India had a reasonably spectacular opening day on the Commonwealth Video games 2022 in spite of now not selecting up a medal in Birmingham on Friday, July 29. It was once the primary time since 2002 that India did not bag a medal at the opening day of the Video games.
Alternatively, there have been quite a lot of sure effects rising out of the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham however one of the vital primary disappointments at the opening day was once the India defeat to powerhouses Australia within the first-ever ladies’s cricket fit in Commonwealth Video games’ historical past.
CRICKET HEARTBREAK
Harmanpreet Kaur’s women got here with regards to scripting historical past as they have been just about pulled off an disillusioned in opposition to T20 Global Cup champions Australia within the Crew A fit on the Edgbaston cricket flooring in Birmingham. Alternatively, Australia flaunted their batting intensity to get better from 49 for five and chase down 155 with an over to spare.
Harmanrpeet Kaur’s historical fifty and a shocking new-ball burst from Renuka Singh Thakur (4/18) was once now not sufficient as India did not shield a 154-run overall.
Australia recovered from 5 for 49 to chase down 155 with an over to spare as they rode on a counter-attacking fifty from Ash Gardener and a 20-ball 37 from Grace Harris. Alana King remained unbeaten on 18 from 16 balls as Australia were given the primary ever issues in ladies’s cricket in Commonwealth Video games.
SRIHARI SHINES
21-year-old Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj made it to the general of the lads’s 100m backstroke. Nataraj certified after completing 4th within the semi-final Warmth 2, seventh total some of the 8 qualifiers with a timing of 54.55s.
Screengrab from Birmingham 2022 site
CWG 2022, Day 1 Highlights
Srihari Nataraj has a non-public absolute best of 53.77s and the younger swimmer from Bengaluru might be taking a look to get nearer to the mark and end at the podium. India have thus far simplest received one bronze in swimming in Commonwealth Video games.
Nataraj might be in motion within the males’s 100m backstroke last on Sunday, July 31 (1:35 am IST).
TABLE TENNIS TEAMS ON FIRE
India’s women and men’s groups, each protecting champions within the crew desk tennis occasions, started their name defence on a powerful word. Whilst the lads hammered Barbados earlier than outclassing Singapore within the first two group-stage fits, the ladies’s crew, led by way of a dominant Manika Batra.
Senior campaigner Achantha Sharath Kamal led from the entrance and helped India outclass Singapore 3-0. The scoreboard would possibly recommend a dominant win for India however the tie was once some distance from simple, giving the well-rounded crew a just right take a look at within the organization levels.
Manika and Sreeja Akula have been in tremendous shape as the ladies defeated Fiji and South Africa of their two group-stage ties at the opening day of the CWG 2022.
ANAHAT, 14, STARTS WELL
India’s youngest consultant within the historical past of the Commonwealth Video games, Anahat Singh confirmed indicators of what’s to come back at some point by way of successful her ladies’s singles squash first-round fit in a dominant way.
Anahat sealed a 11-5, 11-0, 11-2 win over Jada Ross St Vincent and the Grenadines.
Anahat who’s taking a look to be told from the Birmingham 2022 enjoy has already received 50 titles together with the USA Junior Open, the British, German and Dutch Junior Opens and Asian Championship. {The teenager} is taking a look to profit from her enjoy on the Commonwealth Video games.
India’s Abhay Singh additionally received his Spherical of 64 fit in males’s singles class.
HOCKEY: IND 5-0 GHANA
Indian ladies’s hockey crew began off their Commonwealth Video games marketing campaign on a bittersweet word as they defeated Ghana 5-0. Alternatively, it must were extra complete in opposition to a lower-ranked crew.
Gurjit Kaur, Sangita Kumari, Salima Tete and Neha have been some of the scoresheet as India tried a complete of 28 photographs within the recreation. The ladies in blue made merry over the shoddy defence of Ghana, who seemed at a loss for words at the day.
India can have made it tougher for Ghana however they have been wasteful. Penalty nook conversion additionally endured to hang-out India as they made use of only one out of 10 probabilities.
INDIA HAMMER PAKISTAN IN BADMINTON
India’s combined badminton crew, which received the gold medal in Gold Coast in 2018, got here up with a shocking get started, beating Pakistan 5-0.
PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth, taking part in singles fits, have been at their dominant absolute best beating Murad Ali and Mahoor Shahzad, respectively. India took a decisive lead of 3-0 however they carried directly to play the closing two fits and made it 5-0.
Screengrab from Birmingham 2022 site
India are actually on most sensible of Crew A which additionally has Australia and Sri Lanka.
BOXING: SHIVA BEGINS WELL
Indian boxer Shiva Thapa kickstarted his Commonwealth Video games marketing campaign by way of defeating Pakistan’s Suleman Baloch within the first around of the 63kg class in Birmingham on Friday. The 28-year-old Thapa infrequently broke a sweat as he registered a complete 5-0 win over Baloch to transport to the pre-quarterfinals of the sunshine welterweight.
LAWN BOWLS
Lady singles participant Tania Choudhary and males’s triples crew suffered dual losses each and every at the opening day of garden bowl competitions within the Commonwealth Video games right here on Friday. The Indian males’s crew of Chandan Kumar Singh (skip) Navneet Singh (lead) and Mridul Borgohain (2d) misplaced 6-23 to New Zealand of their first recreation. They then suffered 12-19 defeat by the hands of Scotland in the second one recreation (WITH PTI INPUTS).
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