The draw in mixed badminton event at Commonwealth games 2018 has been announced. Formidable India are likely to have an easy passage to the knockout stage of badminton mixed team event as they have been drawn with minnows Pakistan, Scotland and Sri Lanka in Group A of the Commonwealth Games.
The 2018 Commonwealth Games will be held in Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to 15.
A total of 16 nations were drawn in four groups where each nation will play the other three countries in each group in the first two days of the competition at the Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, which had hosted the Sudirman Cup last year.
Besides India, medal-contenders Malaysia have been clubbed alongside Canada, Seychelles and Ghana in Group D, while England have been placed with Australia, South Africa and Uganda in Group C. Group B consists of Singapore, Mauritius, Zambia and Jamaica.
The badminton events will be held in Carrara Sports and leisure centre from 5-15 April,2018.
In the last edition of CWG held in Glasgow, India failed to bag any medal in the mixed team event. Malaysia took gold, England took silver and Singapore took bronze. However the fans have a greater expectations from the current Indian team, which has the likes PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth leading India’s charge in the CWG 2018.
