Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games 2026: India's full 126-member athlete squad for Glasgow
Neeraj Chopra, Mirabai Chanu headline India's 126-athlete squad for Glasgow.
Neeraj Chopra finished fourth witha best effort of 85.69m in Doha on Friday. (Photo credit: Wanda Diamond League)
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on Friday approved a 126-member Indian athlete contingent for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, scheduled to be held from July 23 to August 2. The overall Indian delegation comprises 191 members, including 126 athletes (78 men and 48 women), 51 team officials and 14 contingent staff.
Athletics will have the largest representation with 32 athletes, followed by boxing and judo with 14 each, while weightlifting will send a 12-member squad. India will also compete in track cycling, artistic gymnastics, lawn bowls, swimming and five para sport disciplines.
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra headlines the athletics team, while Tokyo Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu, former world champion Lovlina Borgohain, swimmer Srihari Nataraj and Paralympian Suyash Narayan Jadhav are among the prominent names in the contingent.
India's Commonwealth Games 2026 Squad:
Athletics (32): Gurindervir Singh, Sreeshankar, Praveen Chithravel, Neeraj Chopra, Samardeep Singh Gill, Aadarsh Ram Jothi Shankar, Animesh Kujur, Kuldeep Kumar, Sarvesh Anil Kushare, Dev Kumar Meena, Yashas Palaksha, Rajesh Ramesh, Lokesh Sathyanathan, Tejaswin Shankar, Tejas Ashok Shirse, Gulveer Singh, Yash Vir Singh, Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan, Vishal Thennarasu Kayalvizhi, Selva Prabhu Thirumaran, Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Rohit Yadav, Manpreet Kaur, Priyanka, Ravina, Rashdeep Kaur, Seema, Ansa Babu, Parul Chaudhary, Neeru Pathak, Nidhi Rani, Pooja.
Boxing (14): Jaismine, Preeti, Priya, Sakshi, Lovlina Borgohain, Arundhati Choudhary, Parveen, Ankush, Narender, Sachin, Sumit, Jadumani Singh Mandengbam, Kapil Pokhariya, Aditya Pratap Yadav.
Track Cycling (6): David Beckham Elkatohchoongo, Jemsh Singh Keithellakram, Dinesh Kumar, Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam, Rojit Singh Yanglem, Sekhon Harshveer Singh.
Artistic Gymnastics (8): Nishka Agarwal, Pranati Nayak, Eshitaa Sunil Rewale, Protistha Samanta, Tapan Mohanty, Das Tapeswaranath, Kaitheri Puthalath Swathish, Satyajit Mondal.
Judo (14): Shraddha Kadubal Chopade, Asmita Dey, Tulika Maan, Yamini Mourya, Ishroop Narang, Unnati Sharma, Inunganbi Takhellambam, Avtar Singh, Yash Ghangas, Arun Kumar, Karanjit Singh Maan, Rohit Basir Majgul, Harsh Singh, Harsh Tokas.
Lawn Bowls (6): Pinki, Nayanmoni Saikia, Rupa Rani Tirkey, Dinesh Kumar, Navneet Singh, Putul Sonowal.
Swimming (5): Sajan Prakash, Srihari Nataraj, Aryan Nehra, Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda, Dhakshian Shashikumar.
Weightlifting (12): Mirabai Chanu Saikhom, Sanjana, Seram Nirupama Devi, Harjinder Kaur, Martina Devi Maibam, Bindyarani Devi Sorokhaibam, Gyaneshwari Yadav, Lovepreet Singh, Valluri Ajaya Babu, Rishikanta Singh Chanambam, Raja Muthupandi, Dilbag Singh.
Para Athletics (11): Sharmila, Shilpa Kanchugarakoppalu Shyla, Devender Kumar, Rakeshbhai Bhatt, Dilip Mahadu Gavit, Shubham Juyal, Mohammed Basil Morssinganakath, Soman Rana, Ramesh Shanmugam, Sagar Thayat, Shreyansh Trivedi.
Wheelchair Basketball (3x3) (4): Gupta Reena Rameshchandra, Irengbam Ritu Chanu, Jadhav Minakshi Harichandra, Rayannavar Laxmi Rayappa.
Para Powerlifting (7): Jaspreet Kaur, Suman Devi, Kasthuri Rajamani, Ashok, Parmjeet Kumar, Sudhir, Jhandu Kumar.
Para Swimming (6): Ravi Veera Venkata Budigina, Ali Imam, Suyash Narayan Jadhav, Chaitanya Vishwas Kulkarni, Tejas Nandakumar, Swatik Patil.
Para Track Cycling (1): Lisha Das.