This leaves track and field, boxing and weightlifting to shoulder much of the responsibility.
The Indian athletics team fielded the maximum allowed number of 32 people, the largest team in any event, competing in 22 medal events.
Leading the team is two-time Olympic medalist Neeraj Chopra, who came into the competition not an obvious favorite.
Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Tharanga topped the men’s javelin event when he won the Rome Diamond League last month with a throw of 92.62m. Pakistani Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem is also on the list, but Chopra remains one of the main medal contenders.
India will also be competing for medals from high jumper Sarvesh Kushare, long jumper Murali Sreeshankar, triple jumper Praveen Chithravel and the men’s and women’s 4x400m relay teams.
The athletics team won eight medals in Birmingham, although that may have been difficult to match against tougher competition.
Weightlifting, another regular medal-winning sport in India, will once again center on Olympic silver medalist Mirabai Chanu.
The 31-year-old is targeting a third consecutive Commonwealth Games gold and remains one of India’s favorites to win a medal.
India’s weightlifting squad has been reduced to 11 members after several national campers tested positive for drugs, limiting the country’s chances of medals in one of the most successful Commonwealth sports.
