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

Medalists

Gold medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
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

Silver medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
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

Bronze medalists

Medal	Name	Sport		Event	Date
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

Cricket

Main article: Cricket at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

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

Roster

• Ajay Jadeja (c)
• Anil Kumble (vc)
• Nikhil Chopra
• Rohan Gavaskar
• Harbhajan Singh
• Gagan Khoda
• Amay Khurasiya
• VVS Laxman
• Paras Mhambrey
• Debashish Mohanty
• M. S. K. Prasad (wk)
• Rahul Sanghvi
• Robin Singh
• Sachin Tendulkar

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
		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 stage

Group B

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

Source: ESPNcricinfo

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.

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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)

• Canada won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: India 2, Canada 0. ^[6]
• Canada were eliminated as a result of this match.

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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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