India's July 24 schedule at CWG 2026: Which Indian athletes will be in action on Day 2? Timings in IST & where to watch
Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj will be in action on Day 2 (July 24) of the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow. Here's a complete schedule of Indian athletes to be in action on Friday.
Swimmer Srihari Nataraj will be the biggest Indian name in action of Day 2 of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2026 in Glasgow on Friday (July 24). The CWG 2026 got underway on Thursday with the Indian Lawn Bowls teams starting their campaign om positive notes.
Competing in the men's 50m backstroke event, Nataraj will be in action in the qualification round and if qualifies, would be competing in the semifinals.
Among the Lawn Bowls teams, India's Putul Sonowal, who stunned world champion Ryan Bexter on the opening day, will be facing Cecil Alexander of Falkland Islands in the sectional singles event. In the women's category, India's Rupa Rani Tirkey and Pinki face South Africa.
In boxing, India's Jadumani Singh Mandengbam will be in action against Scotland's Aaron Cullen in the 55kg category in a round of 32 clash.
India's July 24 schedule at CWG 2026
LAWN BOWLS
- 7:30 PM IST - Women’s Pairs Sectional Play - Section B, Round 2 - India (Rupa Rani Tirkey & Pinki) vs South Africa (Thabelo Muvhango & Jacqui janse van Rensburg)
- 10:20 PM IST - Men’s Singles Sectional Play - Section D, Round 2 - Putul Sonowal vs Cecil Alexander (Falkland Islands)
ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
- 2:30 PM IST - Men’s Team Final and Individual Qualification - Subdivision 1 - Tapeswaranath Das, Swathish Kaitheri Puthalath, Tapan Mohanty, Yogeshwar Singh
BOXING
- 11 PM IST - Men’s 55kg, Round of 32 - Jadumani Singh Mandengbam vs Aaron Cullen (SCO)
SWIMMING & PARA SWIMMING
- 3:40 PM IST - Men’s 100m Freestyle S13 Heat 1 - R.V.V.B.K. Budigina
- 3:56 PM IST - Men’s 50m Backstroke Heat 4 - Srihari Nataraj
- Midnight IST - Men’s 100m Freestyle S13 Final - R.V.V.B.K. Budigina (Subject to qualification)
- 12:29 AM IST - Men’s 50m Backstroke Semifinals - Srihari Nataraj (Subject to qualification)
PARA POWERLIFTING
- 5:40 PM IST - Men’s Lightweight - Ashok, Parmjeet Kumar
- 7:24 PM IST - Women’s Lightweight - Jaspreet Kaur, Suman Devi
- 10:40 PM IST - Women’s Heavyweight - Kasthuri Rajamani
- 12:29 AM IST - Men’s Heavyweight - Jhandu Kumar, Sudhir
Where to watch CWG 2026 in India?
Sony Sports Network is the official broadcaster of the CWG 2026 in India. The CWG 2026 events will be televised on Sony Sports Ten 2, Sony Sports Ten 3 (Hindi) and Sony Sports Ten 4 (Tamil, Telugu & Kannada) channels in India. Live streaming of CWG 2026 events are available on Sony LIV app.
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