Indian teams for Commonwealth shooting

The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has announced the Indian teams for

the Commonwealth shooting championship to be held at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, from February 17 to 28.

Though it will be a dress rehearsal for the

Commonwealth Games to be staged in October, the shooting event may not reflect the true strength of India, as some of the leading shooters like, shotgun marksmen Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Ronjan Sodhi, Mansher Singh, Anwer Sultan, Zorawar Singh, rifle shooters Suma Shirur, Avneet Kaur, pistol shooters Harveen Srao and Heena Sidhu, do not figure in the team.

The release from NRAI also confirmed the participation, of a 17-member team from England, in the championship that will feature rifle, pistol and shotgun events for men and women.

The teams: Men: Rifle: Sanjeev Rajput, Gagan Narang, Imran Hasan Khan, Joydeep Karmakar, Sushil Ghaley and P. T. Raghunath.

Pistol: Viraj Singh, Bapu Vanzare, Amanpreet Singh, Vijay Kumar, Pemba Tamang, Gurpreet Singh, Mahender Singh, Samaresh Jung, Zakir Khan and Omkar Singh.

Women: Rifle: Tejaswini Sawant, Lajja Gauswami, Meena Kumar, Birmati, Priya Aggarwal, Neha Sapte and Ayonika Paul.

Pistol: Anisa Sayeed, Annuraj Singh, Rahi Sarnobat, Shweta Chaudhary and Pushpanjali Rana.

Shotgun: Men: Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Birnedeep Sodhi, Anirudh Singh, Vikram Bhatnagar, Mohammed Asab, Ajay Mittal, Mairaj Ahmed Khan, Arozepal Singh and P. P. Singh.

Women: Shagun Chowdhary, Seema Tomar, Shreyasi Singh, Arti Singh and Rashmee Rathore.