28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Competitors25 (13 men and 12 women) in 2 sports
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

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,[2] 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 shooting sports constitute a significant portion).[3]

However, the IOA later withdrew its boycott threat[4] 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[5] 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.[6] In July 2021, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

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 2022 Asian Games (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 2021 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup in Bhubaneswar.[8] Following discussions with the IOA and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, the federation determined that India would, subject to qualification, participate in the Commonwealth hockey tournaments.[9]

Competitors

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

Sports Men Women Total
Badminton 5510
Weightlifting 8715
Cricket 15 15 30
Hockey 16 16 32
Total444377

Badminton
Main article: Badminton at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

By virtue of its position in the combined BWF World Ranking (as of 1 February 2022), India qualified for the mixed team event.[10] Following the Senior Selection Trials, a full squad of ten players was selected on 20 April 2022.[11][12]

Men
Women

Cricket
Main article: Cricket at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

By virtue of its position in the ICC Women's T20I rankings (as of 1 April 2021), India qualified for the tournament.[13][14]

Fixtures were announced in November 2021.[15]

Summary
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
India women Women's tournament  Australia  Pakistan  Barbados
Group play
Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 —
2  Barbados 0 0 0 0 0 —
3  India 0 0 0 0 0 —
4  Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 29 July 2022. Source: Birmingham 2022
29 July 2022
11:00
Scorecard
v
31 July 2022
11:00
Scorecard
v
3 August 2022
18:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v

Hockey
Main article: Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

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.[16] Owing to the proximity of the Asian Games tournaments (scheduled for 11–24 September 2022) and their status as Olympic qualifiers, Hockey India will send its reserve squads to the Commonwealth Games.[17]

Detailed fixtures were released on 9 March 2022.[18]

Summary

Key:

Team Event Preliminary round Semifinal Final / BM / PM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
India men Men's tournament  Ghana
  England
  Canada
  Wales
India women Women's tournament  Ghana
  Wales
  England
  Canada

Men's tournament
Main article: Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals
2  England (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th place match
4  Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th place match
5  Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th place match
Source: Birmingham 2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
(H) Host
31 July 2022
14:00
India  v  Ghana
Umpires:

1 August 2022
14:00
England  v  India
Umpires:

3 August 2022
14:00
Canada  v  India
Umpires:

4 August 2022
14:00
India  v  Wales
Umpires:

Women's tournament
Main article: Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals
2  India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th place match
4  Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th place match
5  Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th place match
Source: Birmingham 2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
(H) Host
29 July 2022
14:00
India  v  Ghana
Umpires:

30 July 2022
19:00
India  v  Wales
Umpires:

2 August 2022
14:00
India  v  England
Umpires:

3 August 2022
09:00
Canada  v  India
Umpires:

Weightlifting
Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

A squad of 15 weightlifters was confirmed on 13 April 2022.[19]

Jeremy Lalrinnunga, Achinta Sheuli, Ajay Singh and Purnima Pandey qualified for the competition by winning gold at the 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[20][21] The other 11 qualified via the IWF Commonwealth Ranking List, which was finalised on 9 March 2022.[22]

Men
Athlete Event Weight lifted Total Rank
Snatch Clean & jerk
Sanket Sargar 55 kg
Gururaja Poojary 61 kg
Jeremy Lalrinnunga 67 kg
Achinta Sheuli 73 kg
Ajay Singh 81 kg
Vikas Thakur 96 kg
Lovepreet Singh 109 kg
Gurdeep Singh +109 kg
Women
Athlete Event Weight lifted Total Rank
Snatch Clean & jerk
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu 49 kg
Bindyarani Devi 55 kg
Popy Hazarika 59 kg
Harjinder Kaur 71 kg
Punam Yadav 76 kg
Bannur Natesh Usha 87 kg
Purnima Pandey +87 kg

See also

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