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Gymnastics (Artistic)
Event: Individual Qualification & Men's Team Final
Time: 4:40 am onwards
Athletes: Ashish Kumar, Rakesh Patra, Yogeshwar Singh
Badminton
Event: Mixed Team
Athletes: India vs Sri Lanka
Time: 4:30 am
Event: Mixed Team
Athletes: India vs Pakistan
Time: 2:30 pm
Basketball
Event: Team
Athletes: India vs Cameroon
Time: 3:30 pm
Boxing
Event: Men's 69 Kg
Athletes: Manoj Kumar
Time: 3:17 pm
Cycling (Track)
Event: Women's B&VI Sprint
Athletes: Deborah Herold, Aleena Reji
Time: 10:00 am onwards (Qualifying), 2:30 pm onwards (Finals)
Event: Women's 4000m Team pursuit
Athletes: Deborah Herold, Amritha Geethakumari, Sonali Mayanglambam, Aleena Reji, Monorama Tongbram
Time: 10:10 am onwards (Qualifying), 3:00 pm onwards (Finals)
Event: Women's Team Sprint
Athletes: Deborah Herold, Aleena Reji
Time: 11:50 am onwards (Qualifying), 4:20 pm onwards (Finals)
Event: Men's Team Sprint
Athletes: Sahil Kumar, Sanuraj Paul Sanandaraj, Ranjit Singh
Time: 12:00 pm onwards (Qualifying), 4:25 pm onwards (Finals)
Hockey
Event: Women's Team
Athletes: India vs Wales
Time: 5:00 am onwards
Lawn Bowls
Event: Women's Singles Section-D, Round 1
Athletes: Pinki vs Jo Edwards (NZL)
Time: 4:30 am onwards
Event: Men's Triples Section-A, Round 1
Athletes: India vs Wales
Time: 4:30 am onwards
Event: Women's Singles Section-D, Round 2
Athletes: Pinki vs Katherine Rednall (ENG)
Time: 7:30 am onwards
Event: Men's Triples Section-A, Round 2
Athletes: India vs Papua New Guinea
Time: 7:30 am onwards
Event: Men's Pairs Section-D, Round 1
Athletes: India vs Malaysia
Time: 11:30 am onwards
Event: Women's Fours Section-B, Round 1
Athletes: India vs Northern Ireland
Time: 11:30 am onwards
Event: Men's Pairs Section-D, Round 2
Athletes: India vs Niue
Time: 2:30 pm onwards
Event: Women's Fours Section-B, Round 2
Athletes: India vs Malta
Time: 2:30 pm onwards
Squash
Event: Men's Singles
Athletes: Saurav Ghosal, Harinder Pal Sandhu, Vikram Malhotra
Time: 8:00 am onwards
Event: Women's Singles
Athletes: Joshna Chinappa, Dipika Pallikal Karthik
Time: 8:00 am onwards
Swimming
Events: Men's 50m Butterfly
Athletes: Virdhawal Khade, Sajan Prakash
Time: 6:55 am onwards (Heats), 4:20 pm onwards (Semi-Finals)
Event: Men's 100m Backstroke
Athletes: Srihari Nataraj
Time: 7:20 am onwards (Heats), 4:50 pm onwards (Semi-Finals)
Table Tennis
Events: Men's Team Group Stage
India vs
Athletes: Sarath Achanta, Anthony Amalraj, Harmeet Desai, Sanil Shetty, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Time: 7:30 am & 2:00 pm
Events: Women's Team Group Stage
Athletes: Manika Batra, Mouma Das, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Madhurika Patkar, Pooja Sahasrabudhe
Time: 5:00 am & 11:00 am
Weightlifting
Event: Men's 56 Kg Finals
Athletes: Gururaja
Time: 5:10 am onwards
Event: Men's 62 Kg Finals
Athletes: Muthupandi Raja
Time: 2:10 pm onwards
Event: Women's 48 Kg Finals
Athletes: Saikom Mirabai Chanu
Time: 9:40 am onwards
The first day of Gold Coast Commonwealth Games 2018 brings to the fray a whole bunch of competitions and a lot of Indian Participation. All in all, the CWG brings with it 13 events on Day 1.
A whole bunch of Indian Athletes get their competition up and running on Day 1 of the Commonwealth Games. Gymnastics and Lawn Bowls are the first events of the day for Indians. In Lawn Bowls, Pinki will take on Jo Edwards of New Zealand in round 1 before facing off against Katherine Rednall of England in Round 2. India also has representation in Pairs, Triples and Fours categories in the same sport.
India also begins their campaign in Hockey, when the Women's team will come face to face with Wales. Other team events include Table tennis team group stage matches for both men and women. in Basketball, the Indian team will come up against Cameroon.
In squash, Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Joshna Chinappa begin their crusade for gold, as do Saurav Ghosal, Harinder Pal Sandhu, Vikram Malhotra. In Badminton, India will come face to face with rivals Pakistan and Sri-Lanka in the mixed team event.
Srihari Natarj, a standout performer from the first Khelo India School Games also makes his CWG debut. He will get his competition going into the 100m backstroke event. He will have to qualify from the heats before heading to the semi-finals. Should he make it through both the rounds, the Finals will take place on Friday at the Optus Aquatic Centre. Other Indian Athletes in swimming include Virdhawal Khade and Sajan Prakash. Both men will represent India in the 50m butterfly event.
In cycling, there are high hopes from Deborah Herold and Aleena Reji. The women are representing the nation in more than one track cycling events on the opening day. India round up the day with participation in Weightlifting and Boxing, events which have proved to be the country's strongest claims to a medal in the past.
Note: The events of the day can be followed on Sony Six, Ten 1 and Ten 3 (Hindi commentary). Sony Liv will be streaming the events live. You can also follow live commentary on Sportskeeda.com.
