Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 2 Results: India’s performance on Day 2 at CWG 2022

After having a mixed Day 1 at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022, the Indian contingent finally opened its account on Day 2 of the Games. It saw several Indian high-profile athletes in action as they brought their ‘A game’ to the fore bringing glory to the country.

The biggest success of the day was given by weightlifter Mirabai Chanu as she clinched a gold in the women’s 49kg category. She even set a new Commonwealth Games record by lifting a total of 201 kg. The weightlifting sport brought three more medals for the nation on Saturday.

Indian badminton stars also continued their winning run on the second day as they blew away Sri Lanka in the team event after thrashing Pakistan on the first day. Apart from these highs, there was also one disappointment that came India’s way as Manika Batra and Co. crashed out in the quarter-finals in the table tennis Women’s Team event.

Here's a detailed report of India’s results from Day 2 of the Commonwealth Games:

Weightlifting

Indian stars gave their best in weightlifting on Saturday as they returned with four medals. Mirabai Chanu was the star of the day as she won the coveted Gold in the women’s 49kg category.

It was Sanket Sargar who opened India’s account in the Birmingham games by clinching a silver in the men’s 55kg category. Gururaja Poojary brought the second medal home as he won bronze in the 61kg category. And then late in the night, Bindyarani Devi enthralled the crowd with a stunning third attempt in Clean & Jerk to secure a silver medal in the women’s 55kg category.

Table Tennis

The Indian men’s team topped their group winning all three matches after beating Northern Ireland by 3-0. The women’s team also made a hattrick of wins as they beat Guyana by 3-0 in their last group encounter.

Indian women’s team were up against Malaysia in the quarter-final. After taking a lead of 3-2 at one point, Manika Batra lost to a lower-ranked Ying Ho to take the game into the decider where Reeth Tennison also lost to the same opponent. Malaysian players were elated after eliminating the defending gold medal winners in the Women’s Team event, causing a major upset of the tournament.

Hockey

Indian women’s hockey team faced Wales in their second Pool A match. An overall solid overall performance in the second quarter helped the Indian team get a 2-0 lead by Wales scored one in the third quarter to set up a delicious fourth. Finally, the match ended 3-1 in India’s favour, thanks to a second from Katariya in the fourth quarter.

Boxing

Mohammad Husammuddin emerged victorious in his pre-quarterfinal clash against Amzolele Dyeyi of South Africa by unanimous verdict. He will face his next opponent from Bangladesh in the 57kg category on Monday.

Lovlina Borgohain, the Tokyo Olympic medallist met Ariane Nicholson of New Zealand in the Round of 16 of the 70kg category. The boxer made short work of her opponent and won the bout to advance in her bracket.

Badminton

The Indian team dominated Sri Lanka as they won by 5-0 in their second clash in Group A of the Mixed Team event. They also defeated Australia 4-1 in their final Group Stage game.

Marathon

Nitender Singh Rawat recorded a time of 2:19:22 to finish 12th in the Men’s Marathon. He was 8:27 minutes behind the leader and more than three minutes slower than his personal best.

Swimming

Kushagra Rawat finished last in the heat in Men’s 200m freestyle with a time of 1:54.56. He finished 24th overall and hence missed out on a place in the final. Elsewhere, Srihari Nataraj finished seventh in the men’s 100m backstroke final with a 51. 31s clock time.

Squash

Saurav Ghosal defeated Shamil Wakeel of Sri Lanka by 3-0 to cruise into the pre-quarters. Ramit Tandon of India bowed out due to injury and his opponent got a walkover in the first round.

Joshna Chinappa qualified for the pre-quarters with a 3-0 win in the second round after getting a first-round bye. Sunayna Kuruvilla lost in the second round against Aifa Azman by 3-0. India’s youngest athlete Anahat Singh also lost by 3-0 to Emily Whitlock of Wales.

Cycling

Vishavjeet Singh and Dinesh Kumar finished 18th and 19th in the men’s 4000m individual pursuit qualifying which took them out of the medal contention in Birmingham. David Beckham finished fourth in his Men’s Keiren first-round heat while Esow Alben finished third in his heat. Both made it into the repechage round. Both of them finished second in their respective repechage heats as well.

Gymnastics

India’s Ruthuja Nataraj and Pranati Nayak scored 46.250 and 43.500 to place 6th and 14th in the Women’s team final and individual qualification. The top 18 athletes would go on to qualify for the all-around final.