# India at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

This was the 12th time India participating in the Commonwealth Games. India ranked 7th in the medal tally.

## Medalists
### Gold 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 |

### Silver medalists

| 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 |

### Bronze medalists

| 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 |

## Cricket

India named the below squad for the tournament.

### 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 | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Semifinal | Final / BM | 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 | did not advance | 9 |

### Group stage

Group B :
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
* 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. Rain prevented any further play after 9.4 overs were bowled in the second innings.
* Wilden Cornwall and Ian Tittle (both Ant) made their List A debut.
* Robin Singh (Ind) took his 100th List A wicket.
* 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)
* Canada won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: India 2, Canada 0.
* Canada were eliminated as a result of this match.
* 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.
* Points: Australia 2, India 0.
* Australia qualified for the semi-finals and India were eliminated as a result of this match.