Commonwealth Games 22, Day 10: Indians in the fray

Indian athletes had a gala time on Saturday at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 in Birmingham, England, clinching a total of nine medals in total- three gold, silver, and bronze each. Teenage freestyle wrestler Naveen Kumar bagged gold while the men’s hockey team and women’s cricket team assured India of a medal by confirming their places in the finals of their respective sports, both set to face their Australian counterparts.

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Day 10 also can also prove to be eventful for Indian athletes, with a number of them set to compete in various events throughout the day. 

Here’s a list of all events Indians will be seen in on Day 10:

Badminton: PV Sindhu is set to compete in the semi-final of women’s singles badminton at 2:20 PM. 

Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth also have their respective men’s singles semis lined up, both of which are set to commence from 3:10 PM.

Athletics and Para Athletics: Abdulla Aboobacker, Eldhose Paul, and Praveen Chitravel will be eying gold in their men’s triple jump final event at 2:45 PM.

Amit and Sandeep Kumar will be seen in the finals of the men’s 10,000m race walk from 3:50 PM.

Shilpa Rani, Annu Rani will be seen in the final of women’s javelin throw from 4:05 PM.

The women’s  4*100m relay final is scheduled for 5:24 PM.

Rohit Yadav and DP Manu will compete in the men’s javelin throw final from 12:10 AM (August 8).

The men’s 4*400m relay is scheduled for 1 AM (August 8).

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Boxing: Nitu Ganghas (48 kg), Amit Panghal (51 kg), and Nikhat Zareen (50 kg) will be in action at 3 PM, 3:15 PM, and 7:00 PM, respectively, in their boxing categories.

Cricket: The highlight of the day is surely the final of the women’s cricket event, when India will take on Australia from 9:30 PM.

Hockey: The women’s hockey team can bag bronze if they manage to triumph over New Zealand in their match that commences from 1:30 PM.

Squash: Deepika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal also have a chance of winning bronze in their mixed doubles match scheduled for a 10:30 PM start.

Table Tennis and Para Table Tennis: Sreeja Akula will be seen in the women’s singles bronze medal match from 3:35 PM.

Achanta Sharath Kamal/G Sathiyan will compete in the men’s doubles gold medal match from 6:15 PM. They will also be individually competing in the men’s singles semifinals.

Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sreeja Akula can bag gold in the mixed doubles final match scheduled for 12:15 AM (August 8).