ISSF World Cup 2025: Dismal Show By Indian Shooters On Opening Day

Last Updated:September 09, 2025, 12:48 IST

India have named a 24-member team comprising shooters ranked primarily between four to six in the national rankings for the year's final World Cup stage.

Rhythm Sangwan (in picture) and Nishant Rawat finished 13th. (PTI Photo)

India’s campaign in the ISSF World Cup began on a disappointing note as the 10m air pistol and rifle mixed teams failed to reach the finals in Ningbo, China, on Tuesday.

In the 10m air pistol mixed team event, the two Indian pairs finished 11th and 13th in the qualification round. Meanwhile, in the 10m air rifle mixed team section, India’s combinations secured 14th and 34th positions.

The pair of Surbhi Rao and young Amit Sharma, competing in his third World Cup, finished 11th with a combined qualification round score of 594. Surbhi shot 284 and Sharma scored 290, missing the four-pair final by a significant margin.

China, with a score of 585, topped the qualification and proceeded to win the gold by defeating the Czech Republic 17-5 in the gold-medal match.

The other Indian pair, Olympian Rhythm Sangwan and Nishant Rawat, finished 13th out of 21 teams, aggregating 571. Rhythm shot 299, while 23-year-old Rawat, in his second World Cup, managed 282 after two subpar series of 91 and 92, followed by 99.

In the 10m air rifle event, the pair of Asian Games individual bronze medallist Ramita Jindal and Maddineni Umamahesh aggregated 628.6 to finish 14th. Ramita shot 312.9, while Umamahesh managed 315.7, missing the qualification by more than eight points.

The Chinese pair of Peng Xinlu (318.5) and double Olympic gold medallist Sheng Lihao (318.4) achieved a world record score of 636.9 to top the qualification round.

Another Indian pair, Olympian Divyansh Singh Panwar (309.3) and Meghana Sajjanar (312.8), aggregated 622.1 to finish 34th out of 36 teams.

India has named a 24-member team, primarily consisting of shooters ranked between four to six in the national rankings, for the year’s final World Cup stage.

With PTI Inputs

Feroz Khan

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