Birmingham: The Commonwealth Games -2022 was officially declared open at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on Thursday after a grand opening ceremony.

Olympic medalist PV Sindhu and the Men’s hockey team captain Manpreet Singh lead the Indian contingent. Neeraj Chopra was the designated flag bearer for India in the opening ceremony, but he suffered an injury during the World Athletics Championships. He had to pull out of CWG 2022 due to the injury.

Here come our champions!

Har haath mein Tiranga 🇮🇳
Har dil mein Tiranga 🇮🇳

Indian contingent walks out with confidence at #Birmingham2022 #Birmingham #CWG2022 #CommonwealthGames2022 #IndianContingent 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/8vLkzBm84w

— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) July 29, 2022

Earlier, drummer-percussionist Abraham Paddy Tetteh started things off at the Alexander Stadium, and then, Indian classical vocalist and composer Ranjana Ghatak took the lead, the section intended to showcase the diversity of the city. The Games set to be the biggest and most expensive sporting event in the UK since the 2012 London Olympics.

The opening ceremony is being attended by Prince Charles as its Chief Guest. The Queen’s Baton reached the Games village in Birmingham on Wednesday, July 27^th. The entire opening ceremony, which is expected to last about two and half hours, has been created by British screenwriter Steven Knight, who had produced the famous crime drama ‘Peaky Blinders’. Talking about the CWG, athletes from over 72 nations and territories have entered the multi-discipline event.