24-member Indian squad for Egypt World Cup announced #Indian #squad

New Delhi, Jan 27 : The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) on Thursday announced a 24-member Indian squad to take part in the years first International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol, to be held in Cairo, Egypt, from February 26-Mar 8.

The team will assemble for a camp at New Delhis Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range (DKSSR) on February 9 before departing for the Egyptian capital on February 25.

Due to Covid conditions in India, the National Selection Trials, scheduled in January 2022, were postponed.There was no time left for conducting the trials before the cut-off date for selection of teams for the Cairo World Cup.In the event, the Selection Committee of the NRAI decided to consider the Qualification score along with final ranking points of the 64th National Shooting Championship Competition (NSCC), to arrive at the final ranking for selection of the teams.Six coaches and two physios will also be accompanying the team for the World Cup.The ranking chart considered and the team for participation in the ISSF World Cup, Cairo, Egypt, is enclosed along with this release.The top three shooters in each event with Minimum Travel Scores (MTS) have been selected for individual & team events.

The shooters with 4th rank and with the same average score have also been selected.The Womens 50M Rifle 3 Positions (3PW) is the only event in which India will have two shooters instead of the minimum three allowed, as the third-ranked Shooter (Apurvi Chandela) could not satisfy the MTS requirements.

This will be the same venue where the Shooting World Championships are also slated for later in the year.Team for participation at the ISSF World Cup(Individual events)50M RIFLE 3 POSITIONS MEN1.AISHWARY PRATAP SINGH TOMAR2.AKHIL SHEORAN3.KIRAN ANKUSH JADHAV4.SANJEEV RAJPUT – SAME AVERAGE AS NO.310M AIR RIFLE MEN1.DIVYANSH SINGH PANWAR2.RUDRANKKSH BALASAHEB PATIL3.SRINJOY DATTA25M RAPID FIRE PISTOL MEN1.ANISH2.BHAVESH SHEKHAWAT3.GURPREET SINGH10M AIR PISTOL MEN1.KEDARLING BALAKRISHNA UCHAGANVE2.SAURABH CHAUDHARY3.GAURAV RANA4.PRADHYUMN SINGH – SAME AVERAGE AS NO.350M RIFLE 3 POSITIONS WOMEN1.SIFT KAUR SAMRA2.SHRIYANKA SADANGI10M AIR RIFLE WOMEN1.SHREYA AGRAWAL2.AAYUSHI GUPTA3.RAJSHREE SANCHETI25M SPORTS PISTOL WOMEN1.RHYTHM SANGWAN2.ESHA SINGH3.RAHI SARNOBAT10M AIR PISTOL WOMEN1.ESHA SINGH2.P.SHRI NIVETHA3.RUCHITA VINERKAR(Team events)50M RIFLE 3 POSITIONS MEN TEAM1.AISHWARY PRATAP SINGH TOMAR2.AKHIL SHEORAN3.KIRAN ANKUSH JADHAV10M AIR RIFLE MEN TEAM1.DIVYANSH SINGH PANWAR2.RUDRANKKSH BALASAHEB PATIL3.SRINJOY DATTA25M RAPID FIRE PISTOL MEN TEAM1.ANISH2.BHAVESH SHEKHAWAT3.GURPREET SINGH10M AIR PISTOL MEN TEAM1.KEDARLING BALAKRISHNA UCHAGANVE2.SAURABH CHAUDHARY3.GAURAV RANA10M AIR RIFLE WOMEN TEAM1.SHREYA AGRAWAL2.AAYUSHI GUPTA3.RAJSHREE SANCHETI25M SPORTS PISTOL WOMEN TEAM1.RHYTHM SANGWAN2.ESHA SINGH3.RAHI SARNOBAT10M AIR PISTOL WOMEN TEAM1.ESHA SINGH2.P.SHRI NIVETHA3.RUCHITA VINERKAR(Mixed team events)50M RIFLE 3 POSITIONS MIXED TEAM1.AISHWARY PRATAP SINGH TOMAR2.SIFT KAUR SAMRA1.AKHIL SHEORAN2.SHRIYANKA SADANGI10M AIR RIFLE MIXED TEAM1.DIVYANSH SINGH PANWAR2.SHREYA AGRAWAL1.RUDRANKKSH BALASAHEB PATIL2.AAYUSHI GUPTA25M RAPID FIRE PISTOL MIXED TEAM1.ANISH2.RHYTHM SANGWAN1.BHAVESH SHEKHAWAT2.ESHA SINGH10M AIR PISTOL MIXED TEAM1.KEDARLING BALAKRISHNA UCHAGANVE2.ESHA SINGH1.SAURABH CHAUDHARY2.P.SHRI NIVETHAcs #Indian #squad #Egypt #announced #Delhi # Balakrishna #Balakrishna Rajshree #Rajshree #Krishna #Jan #Krishna #Delhi #New Delhi #Covid.