ISSF World Cup | Heena Sidhu, Manu Bhaker part of Indian contingent

01/16/2019

Heena Sidhu and Manu Bhaker will take up the responsibility for leading the charge of the Indian shooting contingent during the ISSF World Cup to be held in Delhi next month. The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) announced the Indian squad to take part in the first of the four World Cups.

The World Cup to be held in Delhi will be the first tournament from which players will look forward to getting a ticket for the Tokyo Olympics for the two quota places. Heena and Manu will look forward to sealing the places for the quota events from the tournament.

Heena has been selected in the 10m air pistol event in the World Cup as she had decided to get away from the 25m pistol before the 2020 Olympics while Manu will contest in both 10m and 25 m pistol categories in Delhi. Anuradha from the Indian Navy will make her maiden appearance in World Cup in 10m air pistol event.

Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma and Ravinder Singh will have to take up the responsibility in 10m air pistol event. The association will go ahead with Apurvi Chandela and Anjum Moudgil in women’s 10m air rifle event. Elavenil Valarivan is all set to make her World Cup debut in senior shooting as well.

After going through a poor patch since the Rio Olympics, Indian Army shooter Chain Singh is also making a comeback in the upcoming world Cup in Delhi.