Indian shooting squad for Asian C’ships and ISSF World Cup announced | Sport-others News

Former men’s air rifle world champion Rudrankksh Patil and Olympian Saurabh Chaudhary returned to the team as NRAI announced the 35-member squad for the 16th Asian Championship in Shymkent, Kazakhstan on Monday. The tournament is scheduled from 16th August to 30th August.Apart from the squad for Asian Championships, the squad for the ISSF World Cup (Rifle/Pol) in Ningbo, China was also announced which is scheduled from 7th September to 15th September.
Double Olympic medall Manu Bhaker made it to the Asian c’ships squad in both 10m air pol and 25m air pol while she missed out on the World Cup squad.
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The likes of Esha Singh (25m pol), Mehuli Ghosh (air rifle) and Kiran Ankush Jadhav (air rifle) are in both the senior squads.
Olympic bronze-medal Swapnil Kusale and former Asian Games champion and Olympian Rahi Sarnobat, have made it to the Ningbo-bound squad.
The squad for junior Asian Championships along with junior world cup was also announced with Raiza Dhillon being the only difference. She makes the Delhi World Cup junior women’s skeet team in place of Mansi Raghuvanshi, who is in the junior ASC team as Raiza will compete in the seniors competition.
Indian Squad for Asian Shooting Championship, Kazakhstan
Individual EventsAir Rifle – Men: Rudrankksh B. Patil, Arjun Babuta, Kiran Ankush JadhavAir Rifle – Women: Mehuli Ghosh, Elavenil Valarivan, Ananya Naidu50m Rifle 3 Positions – Men: Chain Singh, Akhil Sheoran, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar50m Rifle 3 Positions – Women: Sift Kaur Samra, Ashi Chouksey, Anjum MoudgilAir Pol – Men: Saurabh Chaudhary, Aditya Malra, Anmol JainAir Pol – Women: Suruchi, Palak, Manu Bhaker25m Rapid Fire Pol – Men: Anish, Neeraj Kumar, Adarsh Singh25m Sports Pol – Women: Manu Bhaker, Simranpreet Kaur Brar, Esha SinghTrap – Men: Lakshay, Kynan Darius Chenai, Bhowneesh MendirattaTrap – Women: Neeru, Aashima Ahlawat, Preeti RajakSkeet – Men: Abhay Singh Sekhon, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Anantjeet Singh NarukaSkeet – Women: Ganemat Sekhon, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari ChauhanMixed Team Events Air Rifle Mixed Team: Rudrankksh B. Patil & Mehuli Ghosh, Arjun Babuta & Elavenil ValarivanAir Pol Mixed Team: Saurabh Chaudhary & Suruchi, Aditya Malra & PalakTrap Mixed Team: Lakshay & Neeru, Kynan Darius Chenai & Aashima AhlawatSkeet Mixed Team: Abhay Singh Sekhon & Ganemat Sekhon, Bhavtegh Singh Gill & Raiza Dhillon
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Indian Squad for ISSF World Cup, Ningbo, China Individual Events
Air Rifle – Men: Umamahesh Maddenini, Divyansh Singh Panwar, Niraj KumarAir Rifle – Women: Ramita, Meghana M. Sajjanar, Kashika Pradhan50m Rifle 3 Positions – Men: Swapnil Suresh Kusale, Babu Singh Panwar, Kiran Ankush Jadhav50m Rifle 3 Positions – Women: Mehuli Ghosh, Surabhi Bharadwaj Rapole, Manini KaushikAir Pol – Men: Amit Sharma, Nishant Rawat, Samrat RanaAir Pol – Women: Surbhi Rao, Rhythm Sangwan, Esha Singh25m Rapid Fire Pol – Men: Bhavesh Shekhawat, Pradeep Singh Shekhawat, Mandeep Singh25m Sports Pol – Women: Rahi Sarnobat, Abhidnya Ashok Patil, Divya T.SMixed Team Events Air Rifle Mixed Team: Umamahesh Maddenini & Ramita, Divyansh Singh Panwar & Meghana M. Sajjanar Air Pol Mixed Team: Amit Sharma & Surbhi Rao, Nishant Rawat & Rhythm Sangwan