The Countdown began on Saturday for the 19th Commonwealth Games India is hosting. The 12 day event will open on 3rd of October, 2010 next year at the 75,000 capacity Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in the heart of New Delhi. Over 5,000 athletes from 53 countries will compete in 17 disciplines. The event is the biggest India will host since the Asian Games in 1982. The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee of India is confident that the country's biggest sporting extravaganza will go like clockwork.