Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker and world champion Samrat Rana will spearhead India’s challenge at the Asian Shooting Championship 2026, which will run at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi from February 4 to 13.
A total of 311 shooters from 20 countries will compete in the Indian capital, with the hosts fielding the largest contingent of 118 athletes across senior and junior categories.
Live streaming of the Asian Shooting Championship 2026 will be available in India. Organised by the Asian Shooting Confederation, the New Delhi meet will feature competitions in rifle and pistol events.
India’s senior shooting squad features more than 50 athletes across 15 medal events, including five defending champions from 2025.
Last year’s winners include Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu (25m centre fire pistol), Gurpreet Singh (25m standard pistol), Elavenil Valarivan (10m air rifle), Sift Kaur Samra (50m rifle 3 positions) and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (50m rifle 3 positions).
India’s men’s 10m air pistol line-up features world champion Samrat Rana and world No. 2 Varun Tomar.
India are also among the frontrunners in women’s pistol, spearheaded by Paris 2024 medallist Manu Bhaker, who will compete in both the 10m air pistol and 25m pistol events.
Joining her is world No. 2 Suruchi Singh, who was a three-time ISSF World Cup winner in 2025 and the World Cup Final champion.
Bhaker won three bronze medals at last year’s edition, including an individual bronze in women’s 10m air pistol.
Ashi Chouksey (world No. 14) and Olympian Anjum Moudgil, a former world silver medallist, headline India’s hopes in women’s 50m rifle 3 positions.
Olympic finalist Arjun Babuta and 2022 world champion Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil are in India’s 10m air rifle squad. World No. 4 Anish Bhanwala leads India’s team in the men’s 25m rapid fire event.
Indian shooting squad: Men: 10m air rifle: Arjun Babuta, Kiran Ankush Jadhav, Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil, Vishal Singh.
50m rifle 3 positions: Niraj Kumar, Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Nikhil Tanwar, Niraj Kumar, Akhil Sheoran
50m rifle prone: Sidharth Gaur, Babu Singh Panwar, Samarvir Singh, Sartaj Singh Tiwana, Shashank Tripathi
10m air pistol: Aakash Bhardwaj, Sharvan Kumar, Samrat Rana, Subhash Sihag, Varun Tomar
25m rapid fire pistol: Anish Bhanwala, Neeraj Kumar, Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu, Bhavesh Shekhawat, Adarsh Singh
25m standard pistol: Amanpreet Singh, Harsh Gupta, Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu, Gurpreet Singh
25m centre fire pistol: Amanpreet Singh, Ankur Goel, Gurpreet Singh, Harpreet Singh, Prabhjot Singh
50m pistol: Saurabh Chaudhary, Kamaljeet, Vikram Jagannath Shinde, Amanpreet Singh, Ravinder Singh
Women: 10m air rifle: Shreya Agrawal, Arya Borse, Sonam Uttam Maskar, Meghana Sajjanar, Elavenil Valarivan
50m rifle 3 positions: Ashi Chouksey, Aakriti Dahiya, Anjum Moudgil, Ayushi Podder
50m rifle prone: Manini Kaushik, Priya Brijpal Singh, Sift Kaur Samra, Tejaswini Sawant
10m air pistol: Manu Bhaker, Sainyam, Esha Singh, Suruchi Inder Singh, Sakshi Anil Suryavanshi
25m pistol: Manu Bhaker, Abhidnya Ashok Patil, Rhythm Sangwan, Tejaswani
Mixed team: 10m air rifle: Arjun Babuta, Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil, Meghana Sajjanar, Elavenil Valarivan
10m air pistol: Manu Bhaker, Sharvan Kumar, Samrat Rana, Suruchi Inder Singh
