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India at CWG 2022: Women's hockey team, Shiva Thapa, women's cricket team in action on Friday, July 29

The Indian women's hockey team celebrates after defeating Netherlands in the FIH Pro League. Hockey India

The 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games will get underway on Thursday with the opening ceremony, but Indian athletes will begin their campaign on Friday in key events like cricket, hockey and boxing.

There's also a couple of India vs Pakistan tussles on the opening day, but not in cricket or hockey. In badminton, the two countries will face each other in Group A opening match of the mixed team event, while boxer Shiva Thapa is up against Pakistan's Suleman Baloch in the 63.5kg Round of 32 bout.

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Here's a detailed schedule of the all the Indian athletes involved on Day 1 of CWG 2022:

1 PM IST - LAWN BOWLS: Tania Choudhury vs Dee Hoggan Round 1 women's singles match.

1 PM IST - LAWN BOWLS: India vs New Zealand Round 1 men's triples.

2 PM IST - TABLE TENNIS: India vs South Africa group match in the women's team event.
Women's team: Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Reeth Rishya, Diya Chitale

3.11 PM IST - SWIMMING: Kushagra Rawat in men's 400m freestyle heats. The final will start at 11.30 PM IST.

3.35 PM IST - CYCLING: Men's 4000m Team Pursuit qualification, final at 9.50 PM.

3.30 PM IST - T20 CRICKET: Australia vs India Women's Group A match.

3.31 PM IST - MEN's TRIATHLON (MEDAL EVENT): Adarsh MS, Vishwanath Yadav.

4 PM IST - LAWN BOWLS: India vs Scotland Round 2 match in men's triples.

4 PM IST - LAWN BOWLS: Tania Choudhary vs Daphne Arthur-Almond Round 2 women's singles match.

4.03 PM IST - SWIMMING: Sajan Prakash in men's 50m butterfly heats.

4.12 PM IST - CYCLING: Women's team sprint, final at 10.25 PM.

4.26 PM IST - SWIMMING: Srihari Nataraj in men's 100m backstroke heats, (semi-final at 1:20 am)

4.30 PM IST - TABLE TENNIS: India vs Barbados group match in the men's team event.
Men's team: Sharath Kamal, Gnanasekaran Sathiyan, Harmeet Desai, Sanil Shetty.

4.30 PM IST - ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS: Men's team (also medal event) and individual qualifications
Team: Satyajit Mondal, Saif Tamboli and Yogeshwar Singh.

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4.46 PM IST - CYCLING: Men's team sprint, final at 10.33 PM.

5 PM IST - BOXING: Shiva Thapa vs Suleman Baloch Round of 32 bout.

6.30 PM IST - WOMEN'S HOCKEY: India vs Ghana Pool A match.

6.30 PM IST - BADMINTON: India vs Pakistan mixed team group match.

7.01 PM IST - WOMEN'S TRIATHLON (MEDAL EVENT): Sanjana Joshi, Pragnya Mohan.

7.30 PM IST - LAWN BOWLS: India vs Malaysia Round 1 match in men's pair event.

7.30 PM IST - LAWN BOWLS: India vs England Round 1 match in women's fours event.

8.30 PM IST - TABLE TENNIS: India vs Fiji group match in women's team event.

10.30 PM IST - LAWN BOWLS: India vs Falkland Islands Round 2 match in the men's pair event.

10.30 PM IST - LAWN BOWLS: India vs Cook Islands Round 2 match in Women's Fours.

11 PM IST - TABLE TENNIS: India vs Singapore group match in the men's team event.

11 PM IST - SQUASH: Anahat Singh vs Jada Ross women's singles Round of 64 match.

11.45 PM IST - SQUASH: Abhay Singh vs Joe Chapman men's singles Round of 64 match.

12.18 AM IST - PARA SWIMMING FINAL (Medal event): Ashish Kumar Singh men's 100m Backstroke S9 Final.

01.20 AM IST - SWIMMING SEMI-FINAL: Srihari Nataraj in men's 100m backstroke semi-final 2