Twenty years after the controversy-ridden Delhi Games, India is set to host the Commonwealth Games again in 2030. They might be the Games that few want, going by the troubled 2022 and 2026 editions and fairly muted response for 2030. But for India, hosting the Commonwealth Games will still be beneficial. On Wednesday, the Commonwealth Sport Executive Board recommended Ahmedabad as a “proposed host” ahead of the Nigerian capital Abuja, the only other city in contention. A formal nod is expected on November 26 during the Commonwealth Sports’ General Assembly.

Purely from a sporting point of view, hosting the CWG can provide a boost to the ecosystem at a time when the performance of Indian athletes across sports is stagnating. Back in 2010, India experienced the “host nation bump” wherein th

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