new delhi formidable india are likely to have an easy passage to the knockout stage of badminton mixed team event as they have been drawn with minnows pakistan scotland and sri lanka in group a of the commonwealth gamesthe 2018 commonwealth games will be held in gold coast australia from april 4 to 15a total of 16 nations were drawn in four groups where each nation will play the other three countries in each group in the first two days of the competition at the carrara sports and leisure centre which had hosted the sudirman cup last yearbesides india medalcontenders malaysia have been clubbed alongside canada seychelles and ghana in group d while england have been placed with australia south africa and uganda in group c group b consists of singapore mauritius zambia and jamaicathe team event will have mens and womens singles and three doubles mens womens and mixed in each tiethe top two teams will move to the quarterfinals the draw for the knockout stage will be completed immediately after the last match of the group stagethe mixed team event will be held over the first five days starting on april 5 with medals decided on april 9 then six days of singles and doubles action will unfold with medals decided on april 14 and april 15