Commonwealth Games 2022 Live Day 1: India take on South Africa in women's table tennis match

14:07 (IST)

CWG 2022 Day 1 Live Updates: Table Tennis.

Reeth Tennison and Sreeja Akula are starting the doubles match against South Africa's Lailaa Edwards and Danisha Patel  in the women’s team Group 2.

14:00 (IST)

CWG 2022 Day 1 Live Updates: India vs South Africa women's TT team match is about to start.

Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Reeth Rishya, and Diya Chitale will be part of India's team for the Round 1 game against South Africa. India won gold in this event in the 2018 CWG.

13:52 (IST)

CWG 2022 Day 1 Live Updates: Former Olympics champion Bindra shares a message. 

My best wishes to @WeAreTeamIndia for the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. A billion people and more will be cheering for you all. Give it your best shot & trust the process !— Abhinav A. Bindra OLY (@Abhinav_Bindra) July 29, 2022

13:46 (IST)

CWG 2022 Day 1 Live Updates: It was a close game but Scotland's Dee Hoggan has now taken a 10-6 lead against India's Tania Choudhary in Lawn Bowls. Meanwhile, New Zealand lead India 8-1 in the men's team event of the sport. 

13:42 (IST)

CWG 2022 Day 1 Live Updates: At 2 PM, we will have the India women's table tennis team taking on South Africa in the Round 1 match.

13:38 (IST)

CWG 2022 Day 1 Live Updates: Lawn Bowls. 

India men's team is behind 7-1 against New Zealand in Round 1. The first to 21 will win the match.

13:36 (IST)

CWG 2022 Day 1 Live Updates: Tania Choudhury is tied 6-6 with Scotland's Dee Hoggan. The first to 21 will win the match.

13:34 (IST)

CWG 2022 Day 1 Live Updates: Lawn Bowls explainer.

Lawn Bowls is divided into two ends with players competing one after another by rolling their balls. The players try to roll the ball as close as they can to the target. The player with the bowl closest to the target gets more points.

Teh sport has four formats in lawn bowling, singles, pairs, triples and fours. These formats have been named according to the number of players in each team. There are separate men’s and women’s medal events for each. In singles matches, the first to 21 points wins the tie.

In all the other formats, bowls are rolled down from 18 different ends and the team with most points after the completion of all rounds will win the match.

13:23 (IST)

CWG 2022 Day 1 Live Updates: India men's cricket team star Virat Kohli has a message for his compatriots. 

My best wishes to the Indian women's cricket team and all our athletes participating in the Commonwealth Games.