India's campaign at the Commonwealth Games 2026 rolls into another crucial day on Tuesday, with the country currently holding eighth place in the medal table on the strength of two gold medals and 10 medals overall from the ongoing Glasgow edition. A day earlier, on Monday, India's weightlifters had turned in a standout performance on the platform that added to the tally. Tuesday's slate spans track and field, boxing, squash, swimming, weightlifting and wheelchair basketball, with Indian athletes chasing podium finishes across several venues.
Athletics: India's contenders on the track
In the men's 400m round-1, two Indian runners take to the track. Rajesh Ramesh races in heat-3 at 4:46 PM, while Vishal TK lines up in heat-6 at 5:10 PM. The women's high jump final is scheduled for 11:35 PM, with Pooja in contention for a medal. The longest event of the day is the men's 10,000m final, starting at 12:55 AM, where Gulveer Singh carries India's hopes.
Boxing: five quarterfinals on the line
It is an especially packed day for India's boxers, with quarterfinal bouts lined up across five different weight categories. In the women's 54kg category, Preeti steps into the ring at 10:30 PM, while Priya fights her women's 60kg bout at 11:00 PM. Parveen takes the mat in the women's 65kg category at 11:30 PM. On the men's side, Jadumani Singh Mandengbam fights his 55kg quarterfinal at 12:15 AM, and Kapil Pokhriya contests the 90kg quarterfinal at 1:30 AM.
Squash and swimming keep India in the mix
In squash, the men's doubles pair of Naveen Singh and Dinesh Kumar take the court for their sectional play match at 10:20 PM, while Nayanmoni Saikia plays her women's singles sectional match at 1:10 AM. In the pool, heats of the men's 50m butterfly begin at 3:26 PM with Sajan Prakash in the field, and he moves into the semifinal at 12:50 AM if he qualifies. Srihari Nataraj swims the men's 100m backstroke heats at 4:41 PM and advances to the semifinal at 1:33 AM if he qualifies. In para-swimming, the men's 50m freestyle S13 heat features V.V.B.K. Budigna and Imam Ali at 4:57 PM, with the final of the same event, contested by Ravi Veera Venkata Bhavani Karthik Budigna and Imam Ali, at 11:37 PM.
Weightlifting finals and a wheelchair basketball play-in
In weightlifting, the women's 63kg final at 6:30 PM has Nirupama Devi Serem in medal contention, while the women's 69kg final at 11:00 PM features Harjinder Kaur. Separately, in 3x3 wheelchair basketball, the women's play-in match at 11:30 PM will see the team of Meenakshi, Reena, Lakshmi and Ritu in action, with the fixture depending on the outcome of the July 27 match.
