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

Manika Batra will play in two singles matches, while Reeth Tennison and Sreeja Akula will play one each. Tennison and Akula will also play in the doubles game.

Dee Hoggan leads 16-6 and closing in on victory in the first game of Section B in women's singles event.

India men's team, too, is trailing 1-10.

Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Reeth Rishya, and Diya Chitale will be taking part in the Women's Table Tennis group game against South Africa. Reminder that India won a gold medal in the event in the previous edition of the CWG

Indians will be in action at 4:30 PM IST though, when Yogeshwar Singh, Saif Tamboli, and Satyajit Mondal participate in the Pommel Horse event in Men's Subdivision 2

It has been a close contest so far. After Tania took three successive points to equalise 6-6, Hoggan has once taken the lead, this time gaining three consecutive points herself to go 9-6 up.

Dee Hoggan leads 8-6 against Tania Choudhury, while India men's team trails 1-6 against New Zealand

It's 6-6 in the Women's Singles Section A match between Choudhury and Scotland's Dee Hoggan

India will take part later in the day, though. Hosts England and Barbados are taking on each other in the first game of the Mixed Doubles event 

The Indian women's table tennis team will take on South Africa in their first game as it looks to defend the Commonwealth Games title. The match starts at 2 PM IST

Tania still trails but it's a good comeback for her. The score currently stands 3-2 in the favour of Scottish Hoggan.

The men's team, meanwhile, has equalised 1-1 against the Kiwis

The sport is divided into two ends with players competing in turns, rolling their balls. The target is to roll the ball as close as it can get to the target. If the player's ball is closer than that of his opponent, it counts as a point.

The Indian trails 0-2 against Scotland's Dee Hoggan in the Women's Singles Section A, Round 1.

The Indian men's team also trails 0-1 against New Zealand

The Men's Triples Section A, Round 1 begins with India taking on New Zealand.

Tania Choudhury also takes on Scotland's Dee Hoggan

“Shooting wasn't included because they didn't have the necessary facilities, but they can't use the same reason for tennis!” Somdev Devvarman, who had won a gold medal in the 2010 edition of the Commonwealth Games, said.

Interestingly, the 2010 CWG was the only time when tennis featured at the Games.

"How the tournament pans out here will be crucial to push cricket for the Olympics in the future," Ayaz Menon says in the Pre-Games show on SonyLIV.

India and Pakistan athletes will be facing in two seperate events on Day 1.

While Shiva Thapa meets Suleman Baloch in Boxing, the Indian badminton mixed doubles team also faces the neighbouring rivals at 6:30 PM IST.

India are currently ranked fourth in the all-time medal tally at the Commonwealth Games, but they are unlikely to make a climb anytime soon. While India have gold 181 medals, Canada -- placed 3rd -- have 484 golds!

India have won a total of 503 medals in CWG history so far.

A reminder that India will kickstart its campaign with the Lawn Bowls event, where Tania Choudhury meets Scotland's Dee Hoggan in the Women's Singles Sectional Play.

Anahat Singh (women's singles) and Abhay Singh (men's singles) will be in aciton in the Squash action at 11 PM.

Thapa, who holds the record of winning five successive Asian medals, will be eyeing a resurgence in the Commonwealth Games after missing the previous year's Olympics in Tokyo.

He begins his campaign against Pakistan's Suleman Baloch in the Light Welterweight category at 5 PM IST.

Gymnastics, Cycling and Swimming will all have medal events on Day 1; however, they will also include qualifying rounds.

Indian athletes will take part in as many as 8 gold medal events on Day 1. One of them is a straight final (Men's and Women's Triathlon), that includes 4 Indians -- Adarsh M.S. and Vishwanath Yadav (men's; 3:30 PM) and Pragnya Mohan and Sanjana Sunil Joshi (women's 7 PM). 

It is a tricky group for India in the CWG 2022, as they are placed alongside hosts England, Canada, Wales and Ghana.

The side opens the campaign against the African side at 6:30 PM IST today.

India had finished a dismal 9th in the Women's Hockey World Cup earlier this month, winning only 1 match in six. In their do-or-die match against co-hosts Spain, India had conceded the winning goal in the final minute of the fourth quarter.

But the side -- still without Rani Rampal -- will be aiming to move past the disappointment as it kickstarts the CWG campaign today.

Indian paddlers stunned everyone with a brilliant outing in the 2018 edition of CWG, winning 3 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze medals to finish at the top of the tally in the event.

Manika Batra had won the women's singles event, while both, Men's and Women's team won gold medals as well.