PUNE: The Indian shooting contingent is ready for their first international tournament after the disappointing show at the Tokyo Games last year. The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has announced a 24-member squad for the ISSF Cairo World Cup on Thursday, albeit without some big names. The World Cup is scheduled to be held from February 25 in the Egyptian capital.
Manu Bhaker (10m air pistol, 25m pistol), Abhishek Verma (10m air pistol), Apurvi Chandela (10m air rifle), Anjum Moudgil (10m air rifle, 50m rifle 3P), and Elavenil Valarivan are some names missing from the squad. All these shooters had participated in the Tokyo Games but couldn’t keep up with their scores in the Nationals conducted in November-December last year.
