Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 1 India Full Results: India’s Day 1 report card at Birmingham 2022

India’s Day 1 at the Commonwealth Games 2022 was action-packed as athletes took part in almost all the events on the opening day. India got positive results in most of the sports barring a few as they registered victories in boxing, hockey, table tennis, and badminton. Whereas Cricket, Lawn Bowls, Triathlon, and Cycling returned disappointing results. Here’s a detailed report of India’s performance in various sports on Day 1:

Triathlon

In Men’s category, Adarsh finished at 30^th place and Vinish finished 33^rd. In the women’s category Pragnya and Sanjana finished 26^th and 28^th respectively.

Table Tennis

Indian women’s team won their first two group matches. First against South Africa 3-0 and the second against Fiji 3-0. The men’s team were victorious in their first group match against Barbados as they won by a margin of 3-0. They reached the quarter-finals by defeating Singapore 3-0 in the second group stage match.

Boxing

Shiva Thapa was victorious against Baloch Suleman in the first match of 63.5 kg men's boxing (5:0, Unanimous decision).

Swimming

Sajan Prakash (50 m Butterfly) failed to progress to the semi-finals and Kushagra Rawat (400 m freestyle) failed to progress to the finals.

Srihari Nataraj progressed to the semifinal of (100 m backstroke) where he ended up finishing 7th to qualify for the final.

Para-swimmer Ashish Kumar finished 8th in men's 100m backstrokes S9 final.

Cycling

The women's sprint team had a disappointing outing as they failed to qualify for the semi-finals. Team India finished 7 in the qualification round with a timing of 51.433 for the Women's team sprint

The men's pursuit team finished last in the qualification round with a timing of 4:12.865.

In the men's team sprint, India finished 6th in the qualification round, failing to secure the semi-final slot for the same.

Cricket

In women's cricket, India lost to Australia in their first group stage match by three wickets. India scored 154 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 8 wickets. Australia chased down the target with an over to spare.

Hockey

The women's team started with a dominant performance over Ghana (ranked 30th), defeating them by a huge margin of 5-0.

Lawn Bowls

In lawn bowls, Tania lost her first game in women's single sectional play against Daphne of Falkland Islands (Score 20-21).

In the men's team event, India were handed a defeated by Scotland in the men's triple sectional play (Score 12-19).

Badminton

India dominated Pakistan in the Mixed Team event with a resounding win in all 5 matches.