The Commonwealth Games 2022 is knocking on the door and Indian athletes seem ready to showcase their talents at the event. One of the most prestigious sporting events available for the Commonwealth nations, the tournament will display some of the best athletes in the world and Indians will not be left behind.
India recently announced a 215-member contingent to take part in the tournament. The Indian contingent will be participating in 16 events out of a possible 20. 108 men and 107 women are part of the Indian side as the country is set to mark its 18th appearance at the event. A number of top athletes have been included in the Indian contingent including Tokyo Olympics gold medallists Neeraj Chopra, Lovlina Borgohain and others. Let’s take a look at all the athletes who are part of the Indian contingent at Commonwealth Games 2022.
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Athletics (17 men and 18 women)
M. Sreeshankar, Muhammed Anees Yahiya (Men’s Long Jump)
Neeraj Chopra, DP Manu, Rohit Yadav (Men’s Javelin Throw)
Abdulla Aboobacker, Eldose Paul, Praveen Chitravel (Men’s Triple Jump)
Tejaswin Sankar (Men’s High Jump)
Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Men’s Shot Put)
Avinash Sable (Men’s 3000m Steeple Chase)
Nitender Rawat (Men’s Marathon)
Noah Nirmal Tom, Muhammed Ajmal, Naganathan Pandi, Rajesh Ramesh (Men’s 4x400m Relay)
Sandeep Kumar, Amit Khatri (Men’s Race Walking)
Ancy Sojan, Aishwarya Babu (Women’s Long Jump)
Aishwarya Babu (Women’s Triple Jump)
Manpreet Kaur (Women’s Shot Put)
Sarita Romit Singh, Manju Bala Singh (Women’s Hammer Throw)
Dhanalakshmi Sekar (Women’s 100m)
Dhanalakshmi Sekar, Dutee Chand, Hima Das, Srabani Nanda, MV Jilna, NS Simi (Women’s 4x100m Relay)
Jyothi Yarraji (Women’s 100m Hurdles)
Priyanka Goswami, Bhawna Jat (Women’s 10000m Race Walk)
Navjeet Dhillon, Seema Punia (Women’s Discuss Throw)
Annu Rani, Shilpa Rani (Women’s Javelin Throw)
Badminton (5 men and women each)
Lakshya Sen, Srikanth Kidambi (Men’s Singles)
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, B. Sumeeth Reddy (Men’s Doubles)
PV Sindhu, Aakarshi Kashyap (Women’s Singles)
Ashwini Ponnappa, Gayathri Gopichand, Treesa Jolly (Women’s Doubles)
Boxing (8 men and 4 women)
Men: Shiva Thapa (51 kg), Mohammad Hussamuddin (57 kg), Amit Panghal (63.5 kg), Rohit Tokas (67 kg), Sumit Kundu (75 kg), Ashish Kumar (80 kg), Sanjeet Kumar (92 kg), Sagar Super (+92 kg)
Women: Nitu Ganghas (48 kg), Nikhat Zareen (50 kg), Jasmire Lamboria (60 kg), Lovlina Borgohain (70 kg)
Cricket (Women)
Batters: Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Shafali Verma, Sabbhineni Meghana, Jemimah Rodrigues Wicketkeepers: Yastika Bhatia, Taniya Bhatia
All-rounders: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar
Bowlers: Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur, Sneh Rana
Stand By: Richa Ghosh, Simran Dil Bahadur, Poonam Yadav
Cycling (2 men)
Ronaldo Singh, David Beckham
Hockey
Men’s squad:
Goalkeepers: Sreejesh P.R., Krishan Bahadur Pathak
Defenders: Varun Kumar, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh (VC), Amit Rohidas, Jugraj Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh
Midfielders: Manpreet Singh (C), Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Shamsher Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Nilakanta Sharma
Forwards: Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Abhishek
Women’s Squad:
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 (3 men and women each)
Men: Vijay Kumar Yadav (60 kg), Jasleen Singh Saini (66 kg), Deepak Deswal (100 kg)
Women: Shushila Likmabam (48 kg), Suchika Tariyal (57 kg), Tulika Maan (+78 kg)
Squash (5 men and 4 women)
Men: Saurav Ghosal, Ramit Tandon, Abhay Singh, Harinder Pal Sandhu, Velavan Senthilkumar
Women: Dipika Pallikal, Joshna Chinappa, Sunyana Kuruvilla, Anahat Singh
Swimming (4 men)
Sajan Prakash, Srihari Nataraj, Kushagra Rawat, Advait Page
Table Tennis (5 men and women each)
Men: Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Harmeet Desai, Sanil Shetty
Women: Manika Batra, Diya Chitale, Sreeja Akula, Reeth Rishya
Para Men: Raja Aravindhan (C3-C5)
Para Women: Bhavina Patel (C3-C5)
Triathlon (men yet to be announced and 2 women)
Men: TBA
Women: Sanjana Joshi, Pragnya Mohan
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Weightlifting (8 men and 7 women)
Men: Sanket Sargar (55 kg), Gururaja Poojary (61 kg), Jeremy Lalrinnunga (67 kg), Achinta Sheuli (73 kg), Ajay Singh (81 kg), Vikas Thakur (96 kg), Lovepreet Singh (109 kg), Gurdeep Singh (+109 kg)
Women: Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (49 kg), Bindyarani Devi (55 kg), Popy Hazarika (59 kg), Harjinder Kaur (71 kg), Punam Yadav (76 kg), Bannur Natesh Usha (87 kg), Purnima Pandey (+87 kg)
Wrestling (6 men and women each)
Men: Ravi Kumar Dahiya (57 kg), Bajrang Punia (65 kg), Naveen (74 kg), Deepak Punia (86 kg), Deepak (97 kg), Mohit Dahiya (125 kg)
Women: Pooja Gehlot (50 kg), Vinesh Phogat (53 kg), Anshu Malik (57 kg), Sakshi Malik (62 kg), Divya Kakran (68 kg), Pooka Sihag (76 kg)