Commonwealth Games 2022: Indian athletes who made the country proud

Here we take a look at the number of Indian athletes who made the nation proud by winning a medal on the world stage.

Indian weightlifter Sanket Sargar opened the country's medal count at the 2022 Commonwealth Games by claiming a silver in the men's 55 kg category. Credit: PTI Photo

Upping India's medal tally, weightlifter Gururaja Poojary clinched a bronze medal in the men's 61 kg category at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Credit: PTI Photo

Mirabai Chanu aced the 49 kg field as expected to defend her Commonwealth Games title and give India the first gold medal at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Credit: PTI Photo

Bindyarani Devi created a Games record by lifting 116 kg in the clean and jerk after a personal best of 86 kg in the snatch section and secured a silver in the women's 55 kg category, providing the country's fourth weightlifting medal in as many categories at the Commonwealth Games. Credit: Reuters Photo

Young weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga came up with a courageous display to grab the gold in men's 67 kg division at the Commonwealth Games 2022. Credit: PTI Photo

Weightlifter Achinta Sheuli (73 kg) lived up to his top billing as he clinched India's third gold in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Credit: PTI Photo

Indian judoka L Shushila Devi battled injuries to sign off with a silver medal after losing the women's 48kg final against South Africa's Michaela Whitebooi at the Commonwealth Games. Credit: PTI Photo

India won a second medal in judo in the form of a bronze when Varanasi's Vijay Kumar Yadav (men's 60kg) defeated Petros Christodoulides of Cyprus by

Harjinder Kaur claimed the bronze medal in the women's 71kg weightlifting competition after a dramatic climax at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Credit: PTI Photo

The India lawn bowls team bagged a historic gold medal at the Commonwealth Games on August 2, a day after getting the country hooked to the rarely-followed game with their inspiring show. Credit: PTI Photo

Indian heavyweight lifter Vikas Thakur added yet another Commonwealth Games medal to his kitty, winning a silver in the men's 96kg. Credit: Reuters Photo

Men's table tennis team comprising Sharath Kamal Achanta, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Harmeet Desai and Sanil Shetty won gold at CWG 2022. Credit: PTI Photo

Indian mixed team settled for the silver in the mixed team badminton event at the Commonwealth Games. Credit: PTI Photo

Lovepreet Singh won a bronze in men's 109 kg to continue the country's medal rush in weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Credit: AFP Photo

Breaking a long-standing jinx, Saurav Ghosal claimed India's first ever singles medal in squash -- a bronze -- at the Commonwealth Games 2022. Credit: AFP Photo

Indian judoka Tulika Maan settled for a silver medal in the women's 78kg category in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Credit: PTI Photo

Gurdeep Singh rounded off India’s weightlifting campaign with a bronze medal in the +109kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Credit: PTI Photo

A last-min addition to the athletics team, Tejaswin Shankar became the first Indian to win a men's high jump medal in the 2022 Commonwealth Games as he clinched a bronze in the final. Credit: PTI Photo

Murali Sreeshankar clinched a silver in the men's long jump event to give India a second medal in athletics at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Credit: PTI Photo

Para-athlete Sudhir won the gold medal in the men's heavyweight para-powerlifting event at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Credit: AP Photo

Anshu Malik grabbed a silver in her maiden Commonwealth Games. Credit: AFP Photo

Star Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia was a class apart while defending his title as he conceded just two points en route to the gold medal show at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Credit: Reuters Photo

Rio Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi Malik turned back the clock to register a dominant victory to bag gold medal in the women's freestyle 65kg bout, beating Canada's Ana Godinez Gonzalez by fall in the Commonwealth Games. Credit: PTI Photo

Deepak Punia also contributed in swelling India's medal tally by winning the men's free style 86kg gold. Credit: Reuters Photo

Divya Kakran clinched a bronze in 68kg, winning the medal play-off in just 26 seconds against Tonga's Tiger Lily. Credit: Reuters Photo

Wrestler Mohit Grewal won the bronze medal in the men's 125-kg category at Commonwealth Games. Credit: Reuters Photo

Indian athlete Priyanka Goswami clinched a silver medal for the country after finishing at second position in the final of the women's 10,000 m race walk at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. Credit: AFP Photo

Avinash Sable became India's first male athlete to win a long-distance medal at the Commonwealth Games with a silver in 3000m steeplechase at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. Credit: AFP Photo

India won its second medal in the lawn bowls competition as the men's fours team settled for a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Credit: Reuters Photo

Boxer Jaismine Lamboria won bronze in the women's 60 kg category at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Credit: PTI Photo

Wrestler Pooja Gehlot won bronze in the women's 50-kg event at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Credit: PTI Photo

The Olympic silver-medalist Ravi Kumar Dahiya won a gold medal in the 57 Kg weight category in wrestling at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. Credit: DD Sports

Vinesh Phogat won the women's 53kg gold medal at the CWG 2022. Her win was special as she created history by winning her third consecutive gold in wrestling at Commonwealth Games. Credit: Reuters Photo

Wrestler Naveen won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 74kg category wrestling at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Credit: PTI Photo

Making a mark for herself as a talented wrestler, Pooja Sihag caught everyone's attention by winning the bronze at the CWG 2022. Credit: PTI Photo

Mohammad Hussamuddin fetched his second consecutive CWG medal by defeating Tryagain Morning Ndevelo of Namibia in a 4-1 split verdict at the Commonwealth Games in Bigmingham. Credit: PTI Photo

In the last Indian bout in the competition, Deepak Nehra (97kg) outplayed Pakistan's Tayab Raza 10-2 in the bronze play-off as we signed off from the wrestling competition with a high success rate. Credit: PTI Photo

Boxer Rohit Tokas managed a bronze medal in the men's welterweight category after going down to Zambia's Stephen Zimba in the semi-final by a split decision. Credit: PTI Photo

Star Indian para table tennis player Bhavina Patel won a gold medal in the women's singles class 3-5 at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Credit: PTI Photo

Upping India's medal tally, Sonalben Manubhai Patel claimed bronze in women's singles class 3-5 at the Commonwealth Games 2022. Credit: Special Arrangement

The Indian women's hockey team beat defending champions New Zealand 2-1 in the shootout to win the bronze medal and finish its campaign at the Commonwealth Games on a high note. This is the team's first medal at CWG in 16 years. Credit: PTI Photo

Boxer Nitu Ghanghas won gold in the women's minimumweight title at the Commonwealth Games. Credit: Twitter/JM_Scindia

Amit Panghal avenged his 2018 Commonwealth Games final loss against Kiaran MacDonald by clinching the gold. Credit: PTI Photo

Eldhose Paul won a historic triple jump gold in a 1-2 finish for India as the country bagged four medals on a Super Sunday on the concluding day of athletics competitions at the Commonwealth Games. Credit: AFP Photo

Abdulla Aboobacker won silver in the triple jump at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Credit: AP Photo

Veteran race walker Sandeep Kumar added another bronze in men's 10,000m event with a personal best time of 38:49.21. Credit: AP Photo

The experienced Annu Rani also scripted history as she became the first Indian female javelin thrower to win a medal, a bronze, with the best effort of 60m in her fourth attempt. Credit: AP Photo

World champion boxer Nikhat Zareen won the gold medal in the light flyweight event (50kg) at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Credit: PTI Photo

The seasoned table tennis pair of Sharath and G Sathiyan had to settle for silver for the second successive edition after losing 11-8, 8-11, 3-11, 11-7, 4-11 to the English combine. It was a repeat of the 2018 final in Gold Coast and to the disappointment of the Indians, it was the same result. Credit: PTI Photo

Star mixed doubles pair of Saurav Ghosal and Dipika Pallikal won the bronze to secure India's second medal in squash at the Commonwealth Games. Credit: AP Photo

World championship silver medallist Kidambi Srikanth signed off with a bronze at the Commonwealth Games. Credit: AP Photo

The Indian team came to close winning coveted gold on women's cricket's CWG debut but setteled for silver as they fell short by nine runs after being in a dominant position against mighty Australia. Credit: PTI Photo

Indian table tennis legend Achanta Sharath Kamal defied age to team up with young Sreeja Akula to win the mixed doubles gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Credit: PTI Photo

Young women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand signed off with bronze medals in the badminton competition of the Commonwealth Games. Credit: AP Photo

Indian boxer Sagar Ahlawat concluded an impressive Commonwealth Games campaign by clinching the silver medal in the superheavy weight (+92kg) division. Credit: PTI Photo

India's sporting icon PV Sindhu added a Commonwealth Singles gold to her wide array of medals with a convincing straight-game win over Canada's Michelle Li in the final at the Commonwealth Games 2022. Credit: AFP Photo

Young gun Lakshya Sen lived up to expectations by grabbing a gold medal in the men's singles badminton competition at the Commonwealth Games. Credit: Reuters Photo

Table tennis player Sathiyan Gnanasekaran won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Credit: AFP Photo

Veteran Sharath Kamal extended his domination at the Commonwealth Games by winning the gold medal in the men's singles event, thrashing England's Liam Pitchford 4-1 in the final. Credit: AFP Photo

In one of its worst performances in recent times, the Indian men's hockey team suffered an embarrassing 0-7 drubbing at the hands of defending champions Australia to settle for a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games. Credit: AFP Photo