Commonwealth Games 2026 India Schedule And Athletes: After the conclusion of the Football World Cup 2026, now the eyes of the sports world are on the Commonwealth Games 2026. This multi-sport event to be held in Glasgow, Scotland will be held from 23 July to 2 August 2026. This time India is fielding its players in 13 sports, where the country’s veterans and young stars will challenge for medals.
The good news for Indian fans is that the time difference between Glasgow and India is such that most of the matches can be watched in the evening and night. The competitions will start at 1:30 pm Indian time, while the major medal matches will start from 9:30 pm and continue till late night.
Indian players will be under watch
This time India’s hopes will rest on Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra, Mirabai Chanu, Lovlina Borgohain, Srihari Nataraj, Murali Sreeshankar, Tejaswin Shankar and many other players. Although badminton, wrestling and shooting have not been included in this edition, the Indian contingent is still full of strong contenders.
Many star players of India will enter the Commonwealth Games 2026 with the intention of winning medals. Indian players will compete in 13 sports including athletics, weightlifting, boxing, swimming, gymnastics and judo. In such a situation, let us know which Indian player will take the field on which day and when will India’s big medal matches take place.
Asian Games 2026: India’s full schedule
| date | game | Indian players / matches | Time (IST) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July | balls | Pinky Singh and Rupa Rani Tirkey (women’s pairs), Putul Sonowal (men’s singles) | 4:50 pm, 6:15 pm |
| 24th July | para powerlifting | Ashok Kumar Malik, Paramjeet Kumar, Suman Devi, Jaspreet Kaur, Sudhir, Jhandu Kumar, Kasturi Rajamani | 5:30 pm, 10:30 pm |
| gymnastics | men’s team final | 2:30 pm | |
| boxing | Preeti Pawar, Jasmine Lamboria, Aditya Pratap Singh, Priya Ghanghas, Jadumani Singh, Sumit Kundu | 3:30 pm, 10:30 pm | |
| swimming | Ali Imam, Srihari Nataraja | 2:15 pm, 2:20 pm | |
| balls | Putul Sonowal, Pinky Singh and Rupa Rani Tirkey | — | |
| 25th July | gymnastics | women’s team final | 2:30 pm |
| boxing | Parveen Hooda, Arundhati Chaudhary, Sachin Siwach, Lovlina Borgohain, Ankush, Aditya Pratap Singh | 3:30 pm, 10:30 pm | |
| 3’3 basketball | India vs Wales (Women’s Wheelchair) | 5:00 pm | |
| swimming | Dakshan Sasikumar, Chaitanya Vishwas Kulkarni, Srihari Nataraj | — | |
| 26th July | weightlifting | Hrishikanta Singh, Mirabai Chanu, M Raja | 2:30 PM, 6:30 PM, 11:00 PM |
| gymnastics | Men’s and Women’s All-Around Finals | — | |
| boxing | Jasmine Lamboria, Jadumani Singh, Kapil Pokharia, Narendra Berwal, Aditya Pratap Singh | — | |
| 3’3 basketball | India vs Scotland (Women’s Wheelchair) | 10:15 pm | |
| balls | Putul Sonowal, Pinky Singh and Rupa Rani Tirkey | — | |
| 27th July | Athletics/Para Athletics | Sarvesh Kushare, Adarsh Ram, Tejas Shirse, Rakeshbhai Bhatt, Shreyansh Trivedi, Sharmila Dhankar, Shilpa K. | — |
| weightlifting | Dnyaneshwari Yadav, Bindyarani Devi, Ajay Babu | — | |
| swimming | Sajan Prakash | — | |
| athletics qualifying | Pooja, Murali Sreeshankar, Gurinderveer Singh, Yashas P, Santosh Kumar Thamilarasan | — | |
| boxing | Sakshi Chaudhary, Sachin Siwach, Sumit Kundu, Ankush | — | |
| 3’3 basketball | India vs Nigeria (Women’s Wheelchair) | — | |
| balls | Putul Sonowal, Pinky Singh and Rupa Rani Tirkey | — | |
| 28th July | athletics | Pooja, Gurinderveer Singh, Gulveer Singh | — |
| weightlifting | Harjinder Kaur | — | |
| boxing | Quarterfinals – Preeti Pawar, Priya Ghanghas, Parveen Hooda, Lovlina Borgohain, Jadumani Singh, Aditya Pratap Singh, Kapil Pokharia | — | |
| swimming | Srihari Nataraja | — | |
| 3’3 basketball | Women’s wheelchair semi-finals | — | |
| 29th July | Athletics/Para Athletics | Murali Sreeshankar, Manpreet Kaur, Parul Chaudhary, Devendra Kumar, Mohammad Basil M | — |
| weightlifting | Sanjana, Dilbagh Singh, Nirupama Devi | — | |
| swimming | Srihari Nataraj, Anish S Gowda, Ravi Veera Venkat Budigina, Suyash Narayan Jadhav, Swatik Patil, Aryan Nehra | — | |
| gymnastics | finals | — | |
| boxing | quarterfinal | — | |
| 3’3 basketball | women’s wheelchair final | — | |
| 30th July | Athletics/Para Athletics | Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Samardeep Singh Gill, Seema Kaliramana, Nidhi Rani, Parul Chaudhary | — |
| weightlifting | Martina Devi, Lovepreet Singh | — | |
| track cycling | Men’s Team Pursuit Final | — | |
| athletics qualifying | Neeraj Chopra, Rohit Yadav, Yash Veer Singh, Tejaswin Shankar, Praveen Chitravel, Selva Prabhu, Dev Meena, Kuldeep Kumar | — | |
| 31st July | athletics | Neeraj Chopra, Yash Veer Singh, Rohit Yadav, Tejaswin Shankar, Yashas Palaksha, Santosh Kumar Thamilarasan, Animesh Kujur | — |
| judo | medal rounds | — | |
| track cycling | male keirin | — | |
| boxing | semi final | — | |
| 1st August | Athletics/Para Athletics | Praveen Chitravel, Selva Prabhu, Vishal TK, Rajesh Ramesh, Ramesh Shanmugam, Priyanka Goswami, Raveena, Shubham Juyal, Soman Rana, Dev Meena, Kuldeep Kumar, Gulveer Singh, Mixed 4x400m Relay | — |
| boxing | Final | — | |
| judo | medal rounds | — | |
| 2 August | balls | Medal match – Nayanmoni Saikia, Navneet Singh and Dinesh | — |
| judo | Medal Rounds – Ishrup Narang, Tulika Mann, Avtar Singh, Yash Ghanghas | — | |
| track cycling | Ronaldo Singh Latonjam, Leesha Das | — |
Great performance by Indian players
India will once again be eyeing a stellar performance in the Commonwealth Games. Especially the country will be expecting many gold medals from veteran players like Neeraj Chopra, Mirabai Chanu, Lovlina Borgohain, Srihari Nataraj and Murali Srishankar.
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