Indian squash team for Asian Games announced

The Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI) has provisionally selected the Indian men’s and women’s teams for the Asian Games to beryllium held successful Aichi-Nagoya, Japan aft the four-day enactment trials that concluded astatine the ISTA present connected Monday.

There volition beryllium a grooming campy for the players from August 1 to 8 astatine ISTA wherever SRFI is exploring the anticipation of roping successful 3 overseas players, ranked wrong the top-35 successful the world, for sparring with the Indians.

SRFI is besides scouting for a overseas manager to assistance caput manager Harinderpal Singh Sandhu during the camp. Harinderpal and the overseas manager volition question with the squad to Japan.

Abhay Singh and Veer Chotrani volition vie successful men’s singles astatine the Games portion Anahat Singh and Tanvi Khanna volition diagnostic successful singles successful the women’s category.

Mixed doubles volition person 2 pairs -- Velavan Senthilkumar and Joshna Chinappa and Shameena Riaz and Suraj Chand.

On Monday, Shameena besides qualified arsenic the 4th subordinate of the women’s squad aft Akansha Salunkhe retired midway starring 9-8 successful the archetypal crippled owed to a genu wounded successful the play-off astatine the trials.

The team: Men: Abhay Singh, Veer Chotrani, Velavan Senthilkumar, Suraj Chand.

Women: Anahat Singh, Tanvi Khanna, Joshna Chinappa, Shameena Riaz.