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India’s contingent for Asian Games 2018: Complete list of athletes

Rishabh Gupta
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TheSportsRush brings to you a comprehensive list of athletes who make the India’s contingent for Asian Games 2018.

The Indian contingent for the Asian Games, after much controversy in the selection process, finally stands at 572 athletes strong. These athletes will be accompanied by 232 coaches, and support staff. The contingent includes 312 men and 260 women athletes. The strength of total contingent from India is 802.

The Asian Games 2018 will begin from August 18 at Jakarta and Palembang in Indonesia.

Here is the full list of the contingent:

Aquatics – Diving

Men: K Ramanand Sharma and Siddarth Pardeshi

Aquatics – Swimming 

Men: Sajan Prakash, Aaron Agnel D’Souza, Virdhawal Khade, Sandeep Sejwal, Advait Page, Anshul Kothari, Arvind Mani, Neel Roy, Srihari Nataraj, Saurabh Sangvekar, Avinash Mani

Archery

Men – Recurve: Atanu Das, Jagdish Chaudhary, Sukhchain Singh, Vishwas Sharma

Women – Recurve: Promila Daimary, Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat, Laxmirani Majhi

Men – Compound: Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan, Sangamprit Bisla, Aman Saini

Women – Compound: Trisha Deb, Jyoti Surekha Vennam, Madhumita Kumari, Muskan Kirar

Atheltics

Men:

Track Events: Lotus Mondal, Mohammad Anas, Rajiv Arokia, Jinson Johnson, Manjit Singh, G Lakshmanan, Shankarlal Swami, Dharun Ayyasamy, Santosh Kumar, Jeevan KS, Jithu Baby, Kunhu Mohammad

Field Events: Shivpal Singh, Neeraj Chopra, Chethan Balusubramanya, Sreeshankar, Arpinder Singh, Rakesh Babu AV, Tejinder Toor, Naveen Chikara

Road Events: Manish Singh Rawat, Irfan Kolothum Thodi, Sandeep Kumar

Women:

Track Events: Dutee Chand, Hima Das, Nirmala Sheoran, Tintu Luka, PU Chitra, Monika Chaudhary, Sanjivani Jadhav, L Surya, Sudha Singh, Chinta Yadav, Jauna Murmu, Anu Raghvan, M R Poovamma, Saritaben Gaekwad, Jisna Mathew, Sonia Baishya, Vijayakumari, Vismaya

Field Events: Sarita R Singh, Sandeep Kumari, Seema Punia, Annu Rani, Nayana James, Neena Varakil

Road Events: B Soumya, Khushbir Kaur

Badminton

Men’s Singles: Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy

Men’s Doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Manu Attri, Sumeeth Reddy

Women’s Singles: PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal

Women’s Doubles: Ashwini Ponnappa, N Sikki Reddy; Rutaparna Panda, Arathi Sara Sunil

Mixed Doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Sumeeth Reddy, Pranav Jerry Chopra, N Sikki Reddy, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Ashwini Ponnappa

Basketball

Indian team for women’s 5X5 tournament: Nisha Sharma, Pushpa Senthil Kumar, Prasannan Geetha Anjana, Hemmige Mahesha Bhandavya, Palanilkumakalayil Skaria Jeena, Rajapriyadharshini Rajaganapathi, Raspreet Sidhu, Shireen Limaye, Priyanka Prabhakara, Madhu Kumari, Sangeeta Kaur, Stephy Nixon

Boxing

Men: Amit Panghal, Gaurav Solanki, Mohammad Hussamuddin, Shiva Thapa, Dheeraj Rangi, Manoj Kumar, Vikas Krishan Yadav

Women: Sarjubala Devi, Sonia Lather, Pavitra

Bowling

Men: Dhruv Sarda, Shabbir Dhankot, Akaash Ashok Kumar; Parvez Ahmed Saud, Ramachandraiah Kishan, Shoumick Datta

Bridge

Men: Pranab Bardhan, Sapan Desai, Subhash Gupta, Rajeev Khandelwal, Ajay Khare, Finton Lewis, Debabrata Majumder, Gopinath Manna, Sumit Mukherjee, Shibhnath Dey Sarkar, Bachiraju Satyanarayana, Jaggy Shivdasani, Arun Kumar Sinha, Rajeshwar Tewari, Raju Tolani

Women: Rita Choksi, Feroza Chothia, Hema Deora, Bharati Dey, Marianne Karmarkar, Himani Khandelwal, Kiran Nadar, Aparna Sain, Vasanti Shah

Canoeing

Men: Chingching Singh Arambam, Albert Raj Selvaraj, Naocha Singh Laitonjam, Prohit Baroi, Jamesboy Singh Oinam, Gaurav Tomar, Prakant Sharma, Sunil Singh Salam

Boat race: Bijender Singh, Ravinder, Sivasankar Thayyil Baburaj, Manmohan Dangi, Dilip singh Negi, Abhay Singh, Arun Nandal, Suraj Singh Negi, Ankit Pachori, Satypal Tomar, Kiran Singh Moirangthem, Hariom Kurmi, Sachin Kumar, Parminder Singh, Manjeet Singh, Heisnam Nganba Meitei

Women:

Sprint: Ragina Kiro, Sandhya Kispotta, Soniya Devi Phairembam, Meena Devi Laishram, Inoacha Devi M, Anjali Bashisht, Meera Das

Slalom: Aarti Pandey, Champa Mourya

Boat race: Rajeshwari Kushram, Sanjana Singh, Nazis Mansoori, Dimita Devi Toijam, Manju, Oinam Yaiphabi Devi, Sushila Chanu Shoibam, Aarti Nath, Neetu Varma, Thajamanbi Chanu, Sarju Devi Kojenbam, Yumnam Shamashakhi Devi, Menu, Manisha Rani, Kirti Kewat, Ramkanya Dangi

Cycling

Men: Ranjit Singh, Manjeet Singh, Raju Bati, Manohar Lal, A. Bike Singh, Rajbeer Singh, Esow, Appolonious and Dilawar

Women: Deborah Herold, Aleena Reji, M. Sonali Chanu, T. Manorama Devi, Nayana Rajesh Priyadarshini, E. Chaoba Devi and Megha Gugad

Equestrian

Men: Ashish Malik, Rakesh Kumar, Jitender Singh, Fouaad Mirza, Kaevaan Kevic Setalvad, Chetan Reddy Nukala

Fencing

Women: Thoudam Kabita Devi, Ena Arora, Jas Seerat Singh, Jyotika Dutta

Gymnastics

Men: Rakesh Patra, Yogeshwar Singh, Gaurav Kumar, Ashish Kumar, Siddharth Verma

Women: Dipa Karmakar, Pranati Das, Aruna Reddy, Mandira Chowdhury, Pranati Nayak

Golf

Men: Shitij Naveed Kaul, Harimohan Singh, Rayhan Thomas, Aadil Bedi

Women: Diksha Dagar, Ridhima Dilawari, Sifat Sagoo

Handball

Men: Kamaljeet Singh, Bajrang Thakur, Atul Kumar, Harender Singh, Sachin Kumar Bhardwaj, Karamjeet Singh, Deepak, Davinder Singh, Harjinder Singh, Navdeep, Naveen, Ramesh Chand, Avin Khatkar, Adithya Nagaraj, Rahul Dubey, Greenidge Dcunha

Women: Diksha Kumari, Kajal, Nina Shil, Nidhi Sharma, Deepa, Ritu, Sushma, Indu Gupta, Maninder Kaur, Sanjeeta, Priyanka Thakur, Jyoti Shukla, Banita Sharma, KM Manjula Pathak, Khila Devi, Rimpi

Field Hockey

Men: PR Sreejesh (Captain), Chinglensana Singh Kangujam (Vice-Captain), Krishan B Pathak, Harmanpreet Singh, Varun Kumar, Birendra Lakra, Surender Kumar, Rupinder Pal Singh, Amit Rohidas, Manpreet Singh, Simranjeet Singh, Sardar Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, SV Sunil, Mandeep Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Dilpreet Singh

Women: Rani Rampal (Captain), Savita (Vice-Captain), Rajani Etimarpu, Deep Grace Ekka, Sunita Lakra, Deepika, Gurjit Kaur, Reena Khokhar, Namita Toppo, Lilima Minz, Monika, Udita, Nikki Pradhan, Neha Goyal, Vandana Katariya, Lalremsiami, Navneet Kaur, Navjot Kaur

Judo

Men: Vijay Kumar Yadav, Harshdeep Singh Brar, Avtar Singh

Women: Th. Kalpana Devi, Garima Chaudhary, Rajwinder Kaur

Kabaddi

Men: Ajay Thakur (captain), Pardeep Narwal, Monu Goyat, Rishank Devadiga, Rahul Chaudhari, Rohit Kumar, Girish Ernak, Surender Nada, Deepak Niwas Hooda, Manjeet Chillar, Surjeet Singh Narwal, Rajulal Chaudari, Sandeep Narwal, Mohit Chillar

Women: Sakshi Kumari, Kavita Devi, Priyanka, Manpreet Kaur, Payel Chowdhury, Ritu Negi, Sonali Vishnu Shingate, Sayali Sanjay KeriPale, Randeep Kaur Khehra, Shalini Pathak, Usha Rani Narasimhalah, Madhu. Standby: Priyanka, Shama Parveen

Karate

Men: Jayendran Sharath Kumar, Vishal

Kurash (Martial Art)

Men: Jatin, Jacky Gahlot, Kunal, Manish Tokas, Divesh, Danish Sharma, Parikshit Kumar, Ashwin Pandari Chandran

Women: Pincky Balhara, Malaprabha Yallappa Jadhav, Binisha Nayakattu Biju, Megha Tokas, Jyoti Tokas, Amisha Tokas

Pencak Silat (Martial Art)

Men: Boynao Singh Naorem

Women: Sonia, Simran

Roller-Sports

Men: Amitesh Mishra, Harshveer Singh Sekhon

Women: Aarathy Kasturi Raj, Varsha Puranik

Rowing

Men: Dattu Baban Bhokanal, Sawarn Singh, Om Prakash, Sukhmeet Singh, Monu, Arjun Lal Jat, Malkeet Singh, Gurinder singh, Dushyant, Rohit Kumar, Bhagwan Singh, Jagvir Singh, Tejash Shinde Hanamant, Jegan Sekhar, Bhopal Singh, Manish Yadav, Hardeep Singh, N. Pranay Ganesh, Rahul Giri, Pandu Rang, Lucky, Akshat, M. Lakshman Rohith, Sumith, Sono Laxmi Narayan, Arvind Singh, Manpreet Singh

Women: Navneet Kaur, Yamini Singh, Harpreet Kaur, Annu, Sanjukta Dung Dung, Sayali Shelke, Pooja Sangwan

Sailing

Men: Govind Bairagi, Dayna Edgar Coelho, Varun Ashok Thakkar, Ganpathy Kelapanda

Women: Katya Ida Coelho, Nethra Kumanan, Sweta Shervegar, Harshita Tomar, Varsha Gautham

Sepak Takraw

Men: Niken Singh Khangembam, Sandeep Kumar, Malemnganba Singh Sorokhaibam, Seitaram Singh Thokchom, Henary Singh Wahengbam, Sanjeck Singh Waikhom, Akash Yumnam, Harish Kumar, Lalit Kumar, Ngathem Jotin Singh, Dheeraj, Gurumayum Jiteshor Sharma

Women: Tharangini Annam, Dolly Srivastava, Maipak Devi Ayekpam, Khushbu, Manisha Kumari, Nganthoi Chanu Yanglem, Aruna Devi Mutum, Chaoba Devi Oinam, Linthoingambi Chanu Pangambam, Rashmi, Ronita Devi Elangbam, Jwensinle Kesen

Shooting

Men: Sanjeev Rajput, Akhil Sheoran, Ravi Kumar, Deepak Kumar, Harjinder Singh, Amit Kumar, Abhishek Verma, Saurabh Chaudhary, Shivam Shukla, Anish, Lakshay, Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Sheeraz Sheikh, Angadwir Singh Bajwa, Ankur Mittal, Shradul Vihaan

Women: Anjum Moudgil, Gaayathri N, Apurvi Chandela, Elavenil Valarivan, Manu Bhaker, Heena Sidhu, Rahi Sarnobat, Shreyasi Singh, Seema Tomar, Ganemat Sekhon, Rashmmi Rathore, Shreyasi Singh, Varsha Varman

Squash

Men: Saurav Ghosal, Harinder Pal Sandhu, Ramit Tandon, Mahesh Mangaonkar

Women: Joshna Chinappa, Dipika Pallikal, Sunayna Kuruvilla, Tanvi Khanna

Sports Climbing

Men: Chingkheinganba Maibam, Bharath Stephen Pereira Kamath

Women: Shreya Sanjay Nankar

Soft Tennis

Men: Rohit Dhiman, Jay Meena, Jitender Mehlda, Aniket Chirag Patel, Kamlesh Kumar Shukla

Women: Abhilasha Mehra, Namita Seth, Saayana Sreedetha Prakash, Aadhya Tiwari, Shubh Gulati

Tennis

Men’s Singles: Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Ramkumar Ramanathan

Men’s Doubles: Sumit Nagal, Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna, Divij Sharan

Women’s Singles: Karman Kaur Thandi, Ankita Raina

Women’s Doubles: Pranjala Yadlapalli, Prarthana Thombare, Riya Bhatia, Rutuja Bhosale

Mixed Doubles: Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna, Ankita Raina, Prarthana Thombare

Taekwondo

Men: Navjeet Maan, Akshay Kumar

Women: Kashish Malik, Anamika Walia, Latika Bhandari, Mamta Kumari Shah, Rodali Barua, Shilpa Thapa

Table Tennis

Men: Achanta Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran

Women: Manika Batra, Mouma Das

Mixed Doubles: Achanta Sharath Kamal, Anthony Amalraj, Manika Batra, Madhurika Patkar

Team: Achanta Sharath Kamal, Anthony Amalraj, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Harmeet Desai, Manav Thakkar, Manika Batra, Mouma Das, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Ayhika Mukherjee, Madhurika Patkar

Volleyball

Men: Akhin Gopala Ammal, Ashok Karthik, Deepesh Kumar Sinha, Prabagaran, Amit, Ajithlal Chandran, Rohit Kumar, Gurinder Singh, Jerome Vinith Charles, Vinit Kumar, Ranjit Singh, Ukkrapandian Mohan, Prabakaran Pattani, Pankaj Sharma

Women: Anju Balakrishnan, Soorya, Anusri Ghosh, Aswani Kandoth, Nirmala, Rekha Sreesailam, Anusree Kambrath Poyilil, Sruthi Murali, Minimol Abraham, Anjali Babu, Jini Kovat Shaji, Ruksana Khatun, Priyanka Khedkar, Aswathi Raveendran

Weightlifting

Men: Sathish Kumar Sivalingam, Ajay Singh, Vikas Thakur

Women: Rakhi Halder

Wrestling

Men (Freestyle) – Sandeep Tomar – 57 kg, Bajrang Punia – 65 kg, Sushil Kumar – 74 kg, Pawan Kumar – 86 kg, Mausam Khatri – 97 kg, Sumit Malik – 125 kg

Men (Greco Roman) – Gyanender – 60 kg, Manish – 67 kg, Gurpreet Singh – 77 kg, Harpreet Singh – 87 kg, Hardeep – 97 kg, Naveen – 130 kg

Women (Freestyle) – Vinesh Phogat – 50 kg, Pinki – 53 kg, Pooja Dhanda – 57 kg, Sakshi Malik – 62 kg, Divya Kakran – 68 kg, Kiran – 76 kg

Wushu

Men: Santhosh Kumar, Surya Singh, Narender Grewal, Pardeep Kumar, Mayanglambam Singh, Anjul Namdeo, Mayanglambam Suraj Singh, Chirag Sharma, Sajan Lama, Mayanglambam Meitei

Women: Sanathoi Yumnam, Roshibina Naorem, Sanatombi Leimapokpam

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Rishabh Gupta

Rishabh Gupta

A sports enthusiast. Sports, I believe, is one of the few powers which help us grow, both as an individual and society. With each day, in the rich world of sports, I grow.

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