Despite the scrapping of archery and shooting, Indian contingent bound to Birmingham Commonwealth games 2022 will boast of great talents to ensure a top 5 finish at-least. The Commonwealth games will begin from 28 July to 8 August and a strong Indian contingent will have 107 male and 107 female athlete competing for glory.
Athletics
A strong Indian athletics group will fight for glory in the absence of Neeraj Chopra
- 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
- Tajinderpal Singh Toor – men’s shot put
- 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
- Dhanalakshmi Sekar – women’s 100m and 4x100m relay
- Jyothi Yarraji – women’s 100m hurdles
- Aishwarya B – women’s long jump and triple jump
- 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 and women’s 200m
- Dutee Chand – women’s 4x100m relay
- Srabani Nanda – women’s 4x100m relay
- MV Jilna – women’s 4x100m relay
- NS Simi – women’s 4x100m relay
- Tejaswin Shankar- Men’s high jump
Para category-
- Devendra Gahlot- Discuss throw F44/64
- Devender Singh- Discuss throw F44/64
- Aneesh Surendran Pillai- Discuss throw F44/64
- Poonam Sharma- Shot Put F57
- Santosh Santosh- Shot Put F57
- Sharmila- Shot Put F57
Badminton
India also qualified for the mixed team event.
- 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
Mary Kom surprisingly didn’t qualify for the Commonwealth games after an injury forced her out of the contention in the qualifiers in Delhi.
- 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
The sport will return to Commonwealth games after 1998 Kuala Lumpur games which featured men’s 50 over tournament, however this time 20 over women’s cricket is only included.
- Indian women’s cricket team-xHarmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, S. Meghana, Taniyaa Sapna Bhatia (wk), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Deepti Sharma, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Radha Yadav, Harleen Deol, Sneh Rana.Standby: Simran Dil Bahadur, Richa Ghosh, Poonam Yadav
Cycling
- Esow Alben and Ronaldo Laitonjam- Men’s sprint
- Y Rojit Singh, Ronaldo Laitonjam, David Elkatohchoongo, Esow Esow- Men’s team sprint
- Mayuri Lute, Triyasha Paul- Women’s sprint
- Shushikala Agashe, Mayuri Lute, Triyasha Paul- Women’s team sprint
- Esow Alben and Ronaldo Laitonjam- Men’s Keirin
- Mayuri Lute, Triyasha Paul- Women’s keirin
- Ronaldo Laitonjam, David Elkatohchoongo- Men’s time trial
- Mayuri Lute, Triyasha Paul- Women’s time trial
- Dinesh Kumar, Vishavjeet Singh- Men’s individual pursuit
- Dinesh Kumar, Vishavjeet Singh, Naman Kapil, Venkappa Kengalagutti, Anantha Narayanan- Men’s team pursuit
- Meenakshi Meenakshi- Women’s individual pursuit
- Venkappa Kengalagutti- Men’s point race
- Vishavjeet Singh- Men’s scratch race
- Meenakshi Meenakshi- Women’s scratch race
Gymnastics
- Yogeshwar Singh, Satyajit Mondal, Saif Tamboli- Men’s team event
- Ruthuja Nataraj, Protistha Samanta, Pranati Nayak- Women’s team event
- Balveen Kaur- Rhythmic
Hockey
Men’s team-
Goalkeepers: PR Sreejesh, Krishan Bahadur Pathak
Defenders: Varun Kumar, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh (vice captain), Amit Rohidas, Jugraj Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh
Midfielders: Manpreet Singh (captain), Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Shamsher Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Nilakanta Sharma
Forwards: Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Abhishek
Women’s team-
Goalkeepers:Savita (C), Rajani Etimarpu
Defenders: Deep Grace Ekka (VC), Gurjit Kaur, Nikki Pradhan, Udita
Midfielders: Nisha, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, Monika, Neha, Jyoti, Navjot Kaur, Salima Tete
Forwards: Vandana Katariya, Lalremsiami, Navneet Kaur, Sharmila Devi, Sangita Kumari.
Judo
- Vijay Kumar Yadav- Men’s 60 kg
- Jasleen Singh Saini- Men’s 66 kg
- Deepak Deswal- Men’s 100 kg
- Shushila Likmabam- Women’s 48 kg
- Suchika Tariyal- Women’s 57 kg
- Tulika Mann- Women’s +78 kg
Lawn Balls
- Sunil Bahadur- Men’s Singles
- Mridul Borgohain and Sunil Bahadur- Men’s pairs
- Dinesh Kumar, Navneet Singh and Chandan Singh- Men’s Triples
- Navneet Singh and Chandan Singh, Mridul Borgohain and Dinesh Kumar- Men’s Fours
- Nayanmoni Saikia- Women’s singles
- Lovely Choubey, Nayanmoni Saikia- Women’s pairs
- Tania Choudhary, Rupa Tirkey and TBD- Women’s triples
- Rupa Tirkey, Tania Choudhary, Lovely Choubey and TBD- Women’s fours
Para Powerlifting
- Paramjeet Kumar- Men’s lightweight
- Sudhir Sudhir- Men’s heavyweight
- Sakina Khatun and Manpreet Kaur- Women’s lightweight
Squash
- Saurav Ghoshal, Ramit Tandon and Abhay Singh- Men’s singles
- Sunayna Kuruvilla, Anahat Singh and Joshna Chinappa- Women’s singles
- Hardinder Pal Sandhu and Ramit Tandon- Men’s doubles
- Velavan Senthilkumar and Abhay Singh- Men’s doubles
- Sunayna Kuruvilla and Anahat Singh- Women’s doubles
- Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa- Women’s doubles
- Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghoshal- Mixed doubles
- Ramit Tandon and Joshna Chinappa- Mixed doubles
Swimming
- Sajan Prakash- 50m, 100m, 200m butterfly
- Srihari Nataraj- 50m, 100m, 200 m backstroke
- Kushagra Rawat- 200m, 400m and 1500 m freestyle
- Advait Page- 1500m freestyle
Para athletes-
- Suyash Jadhav- 50m freestyle S7
- Niranjan Mukundan- 50m freestyle S7
- Ashish Kumar- 100m backstroke S9
Table Tennis
- Sharath Kamal
- Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
- Sanil Shetty
- Harmeet Desai
- Manika Batra
- Diya Chitale
- Sreeja Akula
- Reeth Rishya
Para athletes-
- Raj Alagar- Men’s singles C3-5
- Bhavina Patel and Sonalben Patel- Women’s singles C3-5
- Sahana Devi- Women’s singles C6- 10
Triathlon
- Adarsh MS, Vishwanath Yadav- Men’s and mixed relays
- Sanjana Joshi, Pragnya Mohan- Women’s and mixed relays
Weightlifting
Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu will spearhead the Indian weightlifting squad to CWG. Youth Olympic champion in 61 kg- Jeremy Lalrinnunga will also be one to watch out for.
- 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
- Bannur Natesh Usha- women’s 87kg
- Punam Yadav- women’s 76 kg
- Harjinder Kaur- women’s 71kg
Wrestling
2016 Rio Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik make the cut in the squad.
- 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)
