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India at CWG 2026 Day 3 Schedule: Full list of Indian athletes in action on Saturday
India's female gymnasts will take centre stage, while boxer Sachin Siwach will look to advance to the round of 16 as the 2026 Commonwealth Games approaches its third day and its first weekend.
Pranati Nayak will be among those competing in artistic gymnastics on Saturday at the 2026 CWG. (Reuters Photo)
India’s account at Glasgow 2026 was opened late on Day 2 when Jhandu Kumar won bronze in men’s heavyweight para powerlifting. On the third day, and the first weekend, of the 2026 Commonwealth Games, Indians will be active in gymnastics, lawn bowls, boxing and 3×3 basketball. Swimmers Dhakshan Shashikumar and Srihari Natraj and will also be looking to qualify from the heats of their respective events. It is a slimmed down version of the CWG this year, with all of the events taking place in an eight-mile loop in Glasgow, Scotland, and hosted by four competition venues: Scotstoun Stadium, the Chris Hoy Velodrome, Tollcross International Swimming Centre, and the Scottish Event Campus.
Here are the sports and events that Indians would be participating in along with their times in IST:
| Sport | Event | Name of athlete(s) | Stage | Opponent (Country) | Time (IST) |
| Lawn Bowls | Women’s Pairs | Rupa Rani Tirkey and Pinki | Sectional Play | Paris Baker & Milika Nathan (Tonga) | 3.50pm |
| Boxing | Men’s 60kg | Sachin | Round of 32 | Keoma Al-Ahmadieh (Canada) | 4pm |
| Swimming | Men’s 400m freestyle | Dhakshan Shashikumar |
Heat 3 | – | 4.19pm |
| Swimming | Men’s 400m freestyle | Aryan Nehra | Heat 4 | – | 4.19pm |
| 3×3 Wheelchair Basketball | – | India Women 3×3 Wheelchair Basketball team | Group Stage (Pool B) | Wales | 4.35pm |
| Lawn Bowls | Men’s Singles | Putul Sonowal | Sectional Play | Izzat Shameer Dzulkeple (Malaysia) |
7.30pm |
| Artistic Gymnastics |
Women’s Team Final | Pranati Nayak, Nishka Agarwal, Protistha Samanta, Eshitaa Rewale |
Team Final & Individual Qualification |
– | 8.15pm |
| Swimming (Subject to qualification) | Men’s 400m freestyle | Dhakshan Shashikumar |
Final | – | 11.37pm |
| Swimming (Subject to qualification) | Men’s 400m freestyle | Aryan Nehra | Final | – | 11.37pm |
Day 2 results:
The wait was long but India’s first medal of the 2026 Commonwealth Games finally did come in the form of Jhandu Kumar’s bronze in men’s heavyweight para powerlifting. Jhandu was in Group B, which went first in the final, and finished on top in it with 130.9 points. It was enough for him to continue leading after the first round and for a majority of the second round of lifts in Group A. Eventually, he finished third with England’s Matt Harding (silver) and Nigeria’s Riluwan Idris (gold) overtaking him. Jhandu thus became India’s first medallist at Glasgow 2026, although boxer Lovlina Borgohain has been assured of at least a bronze medal before even throwing a punch. Meanwhile, Jaspreet Kaur and Suman Devi fell short of medals in the women’s lightweight category in para powerlifting. Meanwhile, men’s lightweight para powerlifter Ashok missed out on a bronze in the men’s lightweight final, finishing fourth despite lifting 200kg and gaining a personal best of 143.8 points. The other Indian in the same category, Parmjeet Kumar, finished 6th.
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