ISSF World Cup: Manu Bhaker, Saurabh Chaudhary return to action for season opener – Preview

A strong 43-member Indian shooting contingent led by two-time Olympic medalist Manu Bhaker is geared up to kickstart the season’s first tournament - ISSF World Cup 2025- scheduled to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina starting April 1-11.

As many as 410 shooters from 45 countries will be competing in rifle, pistol and shotgun disciplines. The second edition of the 2025 ISSF World Cup will be held in Lima, Peru from April 13 to 22.

India is fielding its largest contingent followed by China (39 athletes), Argentina and Kazakhstan with 29 athletes each.

Manu will be competing in three events including the women's 10m air pistol and 25m pistol, as well as the mixed team event.

Manu’s partner Sarabjot Singh, who won bronze in the mixed team 10m air pistol event, and Paris Olympic bronze medalist Swapnil Kusale will not feature in the squad.

Anish Bhanwala, Vijayveer Sidhu, Esha Singh, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Sift Kaur Samra, Arjun Babuta, Prithviraj Tondaiman, Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Raiza Dhillon are the other Paris 2024 Olympians who will be in action in Buenos Aires.

Saurabh Chaudhary, the 2020 Tokyo Olympian, is also set to return to India colours in this competition. He had shot a national record score to mark his return to the Indian team earlier this year. 

Indian shooting squad

Men

10m Air rifle: Rudrankksh Patil, Arjun Babuta, Hriday Hazarika, Divyansh Singh Panwar, Kiran Ankush Jadhav, Aakash Bhardwaj

50m rifle 3-position: Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Chain Singh, Niraj Kumar

10m Air pistol: Saurabh Chaudhary, Ravinder Singh, Varun Tomar, Amit Sharma

25m rapid fire pistol: Anish Bhanwala, Vijayveer Sidhu, Gurpreet Singh

Trap: Lakshay Sheoran, Prithviraj Tondaiman, Zoravar Singh Sandhu

Skeet: Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Gurjoat Khangura

Women

10m Air rifle: Arya Borse, Narmada Nithin, Sonam Maskar, Elavenil Valarivan

50m rifle 3-position: Ashi Chouksey, Shriyanka Sadangi, Sift Kaur Samra, Nischal, Manini Kaushik

10m Air pistol: Suruchi Phogat, Manu Bhaker, Sainyam, Surbhi Rao

25m sports pistol: Manu Bhaker, Simranpreet Kaur Brar, Esha Singh

Trap: Neeru, Pragati Dubey, Bhavya Tripathi

Skeet: Raiza Dhillon, Ganemat Sekhon, Darshna Rathore

Schedule

April 3

Skeet Women 50 Targets at 5:00 PM IST

10m Air Pistol Men - 5:45 PM IST

Skeet Men 50 Targets - 6:00 PM IST

Final 10m Air Pistol Men - 8:00 PM IST

April 4

Skeet Women 50 Targets - 5:00 PM

25m Pistol Women Precision Stage - 5:30 PM

50m Rifle 3 Positions Men - 5:45 PM

Skeet Men 50 Targets - 6:10 PM

Final 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men - 8:15 PM

50m Rifle 3 Positions Women - 10:15 PM

April 5

Final 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women - 1:15 AM

25m Pistol Women Rapid Fire Stage - 5:30 PM

Skeet Women 25 Targets - 5:30 PM

Skeet Men 25 Targets - 5:30 PM

Final 25m Pistol Women - 5:45 PM

Final Skeet Women - 8:15 PM

April 6

Final Skeet Men - 1:15 AM

10m Air Rifle Men Relay 1 - 5:45 PM

10m Air Rifle Men Relay 2 - 7:45 PM

Final 10m Air Rifle Men - 10:00 PM

April 7

Trap Women 50 Targets - 5:30 PM

25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men Stage 1 - 5:45 PM

10m Air Rifle Women Relay 1 - 6:00 PM

Trap Men 50 Targets - 6:00 PM

10m Air Rifle Women Relay 2 - 7:45 PM

Final 10m Air Rifle Women - 10:00 PM

April 8

Trap Women 50 Targets - 5:00 PM

10m Air Pistol Women - 5:45 PM

Trap Men 50 Targets - 6:00 PM

25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men Stage 2 - 6:45 PM

Final 10m Air Pistol Women - 8:00 PM

Final 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men - 10:30 PM

April 9

Trap Women 25 Targets - 5:00 PM

Trap Men 25 Targets - 5:00 PM

10m Air Rifle Mixed Team - 5:45 PM

Final 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team BMM / GMM - 7:15 PM

Final Trap Women - 11:00 PM

April 10

Final Trap Men - 12:30 AM

Trap Mixed Team 75 Targets - 5:45 PM

10m Air Pistol Mixed Team - 5:45 PM

Final 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team BMM / GMM - 7:15 PM

Final Trap Mixed Team BMM / GMM - 11:00 PM

Live streaming

You can watch all the Live action on ISSF YouTube channel.