CWG 2022: Here's a look at the athletes who are likely to win medals for India

Will the Indian team cross the 100medal mark this time The answer perhaps is noAfter 2010 when India taking advantage of being at home New Delhi achieved the 100medal mark there may have been an improvement in individual performances of many athletes but collectively the performance of the Indian contingent has not touched the height that was expected after the New Delhi CWGIn Glasgow 2014 India bagged 64 medals and achieved 5th rank with 15 gold 30 silver and 19 bronze In the last Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast Australia in 2018 India secured 3rd position with a total of 66 medals which included 26 gold 20 silver and 20 bronzeIn Birmingham CWG the hopes of Indian people rest on the shoulders of more than 215 players that have qualified for the prestigious quadrennial event The CWG has already removed the Shooting events one of the most medal winning prospects for India hence medal tally might not be more than last edition of the GamesHere is a list of players that could be prospective medal winners in the Birmingham CWG scheduled to start on July 28Athletics Without a doubt the star Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will be Indias best bet to win a gold medal He has been performing well throughout this year and registered a new national record on two different occasions Neeraj would also look to cross the muchcoveted 90m mark in CWG 2022Also Read CWG Preview Focus on Sindhu but doubles key to India retaining mixed team goldIndia has named a 37member athletics squad for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games including Chopra Dutee Chand and Hima Das However shot putter Tajinderpal Singh had to drop out after he picked up an injury ahead of CWG 2022 The 11th hour entry for Tejaswin Shankar can boost Indias chance in the high jumpBadminton India has a great chance of winning at least four gold medals Twotime Olympics medallist PV Sindhu will also aim for a medal in CWG 2022 PV Sindhu was seen in lethal form at Singapore Open 2022 as the Indian shuttler won the titleApart from her Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are in great form They all have the quality to win a gold medalBoxing Nikhat Zareen the reigning world champion will lead the strong boxing contingent from the front The boxer from Telangana is showing a lot of promise to become the next big boxing superstar from India The young pugilist is heading to the Commonwealth Games to compete in the 50kg categoryWith Nikhat World Championships silver medalist Amit Panghal Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain Asian championship gold medal winner Sanjeet Kumar are gold medal prospects for India while Shiva Thapa and Mohammad Hussamuddin could also surprise people with their determinationTable Tennis In the last edition the Mens team Womens team and Manika Batra in Womens singles created history by winning a gold medal each in Table TennisIndia once again have the best chance at winning both mens and womens team gold Batra in womens singles and Sathiyan Ganasekaran or Sharath Kamal in mens singles can also win individual goldWeightlifting Led by Olympic silver medallist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu weightlifters are also in the fray for gold rush Gold medal winner at the 2021 World Championships Bindyarani Devi and ranked 9th in the World Championships Gururaja Poojary can surprise the world with their performances Punam Yadav a gold winner from CWG 2018 in the 76 kg category is also a gold medal prospect this timeWrestling Tokyo Olympics medal winners Ravi Kumar Dahiya and Bajrang Poonia are major gold medal hopes for India However Deepak Punia Vinesh Phogat alongside Olympic bronze medallists from Rio Games Sakshi Malik and 2021 Asian Championships gold medallist Divya Kakran are also prominent medal hopes for India in WrestlingWhere else can India look for some prized metal Definitely in cricket hockey and squashThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever