Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 8 India Live Updates: India to face England in women’s hockey semis, wrestlers Bajrang, Sakshi in action

CWG 2022 India Day 8 complete schedule: Follow all the updates from Birmingham.

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Updated: August 5, 2022 12:32:31 pm
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Commonwealth Games 2022, Day 8: Indian wrestlers will start their campaign in Birmingham on day 8. Rio Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik will headline the women’s wrestling campaign in the 62 kg category whereas veteran wrestler Bajrang Punia will spearhead the men’s contingent in 65 KG Freestyle. Apart from them Anshu Malik (57kg), Divya Kakran (68kg), Deepak Punia (86kg) and Mohit Grewal (125kg) will also be in action. All these bouts will begin from 3 PM IST.

Indian women’s hockey team will also take on Australia in the semifinal at 12:45 AM. Having qualified for the semis clocking 23.42 seconds in her heat event, Hima Das will be in action in the Women’s 200m semifinal sprint.

Follow all the live updates of Day 8 below

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Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 8: Follow all the live actions from Birmingham.

12:32 (IST)05 Aug 2022
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12:25 (IST)05 Aug 2022
Commonwealth Games Live Updates: Welcome!

Hello and welcome to our live blog of the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Games. Indian women's hockey team take on Australia in the semifinal at 12:45 AM. Indian wrestlers will start their campaigns. Sakshi Malik will headline the women’s wrestling campaign in the 62 kg category, whereas veteran wrestler Bajrang Punia will spearhead the men’s contingent in 65 kg freestyle. Shuttlers PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth will also be in action. Here's the schedule 

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First published on: 05-08-2022 at 12:00:57 pm