The Commonwealth Games 2026 is underway in Glasgow and Saturday, July 25, will see India open their campaign in 3x3 Wheelchair Basketball while boxing, swimming, artistic gymnastics continue.
Saturday is likely going to be a slower day with no medal events on the cards, unless the athletes in Artistic Gymnastics and Swimming qualify for the final.
Sachin Siwach will be the only Indian boxer in action with a number of early-round byes and he will hope to start on a high in what is expected to be a medal heavy sport for India. Bowls will be back in focus with last time's Fours champions Rupa Rani Tirkey and Pinki in action, along with Putul Sonowal. The Artistic Gymnastics team of Pranati Nayak, Nishka Agarwal, Eshita Rewale, Protistha Samanta will hope to make their mark after the men's team could not on Day 1.
On Friday, India began their campaign in earnest with Para Powerlifting in focus. Jhandu Kumar won India's first medal of the Games - a bronze in the men's heavyweight division of para powerlifting.
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NOTE: The event timings are in IST chronological order, so post-midnight fixtures are including in the current date.
Here's a look at India's schedule for July 25, Saturday:
COMPLETED EVENTS
Bowls - India (Rupa Rani Tirkey, Pinki Singh) beat Tonga in Women's Pairs Sectional Play
Boxing - Sachin Siwach beat Keoma Al-Ahmadieh (Canada) in Men's 60kg Round of 32
Swimming - Dhakshan Shashikumar finished 15th and Aryan Nehra finished 16th in men's 400m freestyle heats.
3x3 Wheelchair Basketball - India (Reena Gupta, Irengbam Chanu, Minakshi Jadhav, Laxmi Rayappa) lost 1-16 to Wales in Pool B match.
Bowls - Putul Sonowal lost to Izzat Shameer Dzulkeple (Malaysia) in Men's Singles Sectional Play
Artistic Gymnastics - Pranati Nayak, Nishka Agarwal, Eshita Rewale, Protistha Samanta in subdivision three of women's team and individual rounds. (Medal event)