India, July 30 -- India's Olympic superstar Neeraj Chopra returns to the Commonwealth Games later today after missing the previous edition in Birmingham due to injury. And guess what? A line-up of very high-profile contenders awaits him.

The 2021 gold and 2024 silver winner at the Olympics is once again up against Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan, who threw his javelin like a man possessed two years ago in Paris to win gold against all odds. In 2022, when Chopra didn't participate in Birmingham, it was Nadeem who claimed the gold medal there. There is another name from the subcontinent that has become big in a short time. It's Sri Lanka's Rumesh Pathirage. This year, he has won Diamond League events in Doha and Rome.

There is also the veteran ...