Asian Games 2023: Which Indians are going to Hangzhou?

Ritabrata Banerjee

Asian Games 2023: Which Indians are going to Hangzhou? image

The Asian Games 2023 will be held between September 23 and October 8, 2023, in Hangzhou, China.

The flagship continental event, which was shifted from 2022 to 2023 to the COVID-19 pandemic, will feature 40 sports this year with the best athletes in Asia competing for glory.

MORE: Latest betting odds and markets

India have seen a rise in their participation over the last decade with the country sending as many as 570 athletes in 36 different sports in 2018.

This year too will see a massive participation from the Indian contingent. So which Indian athletes have been guaranteed a place in the upcoming Asian Games? Let's find out.

Archery

Ace Indian star Deepika Kumari failed to make the club in February 2023 but Atanu Das will compete once again in the Asian Games this time. 

Player Category
Dhiraj Bommadevara Men’s recurve
Atanu Das Men’s recurve
Tarundeep Rai Men’s recurve
Neeraj Chauhan Men’s recurve
Bhajan Kaur Women’s recurve
Aditi Jaiswal Women’s recurve
Ankita Bhakat Women’s recurve
Simranjeet Kaur Women’s recurve
Prathamesh Jawkar Men’s compound
Rajat Chauhan Men’s compound
Ojas Deotale Men’s compound
Rishabh Yadav Men’s compound
Avneet Kaur Women’s compound
Jyothi Surekha Vennam Women’s compound
Aditi Swami Women’s compound
Sakshi Chaudhary Women’s compound

Badminton

The selection for the Badminton squad was based on trials but six ace Indian shuttlers were selected on the basis of their rankings. Those shuttlers are V Sindhu, Treesa Jolly, Gayatri Gopichand, HS Prannoy, Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy.

Player Category
HS Prannoy Men’s singles
Kidambi Srikanth Men’s singles
Lakshya Sen Men’s singles
Mithun Manjunath Men’s singles
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Men’s doubles
Chirag Shetty Men’s doubles
Dhruv Kapila Men’s doubles
MR Arjun Men’s doubles
PV Sindhu Women’s singles
Ashmita Chaliha Women’s singles
Anupama Upadhyaya Women’s singles
Malvika Bansod Women’s singles
Gayatri Gopichand Women’s doubles
Treesa Jolly Women’s doubles
Ashwini Ponnappa Women’s doubles
Tanisha Crasto Women’s/mixed doubles
Rohan Kapoor Mixed doubles
N Sikki Reddy Mixed doubles
Sai Pratheek K Mixed doubles

Boxing

The trials for the men's category are yet to be held.

Player Category
Nikhat Zareen Women’s 51kg
Manisha Moun Women’s 57kg
Jasmine Lamboria Women’s 60kg
Lovlina Borgohain Women’s 69kg
Saweety Boora Women’s 75kg

Bridge

Player Category
Jaggy Shivdasani Open teams
Sandeep Thakral Open teams
Rajeshwar Tiwari Open teams
Sumit Mukherjee Open teams
Raju Tolani Open teams
Ajay Khare Mixed team
Kiran Nadar Mixed team
B Satyanarayana Mixed team
Himani Khandelwal Mixed team
Rajeev Khandelwal Mixed team
Marianne Karmarkar Mixed team
Sandeep Karmarkar Mixed team
Asha Sharma Ladies team
Puja Batra Ladies team
Alka Kshirsagar Ladies team
Bharti Dey Ladies team
Kalpana Gurjar Ladies team
Vidya Patel Ladies team

Equestrian

Player Category
Deepanshu Sheoran Eventing
Raju Singh Bhadoria Eventing
Apoorva Dabade Eventing
Vikas Kumar Eventing
Ashish Limaye Eventing
Hriday Chheda Dressage
Pranay Khare Jumping
Yashaan Khambatta Jumping
Zahaan Setalvad Jumping
Amar Sarin Jumping

Esports

Player Game
Charanjot Singh FIFA Online 4
Karman Singh Tikka FIFA Online 4
Mayank Prajapati Street Fighter V: Champion Edition
Ayan Biswas Street Fighter V: Champion Edition
Akshaj Shenoy League of Legends
Samarth Arvind Trivedi League of Legends
Mihir Ranjan League of Legends
Aditya Selvaraj League of Legends
Aakash Shandilya League of Legends
Sanindhya Malik League of Legends
Darshan DOTA 2
Krish DOTA 2
Abhishek DOTA 2
Ketan DOTA 2
Shubham DOTA 2

Fencing

Player Category
Sunil Kumar Men’s epee and team epee
Shankar Pandey Men’s epee and team epee
Udayvir Singh Men’s team epee
Sherjin R. S. Men’s team epee
Arjun Men’s individual foil and team foil
Dev Men’s individual foil and team foil
Bibish Kathireshan Men’s team foil
Akash Kumar Men’s team foil
Karan Singh Gurjar Men’s sabre and team sabre
Gisho Kumaresan Men’s sabre and team sabre
Vishal Thapar Men’s team sabre
Abhay Shinde Men’s team sabre
Taniksha Khatri Women’s epee and team epee
Ena Arora Women’s epee and team epee
Yashkeerat Kaur Women’s team epee
Jyotika Dutta Women’s team epee
Radhika Awati Women’s foil and team foil
Mariya Akshita Women’s foil and team foil
V. P. Mahalakshmi Women’s team foil
Jenisha N. V. Women’s team foil
Bhavani Devi Women’s sabre and team sabre
Jagmeet Kaur Women’s sabre and team sabre
Rishika Khujuria Women’s team sabre
Joshna Christy Jose Women’s team sabre

Golf

Player Category
Anirban Lahiri Men’s
Shubhankar Sharma Men’s
SSP Chawrasia Men’s
Khalin Joshi Men’s
Aditi Ashok Women’s
Avani Prashanth Women’s
Pranavi Urs Women’s

Hockey

Team Category
Indian Hockey team Men
Indian Hockey team Women

Ju-Jitsu

Player Category
Kamal Singh Men’s 62kg
Tarun Yadav Men’s 62kg
Siddharth Singh Men’s 69kg
Akshat Sahu Men’s 69kg
Anirudh Verma Men’s 77kg
Vinod Rana Men’s 77kg
Amarjeet Singh Men’s 85kg
Uma Maheshwar Reddy Men’s 85kg
Nanvya Pandey Women’s 48kg
Anwesha Deb  Women’s 48kg
Rohini Kalam Women’s 52kg
Anupama Swain Women’s 52kg
Angitha Shyju Women’s 57kg
Nikita Choudhary Women’s 57kg
Kiran Kumari Women’s 63kg
Annu Women’s 63kg

Karate

Player Category
Mesom Singhi Men’s kata
Abab Sangdo Women’s kata
Johny Mangkhiya Women’s kumite

Sailing

Player Category
Katya Ida Coelho Women’s IQFoil
Ishwariya Ganesh Women’s RS:X

Shooting

Player Category
Prithviraj Tondaiman Men’s trap
Kynan Chenai Men’s trap
Zoravar Singh Sandhu Men’s trap
Manisha Keer Women’s trap
Preeti Rajak Women’s trap
Rajeshwari Kumari Women’s trap
Anantjeet Singh Naruka Men’s skeet
Angad Vir Singh Bajwa Men’s skeet and mixed team
Gurjoat Singh Khangura Men’s skeet
Ganemat Sekhon Women’s skeet and mixed team
Parinaaz Dhaliwal Women’s skeet and mixed team
Darsha Rathore Women’s skeet
Anantjeet Singh Naruka Mixed team

Skateboarding

Player Category
Nani Sonam Women's
Urmila Padable Women's
Aadya Aditi Women's
Dhruvi Lakhotia Women's

Softball

Team Player
Indian Softball team Women's

Squash

Player Category
Saurav Ghosal Men's
Abhay Singh Men's
Mahesh Mangaonkar Men's
Harinderpal Singh Sandhu Men's
Joshna Chinappa Women’s
Dipika Pallikal Karthik Women’s
Anahat Singh Women’s
Tanvi Khanna Women’s

Swimming

Player Category
Aryan Nehra Men's 800m and 1500m freestyle

Tennis

Rohan Bopanna 

Sumit Nagal 

Yuki Bhambri 

Saketh Myneni 

Mukund Sasikumar 

Ramkumar Ramanathan 

Rutuja Bhosle

Triathlon

Pragnya Mohan

Ankita Raina - women's

Karman Kaur Thandi - women's

Prarthana Thombare - women's

Vaidehi Chaudhari - women's

Sahaja Yamlapalli - women's

Ritabrata Banerjee

Ritabrata Banerjee  Photo

Ritabrata Banerjee is a content producer for The Sporting News' India edition.