Queensland: The Commonwealth Games 2018 commenced today, with the opening ceremony taking place at the Carrara Stadium in Gold Coast today evening. A strong Indian contingent is in the Australian city and will be aiming to better the country’s previous showings at the Games. At the previous edition of Commonwealth Games in Glasgow the Indian medal tally stood at 64 – 15 gold, 30 silver and 19 bronze.
Shuttler PV Sindhu was the flag-bearer for India, she led the Indian contingent during the parade at Commonwealth Games 2018 opening ceremony. India has a 215-plus contingent. They won 64 medals in Glasgow and would hope to better that tally in this edition.
