We are just one week away from the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games, 2022, in Birmingham, England. This is the 22nd Commonwealth Games after its first game in 1934 in London. It is an international multi-sport event that takes place every 4 years. The 2022 Birmingham Games is going to host over 5000 athletes participating from 72 Commonwealth Nations. There are 280 events happening across 20 sports. Below is the list of players who have booked their spot for the Commonwealth games 2022 which is taking place in Birmingham, UK.
Athletics
Avinash Sable - men's 3000m steeplechase
Nitender Rawat - men's marathon
M Sreeshankar - men's long Jump
Muhammed Anees Yahiya - men's long Jump
Abdulla Aboobacker - men's triple jump
Praveen Chithravel - men's triple jump
Eldhose Paul - men's triple jump
Neeraj Chopra - men's javelin throw
DP Manu - men's javelin throw
Rohit Yadav - men's javelin throw
Sandeep Kumar - men's 10km race walk
Amit Khatri - men's 10km race walk
Amoj Jacob - men's 4x400m relay
Noah Nirmal Tom - men's 4x400m relay
Arokia Rajiv - men's 4x400m relay
Muhammed Ajmal - men's 4x400m relay
Naganathan Pandi - men's 4x400m relay
Rajesh Ramesh - men's 4x400m relay
Jyothi Yarraji - women's 100m hurdles
Ancy Sojan - women's long jump
Manpreet Kaur - women's shot put
Navjeet Kaur Dhilllon - women's discus throw
Seema Punia - women's discus throw
Annu Rani - women's javelin throw
Shilpa Rani - women's javelin throw
Manju Bala Singh - women's hammer throw
Sarita Romit Singh - women's hammer throw
Bhawna Jat - women's 10km race walk
Priyanka Goswami - women's 10km race walk
Hima Das - women's 4x100m relay
Dutee Chand - women's 4x100m relay
Srabani Nanda - women's 4x100m relay
MV Jilna - women's 4x100m relay
NS Simi - women's 4x100m relay
Badminton
PV Sindhu (women's)
Aakarshi Kashyap (women's)
Treesa Jolly (women's)
Gayatri Gopichand (women's)
Ashwini Ponappa (women's)
Lakshya Sen (men's)
Kidambi Srikanth (men's)
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (men's)
Chirag Shetty (men's)
B Sumeeth Reddy (men's)
Boxing
Amit Panghal - men's 51kg
Mohammad Hussamuddin - men's 57kg
Shiva Thapa - men's 63.5kg
Rohit Tokas - men's 67kg
Sumit Kundu - men's 75kg
Ashish Chaudhary - men's 80kg
Sanjeet - men's 92kg
Sagar - men's 92+kg
Nitu - women's 48kg
Nikhat Zareen - women's 50kg
Jaismine - women's 60kg
Lovlina Borgohain - women's 70kg
Cricket
Indian women’s cricket team (15 players)
Cycling
David Beckham
Esow Alban
Sushikala Agashe
Hockey
Indian men’s hockey team (18 players)
Indian women’s hockey team (18 players)
Judo
Vijay Kumar Yadav - men’s -60kg
Jasleen Singh Saini - men’s -66kg
Deepak Deswal - men’s -100kg
L Shushila Devi - women’s -48kg
Suchika Tariyal - women’s -57kg
Tulika Maan - women’s +78kg
Squash
Saurav Ghosal - men’s singles and mixed doubles
Ramit Tandon - men’s singles, men’s doubles and mixed doubles
Abhay Singh - men’s singles and men's doubles
Joshna Chinappa - women’s singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles
Sunayna Kuruvilla - women’s singles
Anahat Singh - women’s singles
Dipika Pallikal - women’s doubles and mixed doubles
Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu - men’s doubles
Velavan Senthilkumar - men’s doubles
Swimming
Sajan Prakash - men's 50m, 100m and 200m butterfly
Srihari Nataraj - men's 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke
Kushagra Rawat - men's 200m, 400m and 1500m freestyle
Advait Page - men's 1500m freestyle
Table Tennis
Sharath Kamal (men's)
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (men's)
Sanil Shetty (men's)
Harmeet Desai (men's)
Manika Batra (women's)
Diya Chitale (women's)
Sreeja Akula (women's)
Reeth Rishya (women's)
Triathlon
Sanjana Joshi - women's event
Pragnya Mohan - women's event
Weightlifting
Mirabai Chanu - women’s 49kg
Bindyarani Devi - women’s 55kg
Popy Hazarika - women’s 59kg
Usha Kumara - women’s 87kg
Purnima Pandey - women’s +87kg
Sanket Mahadev - men’s 55kg
Chanambam Rishikanta Singh - men’s 55kg
Jeremy Lalrinnunga - men’s 67kg
Achinta Sheuli - men’s 73kg
Ajay Singh - men’s 81kg
Vikas Thakur - men’s 96kg
Ragala Venkat Rahul - men’s 96kg
Wrestling
Pooja Gehlot - women’s 50kg
Vinesh Phogat - women’s 53kg
Anshu Malik - women’s 57kg
Sakshi Malik - women’s 62kg
Divya Kakran - women’s 68kg
Pooja Sihag - women’s 76kg
Ravi Kumar Dahiya - men's 57kg
Bajrang Punia - men's 65kg
Naveen - men's 74kg
Deepak Punia - men's 86kg
Deepak - men's 97kg
Mohit Grewal (125kg)
India, with a total medal tally of 503, stands at the 4th position in the all-time medal list. India’s best Commonwealth Games performance came in the 2010 Delhi games where they won a total of 101 medals including 38 gold medals. Their second-best Commonwealth performance came in the previous games itself. India won a total of 66 medals in the 21st CWG games 2018, Gold Coast, Australia including 26 gold medals which ranked them 3rd in the 2018 CWG games. The Indian Contingent has 215 athletes participating. The 2022 Birmingham Games is India’s 18th appearance in Commonwealth Games and will begin on 28th July and will end on 8th August.
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