Dehradun, June 5: Aiming to pick the Indian squad for the Asian Games, the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) will conduct selection trials 4 for Group ‘A’ shooters in rifle and pistol events from Jun 6-10 at the Trishul Shooting Range at Maharana Pratap Sports College here. The squad for the ISSF World Cup in Hangzhou, China, scheduled for next month and the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, scheduled for September, will be decided after the trials conclude, in line with NRAI’s selection policy.
All the country’s top shooters will be in action at Dehradun.
With the total number of participants capped at 30 across all three disciplines (Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun) for the Asian Games, multiple shooters must excel in multiple events to make the squad, giving these selection trials greater importance.
The first event scheduled in the competition is the Stage 1 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men. The finals for that event and the finals for both 10m Rifle men and women will be conducted on June 7.
Teenager Suraj Sharma, who recently made his senior World Cup debut in Munich, currently tops the ranking in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event followed by Anish Bhanwala and Vijayveer Sidhu in second and third place, respectively. (PTI)
