The world boxing champion and the table tennis veteran, Nikhat Zareen and Sharath Kamal have been fittingly named as India’s flag bearers by the Indian Olympic Association for the Closing Ceremony in Birmingham. The closing ceremony will take place today, on August 8 after all the matches will finish.

Sharath has won Gold in the finals of table tennis singles against England’s Liam Pitchford. He has had a stellar campaign in Birmingham and today he won his seventh commonwealth games gold. The 40-year-old has been rightly appointed as the main flag bearer of India.

For the unversed, Sharath Kamal is a veteran table tennis player and has 13 Commonwealth games medals to his name. He played an influential role in India’s team event and inspired the team to the Gold. This time Sharath partnered with the young Sreeja Akula to increase India’s medal tally in Birmingham CWG 2022.

Meanwhile, after winning gold at the world boxing championships in May, Nikhat Zareen went on to show why she holds the title of the world boxing champion. Throughout her CWG 2022 campaign she kept the winning streak alive and also clinched a gold in the women’s 48 kg category of boxing on Sunday by beating Northern Ireland’s Carly McNaul. Being a topnotch athlete, Zareen deserves to be bestowed with the responsibility of being the flagbearer for the Birmingham CWG 2022 closing ceremony.

The Flagbearers for the inaugural ceremony were two-time Olympic and one CWG gold medalist PV Sindhu and Indian men’s hockey team skipper Manpreet Singh. Earlier Tokyo Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra was all set to the Indian flagbearer at the opening ceremony but due to his groin injury he was ruled out of the tournament.

India’s run at this edition of CWG has come to an end. And by making a mark on the global map, India is seated at the fourth position out of 72 on the Birmingham CWG 2022 medal tally. India has won 22 golds and 61 medals in total, while Australia leads the table with 177 medals and 67 golds.

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