India at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

India at the
1998 Commonwealth Games
India at the; 1998 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	IND
CGA	Indian Olympic Association
Website	olympic.ind.in
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Flag bearers	Opening:; Closing:
Medals; Ranked 8th	Gold 7 Silver 10 Bronze 8 Total 25
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	1934; 1938; 1950; 1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022; 2026; 2030;

This was the 12th time India participating in the Commonwealth Games.^[1] India ranked 7th in the medal tally.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Jaspal Rana	Shooting	Men's 25 m Center-Fire Pistol
Gold	Ashok Pandit Jaspal Rana	Shooting	Men's 25 m Centre-Fire Pistol pairs
Gold	Mansher Singh Manavjit Singh Sandhu	Shooting	Men's Olympic Trap team
Gold	Roopa Unnikrishnan	Shooting	Women's 50 m Rifle Prone
Gold	Dhamraj Wilson	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg-Clean and jerk
Gold	Arumugam.k.pandian	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg-Combined
Gold	Satheesha Rai	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg-Snatch

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver		Badminton	Men's team
Silver	Aparna Popat	Badminton	Women's singles
Silver	Jitender Kumar	Boxing	Middleweight
Silver	Jaspal Rana	Shooting	Men's 25 m Air Pistol
Silver	Jaspal Rana Satendra Kumar	Shooting	Men's Air Pistol pairs
Silver	Dharmaraj Wilson	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg-Combined
Silver	Arumugam.k.pandian	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg-Snatch
Silver	Arumugam K. Pandian	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg-Clean and jerk
Silver	Satheesha Rai	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg-Clean and jerk
Silver	Satheesha Rai	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg-Combined

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Bronze	Pullela Gopichand	Badminton	Men's singles
Bronze		Badminton	Women's team
Bronze	Bhanwar Dhaka	Shooting	Men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol
Bronze	Ganapathy Gnanasekar	Weightlifting	Men's 62 kg-Snatch
Bronze	Murugesan Arun	Weightlifting	Men's 62 kg-Clean and jerk
Bronze	Murugesan Arun	Weightlifting	Men's 62 kg-Combined
Bronze	G. Vadivelu	Weightlifting	Men's 69 kg-Clean and jerk
Bronze	Sandeep Kumar	Weightlifting	Men's 69 kg-Combined

India named the below squad for the tournament.^[3]

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
India men	Men's tournament	Antigua and Barbuda No result	Canada W by 112 runs	Australia L by 146 runs	3	did not advance		9

Group B
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	6	3.299
2	Antigua and Barbuda	3	1	1	1	3	0.079
3	India	3	1	1	1	3	−0.340
4	Canada	3	0	3	0	0	−2.558

9 September 1998
10:00
Scorecard

Antigua and Barbuda 164/9 (41 overs)	v	India 30/2 (9.4 overs)
Ridley Jacobs 43* (70) Anil Kumble 3/28 (8 overs)		Sachin Tendulkar 15 (10) Eldine Baptiste 1/4 (1 over)

No result
Tenaga National Sports Complex, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Javed Akhtar (Pak) and K. T. Francis (SL)

Antigua and Barbuda won the toss and elected to bat.
The match was reduced before play started to 41 overs per side due to overnight rain.^[4] Rain prevented any further play after 9.4 overs were bowled in the second innings.^[5]
Wilden Cornwall and Ian Tittle (Ant) both made their List A debut.^[4]
Robin Singh (Ind) took his 100th List A wicket.^[4]
Points: Antigua and Barbuda 1, India 1.

12 September 1998
10:00
Scorecard

India 157/9 (50 overs)	v	Canada 45 (23.5 overs)
Amay Khurasiya 83 (136) Davis Joseph 2/18 (8 overs)		Joseph Harris 13 (20) Anil Kumble 4/11 (6.5 overs)

India won by 112 runs
Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Ismail Khan (Mas) and Steve Bucknor (Jam)

15 September 1998
10:00
Scorecard

Australia 255/5 (50 overs)	v	India 109 (37.2 overs)
Steve Waugh 100* (102) Debashish Mohanty 3/50 (10 overs)		Ajay Jadeja 27 (40) Brad Young 4/23 (8.2 overs)

Australia won by 146 runs
Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex, Petaling Jaya
Umpires: Javed Akhtar (Pak) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)

India won the toss and elected to field.
Amay Khurasiya was removed in stretcher after he collapsed due to dehydration while fielding. Rohan Gavaskar substituted for him. He couldn't bat during the Indian innings.^[7]
Points: Australia 2, India 0.
Australia qualified for the semi-finals and India were eliminated as a result of this match.

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