CWG 2022 Highlights Day 1: Indian shuttlers, TT and hockey teams claim dominating wins; Swimmer Srihari Nataraj in final

CWG 2022 Highlights Day 1: Indian shuttlers, table tennis and hockey teams have all made a winning start to their campaign while swimmer Srihari Nataraj helped India end opening day on a high as he qualifies for the men's 100m backstroke final

CWG 2022 Live: PV Sindhu and Manika Batra for India. (AP)

CWG 2022 Highlights Day 1: Indian women's and men's Table Tennis team along with the hockey team began their CWG campaign on a brilliant note with dominating victories. The men's Table Tennis team comprehensively beat Barbados and Singapore 3-0 each in the group-stage tie to assure a place in the quarterfinal. The women's team emulated the same with identical wins against South Africa and Fiji to reach the knockouts as well. Meanwhile, the women's hockey team secured a superb 5-0 win over Ghana in their Pool A opener. India finally ended their opening day on a high as swimmer Srihari Nataraj qualified for the men's 100m backstroke final. But one of the highlight reels was surely 14-year-old squash player Anahat Singh, who grabbed a sensational win in Round of 64 women's singles tie. In boxing, Shiva Thapa won his men's 63.5kg Round of 32 bout against Pakistan's Suleman Baloch. Not a perfect start for Harmanpreet Kaur-led women's cricket team as they lost to Australia in their group-stage opener by three wickets. Taniya Choudhury, however, had a disappointing start in the Lawn Bowls women' singles event, as she faced a 21-10 loss to Scotland's Dee Hoggan. In Aquatics, Kushagra Rawat was also eliminated in the Men's 400m Freestyle event after he finished last in Heat 3. Srihari Nataraj qualified for the men's 100m backstroke semifinal event. He was the third fastest in his heat and also the fifth fastest overall. Also, India completed a 5-0 clean sweep against Pakistan in the mixed team badminton event....Read More

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• 30 Jul 2022, 01:28:44 AM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Swimming - India's Srihari Nataraj reaches final

  

  Men's 100m backstroke FINAL list

• 30 Jul 2022, 01:26:39 AM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Swimming - Srihari Nataraj finishes 4th

  

  SF 2 of 100m backstroke result

  India's Srihari Nataraj finishes 4th in second semi-final of the 100m backstroke after clocking 54.55s

• 30 Jul 2022, 01:22:34 AM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Swimming - SF 1 of 100m backstroke

  

  SF 1 of 100m backstroke result

• 30 Jul 2022, 01:05:16 AM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Swimming - Here are Nataraj's competitors

  

  Semi-final 2 line-up of men's 100m backstroke

  Srihari Nataraj's timing is the fifth best overall across the two semi-final line-ups

• 30 Jul 2022, 12:54:56 AM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: STILL TO COME

  Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj will be up in action in the men's semifinal of 100m backstroke. The race is scheduled to begin at 1:20 AM IST

• 30 Jul 2022, 12:43:09 AM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Squash - Abhay Singh through to the next round

  23-year-old Abhay Singh through to the next round of men's singles with a 11-5, 11-5, 11-5 win over Joe Chapman of British Virgin Islands

• 30 Jul 2022, 12:40:14 AM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Squash - Abhay Singh in the lead

  India's Abhay Singh has a 2-0 lead in the Men's Singles - Round of 64 tie against Joe Chapman of British Virgin Islands after winning the first two games 11-5, 11-5

• 30 Jul 2022, 12:31:56 AM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Table Tennis - India in quartefinal

  Defending champions India have reached the quarterfinal round after tey comprehensively beat Singapore in the Group 3 tie, 3-0

• 30 Jul 2022, 12:30:12 AM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Para-Swimming - India's Ashish Kumar finishes eighth

  

  100m men's backstroke S9 final result

• 30 Jul 2022, 12:22:27 AM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Swimming - India's Ashish Kumar in action

  India's Ashish Kumar in action in 100m men's backstroke S9 final

• 30 Jul 2022, 12:19:18 AM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Table Tennis - India in the lead

  Sathiyan Gnanasekaran comfortably wins the second game 11-5, takes 2-0 lead in the match against Singapore's Zhe Yu Clarence Chew. India now a game away from reaching the quarterfinals

• 30 Jul 2022, 12:11:02 AM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Table Tennis - Great start from Sathiyan

  Sathiyan Gnanasekaran makes an incredible start to the third match of the Group 3 tie as he wins the opening game 11- 7 against Singapore's Zhe Yu Clarence Chew

• 30 Jul 2022, 12:05:28 AM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Table Tennis - India aim for a second win in Group tie

  After 2-0 lead, India now aim to win their second group-stage tie as Sathiyan Gnanasekaran is up against Singapore's Zhe Yu Clarence Chew in men's singles tie

• 30 Jul 2022, 12:00:27 AM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Table Tennis - India consolidates lead

  Sharath Kamal, with a rather dominating show in the third game, wins the men's singles tie 11-8, 11-9, 11-9 as India take a 2-0 lead in the Men's Team Group 3 tie against Singapore. 

• 29 Jul 2022, 11:51:13 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Table Tennis - WHAAAAT!!!

  After going 3-9 down in the second game, Sharath Kamal scripts a stunning 11-9 win. THAT IS INCREDIBLE! He now leads the match 2-0. 

• 29 Jul 2022, 11:48:55 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Table Tennis - Another comeback for Sharath Kamal?

  Koen Pang won four points in a row in his 9-3 lead before Sharath Kamal emulated the same in his comeback to 7-9 in the second game. 

• 29 Jul 2022, 11:41:55 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Table Tennis - What a comeback!

  Who would have thought! Especially after the kind of start he had and the amount of unforced errors he was making. But Sharath Kamal scripts a stunning comeback to take the opening game 11-8

• 29 Jul 2022, 11:37:20 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Table Tennis - Bad start from Sharath Kamal

  Sharath Kamal surely looks disappointed at the way in which he has started. After conceding four straight points at the start of the match, he bags his first point. Trails 1-5 now in the first game. 

• 29 Jul 2022, 11:34:41 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Squash - Abhay Singh coming up next

  23-year-old Abhay Singh will play his opener against Joe Chapman of British Virgin Islands in Men's Singles - Round of 64 tie 

• 29 Jul 2022, 11:32:27 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Table Tennis - Sharath Kamal up next

  After a win in the doubles match, it's time for singles action where Achanta Sharath Kamal will be up against Yew En Koen Pang.

• 29 Jul 2022, 11:31:16 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Table Tennis - India win the first match

  After conceding the third game, the Indian pair stormed back to take the fourth game 11-2. India's doubles pair of Harmeet Desai and Sathiyan win 11-5, 11-5, 9-11, 11-2. India take a 1-0 lead in the Men's Team - Group 3 tie against Singapore. 

• 29 Jul 2022, 11:28:25 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Table Tennis - Early lead for India

  India make a strong start in the fourth game to take a 6-1 lead. Can they wrap up the match?

• 29 Jul 2022, 11:27:20 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Table Tennis - Indian pair lose the third game

  After aiming to wrap up the match in the third game, Singapore team scripted a stunning comeback to take the third game 11-9 and force a fourth game. 

• 29 Jul 2022, 11:21:47 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Squash - 14-year-old Anahat Singh wins her opening tie

  She does it! Almost without breaking a sweat. Three games to none. What a dominant performance. 11-5, 11-2 and 11-0, Anahat Singh is here, folks. She is over the moon and through to the second round.

• 29 Jul 2022, 11:19:05 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Squash - Anahat Singh consolidates lead

  Young Anahat is ahead of the senior Jada Ross again. She races away and takes the second game 11-2, even better than the first one. Don't go by her innocent face. She is a fierce competitor and has produced two very strong games to take a 2-0 lead

• 29 Jul 2022, 11:16:23 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Squash - Anahat Singh takes the first game

  Anahat wins the first game 11-5. What a fine start! She looked crammed for room on a couple of occasions, and although the first 8 points were shared equally by both players, Anahat roared ahead and sealed the opening game rather comfortably.

• 29 Jul 2022, 11:15:44 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Table Tennis - Indian pair in the lead

  11-5 in the second game for the Indian pair as they take a 2-0 lead in the doubles match. Comprehensive play from India. Looked in no stress. 

• 29 Jul 2022, 11:13:50 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Squash: Anahat Singh leads in Women's Singles Round of 64 tie

  Anahat leads 7-4, and so far it's the young Anahat Singh who is working a good line and precision. She is looking relaxed, and with a teenage smile on her face, simply soaking the pressure of CWG Games like she does it everyday.

• 29 Jul 2022, 11:08:19 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Table Tennis - Men's team up against Singapore

  India's doubles pair of Harmeet Desai and Sathiyan up against Shao Feng Ethan Poh and Zhe Yu Clarence in first match of Men's Team - Group 3 tie. India take the first game 11-5.

• 29 Jul 2022, 10:53:46 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Women's cricket: Harmanpreet Kaur, Renuka Thakur's heroics goes in vain!

  Harmanpreet Kaur smacked a courageous 52 runs off 34 balls and Renuka Thakur took a four-wicket haul, but the pair couldn't prevent a defeat for India in their opener vs Australia, as women's cricket made its CWG debut.

• 29 Jul 2022, 10:42:19 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live: Aquatics: Srihari Nataraj shines!

  All eyes on Srihari Nataraj!

  All eyes will be on Srihari Nataraj, who clocked 54.68s to qualify for the men's 100m backstroke semifinal event. He was the third fastest in his heat and also the fifth fastest overall!

• 29 Jul 2022, 09:32:56 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live - Table Tennis: India win 3-0

  Sreeja Akula help India take unassailable 3-0 lead and subsequently wrap up the Women's Team Group 2 tie against Fiji as she beat Grace Rosi Yee 11-7, 11-1, 11-2. India women's team won both their tie today, beating South Africa earlier

• 29 Jul 2022, 09:32:46 PM IST

  CWG Live Updates Day 1: Badminton: India complete 5-0 clean sweep!

  Its a 5-0 clean sweep for India as Gayatri and Treesa win 21-4, 21-5 against the Pakistan pair!

• 29 Jul 2022, 09:11:10 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live - Table Tennis: India's women's team takes 2-0 lead in the tie

  Manika Batra scripts a comprehensive 11-2, 11-4, 11-2 win over Carolyn Li to help India take a 2-0 lead in Women's Team - Group 2 tie against Fiji. Up next, Sreeja Akula against Grace Rosi Yee in single's category

• 29 Jul 2022, 09:06:05 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live - Table Tennis: India's women's team make a brilliant start

  India's doubles pair of Diya Parag Chitale and Sreeja beat Touea Titana and Grace Rosi Yee of Fiji 11-8, 11-3, 11-5. In the single's category, Manika Batra takes a 2-0 lead with 11-2, 11-4 win in the first two games against Carolyn Li

• 29 Jul 2022, 08:49:35 PM IST

  CWG Live Updates Day 1: Badminton: India go 4-0 up!

  Chirag Shetty and Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy make it 4-0 for India with a 21-12, 21-9 win against Pakistan's Murad Ali and Irfan Saeed Bhatti.

• 29 Jul 2022, 08:44:01 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live - Table Tennis: India's women's team up against Fiji

  After beating South Africa in their opener, India are now up against Fiji in their second Group-2 tie. India's doubles pair of Diya Parag Chitale and Sreeja are up against Touea Titana and Grace Rosi Yee. India win the opening game 11-8

• 29 Jul 2022, 08:25:25 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live - Hockey: India cruise past Ghana!

  The Indian women's hockey team have cruised to an easy 5-0 win against Ghana in their campaign opener! UTTERLY DOMINATING!

• 29 Jul 2022, 08:16:34 PM IST

  CWG Live Updates Day 1: Badminton: Next up, Satwik and Chirag for India!

  Next up is Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty for India, as they take on Murad Ali and Muhammad Irfan Bhatti of Pakistan!

• 29 Jul 2022, 08:08:17 PM IST

  CWG Live Updates Day 1: Badminton: Sindhu makes it 3-0 for India!

  Sindhu makes it 3-0 for India! WHAT A DOMINATING PERFORMANCE AS SHE CRUISES PAST PAKISTAN'S SHEHZAD TO A 21-7, 21-6 victory!

• 29 Jul 2022, 08:05:39 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live - Triathlon: India finish 26th, 27th

  Pragnya Mohan and Sanjana Joshi eventually finish the final at 26th and 27th respectively in the Women's Individual (Sprint Distance) - Final. Pragnya clocked 56:29 in the final while Sanjana clocked 56:56.

• 29 Jul 2022, 08:03:00 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live - Triathlon: India still far behind in the contest

  Pragnya Mohan and Sanjana Joshi remain at 25th and 26th respectively in the Women's Individual (Sprint Distance) - Final. Pragnya clocked 32:53 in Bike category while Sanjana clocked 33:21. We are into the final category now

• 29 Jul 2022, 08:00:42 PM IST

  CWG Live Updates Day 1: Badminton: Sindhu in blistering form!

  Sindhu is equally dominant in the second game too and has already cruised past Shehzad to a 12-5 lead.

• 29 Jul 2022, 07:54:27 PM IST

  CWG Live Updates Day 1: Badminton: Sindhu is just one game away from extending India's lead to 3-0!

  Sindhu secures a 21-7 win in the first game against Shehzad and is one game away from extending India's lead to 3-0 vs Pakistan.

• 29 Jul 2022, 07:48:07 PM IST

  CWG Live Updates Day 1: Badminton: Dominating start by Sindhu, races to strong lead!

  Dominating start by Sindhu as she races to a 11-4 lead in the first game against Shehzad. The Pakistan shuttler is no match for her and Sindhu is simply just cruising past and showcasing her wide array of shots!

• 29 Jul 2022, 07:41:45 PM IST

  CWG Live Updates Day 1: Badminton: Next up is Sindhu for Team India!

  Next up is Sindhu! She takes on Pakistan's Shehzad in the mixed team event.

• 29 Jul 2022, 07:39:59 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live - Hockey: Goal no.4 for India

  GOAL No.4! It's Gurjit Kaur who takes the penalty stroke and she makes no mistake! Her double powers India to 4-0 lead!

• 29 Jul 2022, 07:37:42 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live - Triathlon: India have a lot of catching up to do

  Pragnya Mohan and Sanjana Joshi stand 25th and 26th respectively in the Women's Individual (Sprint Distance) - Final. Pragnya clocked 11:26 in Swim category while Sanajan clocked 11:16

• 29 Jul 2022, 07:35:00 PM IST

  CWG 2022 Day 1 Live - Hockey: Third goal for India

  It's Goal No.3 for India, who score after a brilliant move in the circle. Sangita gets the final touch as she puts away the ball into an empty net.

• 29 Jul 2022, 07:33:39 PM IST

  CWG Live Updates Day 1: Badminton: Srikanth extends India's lead!

  Srikanth takes the second game and extends India's lead to 2-0. He eased past Pakistan's Murad Ali with ease, winning 21-7, 21-12.