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Commonwealth Games 2022: Complete List of Indian Athletes Qualified For Birmingham CWG
India will be one of 72 Commonwealth Games Associations that will be participating in the Commonwealth Games 2022 (also known as Birmingham 2022), scheduled to be held from July 28 to August 8 in Birmingham, England.
The appearance in Birmingham 2022 will be India's 18th at the CWG and among the 20 sports/discipline, the country's athletes or players will take part in 9 sports including cricket, which will make it's debut at the games.
A total of 202 athletes or players - 107 men and 105 women - have qualified for Birmingham 2022. Tokyo 2020 Olympics medallists PV Sindhu, Mirabai Chanu, Lovlina Borgohain and the men's hockey team are some of the names that will represent the country.
Indians will be participating in Badminton, Boxing, Cricket, Athletics, Judo, Wrestling, Squash, Cycling, Weightlifting, Hockey, Swimming, Triathlon and Table Tennis. The draw for hockey and cricket have already been done as well. Cricket will be a women's only event and will be in T20 format.
In cricket, the women's team, who qualified via the ICC rankings, have been drawn alongside arch-rivals Pakistan, Australia and Barbados in Group A. Meanwhile, New Zealand, South Africa, England and Sri Lanka have been drawn in Group B.
Hockey men's team have been drawn alongside Ghana, England, Canada and Wales in Pool B of the men's pool stage, while the women's team have been drawn alongside the same teams in Pool A of the women's pool stage.
Now, let's take a look at the players or athletes that have qualified for CWG 2022 from India:
Athletics (20 - men & 19 - women)
Men's Long Jump: M. Sreeshankar, Muhammed Anees Yahiya
Men's Javelin Throw: DP Manu, Rohit Yadav
Men's Triple Jump: Abdulla Aboobacker, Eldose Paul, Praveen Chitravel
Men's High Jump: Tejaswin Shankar
Men's 3000m Steeple Chase: Avinash Sable
Men's 5000m: Avinash Sable
Men's Marathon: Nitender Rawat
Men's 4x400m Relay: Noah Nirmal Tom, Muhammed Ajmal, Naganathan Pandi, Muhammed Anas
Men's Race Walking: Sandeep Kumar, Amit Khatri
Women's Long Jump: Ancy Sojan
Women's Shot Put: Manpreet Kaur
Women's Hammer Throw: Sarita Romit Singh, Manju Bala Singh
Women's 4x100m Relay: Dutee Chand, Hima Das, Srabani Nanda, NS Simi
Women's 100m: Dutee Chand
Women's 200m: Hima Das
Women's 100m Hurdles: Jyothi Yarraji
Women's 10000m Race Walk: Priyanka Goswami, Bhawna Jat
Women's Discuss Throw: Navjeet Dhillon, Seema Punia
Women's Javelin Throw: Annu Rani, Shilpa Rani
Para-Athletics
Men's Discus Throw F42-44/F61-64: Devender Kumar, Denvendra Gahlot, Aneesh Kumar
Women's Shot Put F55-57: Santosh, Sharmila, Poonam Sharma
Badminton
Men
Singles: Lakshya Sen, Srikanth Kidambi
Doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, B. Sumeeth Reddy
Women
Singles: PV Sindhu, Aakarshi Kashyap
Doubles: Ashwini Ponnappa, Gayathri Gopichand, Treesa Jolly
Boxing (8 - men and 4 - women)
Men
| Boxer | Weight Category |
| Shiva Thapa | Flyweight (51 kg) |
| Mohammad Hussamuddin | Featherweight (57 kg) |
| Amit Panghal | Light Welterweight (63.5 kg) |
| Rohit Tokas | Welterweight (67 kg) |
| Sumit Kundu | Middleweight (75 kg) |
| Ashish Kumar | Light Heavyweight (80 kg) |
| Sanjeet Kumar | Heavyweight (92 kg) |
| Sagar | Super Heavyweight (+92 kg) |
Women
| Boxer | Weight Category |
| Nitu Ganghas | Minimumweight (48 kg) |
| Nikhat Zareen | Light Flyweight (50 kg) |
| Jasmire Lamboria | Lightweight (60 kg) |
| Lovlina Borgohain | Light Middleweight (70 kg) |
Cricket (Women - 18)
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 (9 - Men & 4 - Women)
Men
L Ronaldo Singh
E David Beckham
Y Rojit Singh
Esow Alben
Vishvajeet Singh
Naman Kapil
Venkappa Shivappa Kengalugutti
Dinesh Kumar
Annantha Narayanan
Women
Triyasha Paul
Meenakshi
Shushikala Agashe
Mayuri Dhanraj Lute
Hockey
Indian Men's Squad for CWG:
Goalkeepers: Sreejesh P.R., Krishan Bahadur Pathak
Defenders: Varun Kumar, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh (vice captain), Amit Rohidas, Jugraj Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh
Midfielders: Manpreet Singh (captain), Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Shamsher Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Nilakanta Sharma
Forwards: Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Abhishek
Indian Women's Squad for CWG:
Goalkeepers: Savita (captain), Rajani Etimarpu
Defenders: Deep Grace Ekka (vice captain), 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 (Men - 3 and Women - 3)
| Athlete | Weight Category |
| Vijay Kumar Yadav | Men's 60 kg |
| Jasleen Singh Saini | Men's 66 kg |
| Deepak Deswal | Men's 100 kg |
| Shushila Likmabam | Women's 48 kg |
| Suchika Tariyal | Women's 57 kg |
| Tulika Maan | Women's +78 kg |
Squash (5 - Men and 4 - Women)
Men's Team
Saurav Ghosal
Ramit Tandon
Abhay Singh
Harinder Pal Sandhu
Velavan Senthilkumar
Women's Team
Dipika Pallikal
Joshna Chinappa
Sunyana Kuruvilla
Anahat Singh
Swimming (Men - 4)
| Swimmer | Event |
| Sajan Prakash | 50m, 100m and 200m Butterfly |
| Srihari Nataraj | 50m, 100m and 200m Backstroke |
| Kushagra Rawat | 1500m, 200m and 400m freestyle |
| Advait Page | 1500m freestyle |
Para Swimming
Mukundan Niranjan (S7)
Suyash Narayan Jadhav (S7)
Ashish Kumar Singh (S9)
Table Tennis (5 - men and 5 - women)
Men's team: Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Harmeet Desai, Sanil Shetty
Women's team: Manika Batra, Diya Chitale, Sreeja Akula, Reeth Rishya
Para Men: Raja Aravindhan
Para Women: Bhavina Patel, Sonalben Manubhai Patel, Baby Sahana Ravi
Triathlon (men - 2 and women - 2) (Image Courtesy: Pragnya Mohan Twitter)
Men: Adarsh Muralidharan Nair Sinimol, Vishwanath Yadav
Women: Sanjana Joshi, Pragnya Mohan
Weightlifting (men - 8 and women - 7)
Men
| Weightlifter | Event/Category |
| 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
| Weightlifter | Event/Category |
| 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 |
Para Powerlifting
Men
| Powerlifter | Weight Class |
| Paramjeet Kumar | Lightweight |
| Sudhir | Heavyweight |
Women
| Powerlifter | Weight Class |
| Sakina Khatun | Lightweight |
| Manpreet Kaur | Lightweight |
| Geeta | Heavyweight |
Wrestling (6 - men and 6 - women)
Men
| Wrestler | Weight Category |
| Ravi Kumar Dahiya | 57 kg |
| Bajrang Punia | 65 kg |
| Naveen | 74 kg |
| Deepak Punia | 86 kg |
| Deepak | 97 kg |
| Mohit Dahiya | 125 kg |
Women
| Wrestler | Weight Category |
| Pooja Gehlot | 50 kg |
| Vinesh Phogat | 53 kg |
| Anshu Malik | 57 kg |
| Sakshi Malik | 62 kg |
| Divya Kakran | 68 kg |
| Pooka Sihag | 76 kg |
Lawn Bowls (Total - 10 members)
Men
Sunil Bahadur
Chandan Kumar Singh
Navneet Singh
Dinesh Kumar
Mridul Borgohain
Women
Pinki
Tania Choudhury
Rupa Rani Tirkey
Nayan Moni Saikia
Lovely Choubey
Gymnastics (Total 7 Members)
Men
Satyajit Mondal
Yogeshwar Singh
Saif Tambouli
Women
Pranati Nayak
Ruthuja Nataraj
Protishta Samata
Bavleen Kaur
Story first published: Thursday, July 28, 2022, 13:46 [IST]
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