Commonwealth Games 2018: Full list of athletes representing India in Gold Coast

India will be looking to better its fifth-place finish from Glasgow edition in 2014 as 227 athletes, across sports disciplines, are set to participate in Gold Coast.

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Indian athletes, 227 of them, across 15 sports disciplines, will be gunning for podium finishes when they begin their Commonwealth Games campaigns from April 7 in Gold Coast, Australia.

The expectations are high on the Indian contingent, given the country's past success at the quadrennial multi-sport spectacle. Notably, the size of the Indian Commonwealth team is 12 more than the one that took part in the 2014 edition in Glasgow.

Athletics and boxing have seen a spike in the number of participants when compared to the 2014 edition. The athletics contingent size has been increased to by five to 37 while an extra quota for a female boxer was made available.

Meanwhile, seven para-athletes will be representing India in three disciplines — Para Powerlifting, Para Table Tennis and Para Swimming.

India will be looking to improve their medal tally in the upcoming edition. The Asian nation finished fifth behind England, Australia, Canada and Scotland with 64 medals, including 16 Golds.

The likes of PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth (badminton), Mary Kom (boxing), Jitu Rai and Mehuli Ghosh (shooting), Neeraj Chopra (athletics) are considered favorites to finish on the top step of the podium in Gold Coast.

The 21st edition of Commonwealth Games will be held in Gold Coast, Australia

Here's the full list of Indian athletes for Commonwealth Games 2018.

Athletics

Women

Soumya Baby	20km race walk
Navjeet Kaur Dhillon	Discus throw
Hima Das	400m, 4x400m relay
Sonia Baishya	4x400m relay
Saritaben Gayakwad	4x400m relay
Purnima Hembram	Heptathlon
Khushbir Kaur	20km race walk
Suriya Loganathan	10,000m, 5,000m
Poovamma Machettira	400m, 4x400m relay
Nayana James	Long Jump
Seema Punia	Discus Throw
Neena Varakil	Long Jump

Men

Rakesh Babu	Triple Jump
Arpinder Singh	Triple Jump
Dharun Ayyasamy	400m Hurdles
Jithu Baby	4x400m relay
Neeraj Chopra	Javelin Throw
Amoj Jacob	4x400m relay
Jeevan Karekoppa Suresh	4x400m relay
Vipin Kasana	Javelin Throw
Irfan Kolothum Thodi	20km Race Walk
Kunhu Muhammed Puthanpurakkal	4x400m relay
Manish Rawat	20km Race Walk
Arokiarajiv	4x400m relay
Jinson Johnson	1500m
Tajinderpal Singh	Shot Put
Tejaswin Shankar	High Jump
Muhammed Anas	400m, 4x400m relay

Boxing

Men	--
Amit	49kg
Gaurav Solanki	52kg
Manish Kaushik	60kg
Manoj Kumar	69kg
Hussam Mohammed	56kg
Satish Kumar	+91kg
Naman Tanwar	91kg
Vikas Krishan	75kg
Women	--
Lovlina Borgohain	69kg
Laishram Devi	60kg
Mary Kom	45-48kg
Pinki Rani	51kg

Badminton

Men	--
Pranaav Chopra	Doubles, Mixed Team Event
HS Prannoy	Singles, Mixed Team Event
Kidambi Srikanth	Singles, Mixed Team Event
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Doubles, Mixed Team Event
Chirag Shetty	Doubles Mixed Team Event
Women	--
Ashwini Ponnappa	Doubles, Mixed Team Event
Saina Nehwal	Singles, Mixed Team Event
PV Sindhu	Singles, Mixed Team Event
Sikki Reddy	Doubles, Mixed Team Event
Ruthvika Shivani	Singles, Mixed Team Event

Basketball

Women

Anmolpreet Kaur	--
Grima Merlin Varghese	--
Shireen Limaye	--
Sruthi Praveen Menon	--
Jeena Palanikumkalayil Skaria	--
Anjana Prasannan Geetha	--
Raspreet Sidhu	--
Barkha Sonkar	--
Bhandavya Hemmige Mahesha	--
Rajapriyadharshini Rajaganapathy	--
Navaneetha Pattemane Uday	--
Madhu Kumari	--

Men

Amritpal Singh	--
Aravind Annadurai	--
Satnam Bhamara	--
Ravi Bhardwaj	--
Ashpreet Bhullar	--
Amjyot Gill	--
Jeevanantham Pandi	--
Akilan Pari	--
Yadwinder Singh	--
Arvind Arumugam	--
Justin Gnanaraj	--
Joginder Singh	--

Cycling - Track

Sanuraj Paul	Keirin Sprint, Team Sprint
Ranjit Singh	1000m Time Trial, Keirin Sprint, Team Sprint
Sahil Kumar	1000m Time Trial, Keirin Sprint, Team Sprint
Manjeet Singh	4000m Individual Pursuit, 40km Points Race
Aleena Reji	4000m Team Pursuit, 500m Time Trial, Keirin Sprint, Team Sprint
Sonali Chanu Mayanglambam	10km Scratch Race, 25km Point Race, 3000m Individual Pursuit, 4000m Team Pursuit
Monorama Devi Tongbram	10km Scratch Race, 25km Point Race, 3000m Individual Pursuit, 4000m Team Pursuit
Amritha Reghunath Geethakumari	10km Scratch Race, 25km Point Race, 3000m Individual Pursuit, 4000m Team Pursuit
Deborah	4000m Team Pursuit, 500m Time Trial, Keirin Sprint, Team Sprint

Hockey

Men

Akashdeep Singh	--
Dilpreet Singh	--
Gurinder Singh	--
Gurjant Singh	--
Harmanpreet Singh	--
Suraj Karkera	--
Chinglensana Kangujam	--
Kothajit Khadangbam	--
Mandeep Singh	--
Manpreet Singh	--
PR Sreejesh	--
Vivek Prasad	--
Amit Rohidas	--
Rupinder Pal Singh	--
Sunil Vitalacharya	--
Sumit	--
Lalit Upadhyay	--
Varun Kumar	--

Women

Deepika	--
Deep Ekka	--
Rajani Etimarpu	--
Neha Goyal	--
Gurjit Karu	--
Vandana Katariya	--
Sunit Lakra	--
Lalremsiami	--
Lilima Minz	--
Monika	--
Navjot Kaur	--
Poonam Rani	--
Navneet Kaur	--
Sushila Pukhrambam	--
Nikki Pradhan	--
Rani	--
Savita	--
Namita Toppo	--

Gymnastics

Women	--
Pranati Das	Artistic
Pranati Nayak	Artistic
Aruna Budda Reddy	Artistic
Meghana Gundlapally	Rhythmic
Men	--
Ashish Kumar	Artistic
Rakesh Kumar Patra	Artisti
Yogeshwar Singh	Artistic

Lawn Bowls

Men	--
Sunil Bahadur	--
Dinesh Kumar	--
Alok Lakra	--
Chandan Singh	--
Krishna Xalxo	--
Women	--
Lovely Choubey	--
Farzana Khan	--
Pinki	--
Nayanmoni Saika	--
Rupa Tirkey	--

Shooting

Men

Chain Singh	50m Rifle 3 Position, 50m Rifle Prone
Kynan Chenai	Trap
Ravi Kumar	10m Air Rifle
Ankur Mittal	Double trap
Jitu Rai	10m Air Pistol, 50m Pistol
Sanjeev Rajput	50m Rifle 3 Position
Sheeraz Sheikh	Skeet
Gagan Narang	50m Rifle 3 Prone
Deepak Kumar	10m Air Rifle
Anish	25m Rapid Fire Pistol
Neeraj Kumar	25m Rapid Fire Pistol
Manavjit Sandhu	Trap
Mohd Ashab	Double Trap
Smit Singh	Skeet
Omprakash Mitharwal	10m Air Pistol, 50m Pistol

Women

Apurvi Chandela	10m Air Rifle
Anjum Moudgil	50m Rifle 3 Positions, 50m Rifle Prone
Tajaswini Sawant	50m Rifle 3 Positions, 50m Rifle Prone
Heena Sidhu	10m Air Pistol, 25m Pistol
Seema Tomar	Trap
Mehuli Ghosh	10m Air Rifle
Annu Singh	25m Pistol
Manu Bhaker	10m Air Pistol
Shreyasi Singh	Trap, Double Trap
Saniya Shaikh	Skeet
Maheshwari Chauhan	Skeet
Varsha Varman	Double Trap

Swimming

Srihari Nataraj	100m backstroke, 200m backstroke, 50m backstroke
Sajan Prakash	100m butterfly, 1500m freestyle, 200m butterfly, 50m butterfly
Virdhawal Vikram	50m butterfly, 50m freestyle

Squash

Women	--
Joshna Chinappa	--
Dipika Pallikal	--
Men	--
Saurav Ghosal	--
Vikram Malhotra	--
Harinder Sandhu	--
Ramit Tandon	--

Table Tennis

Achanta Sharath Kamal	--
Anthony Arputharaj	--
Harmeet Desai	--
Sanil Shetty	--
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	--
Women	--
Manika Batra	--
Mouma Das	--
Sutirtha Mukherjee	--
Madhurika Patkar	--
Pooja Sahasrabudhe	--

Weightlifting

Men	--
Deepak Lather	69kg
Gururaja	56kg
Raja Muthupandi	62kg
Venkat Rahul	85kg
Pardeep Singh	105kg
Gurdeep Singh	+105kg
Sathish Kumar	77kg
Vikas Thakur	94kg
Women	--
Vandna Gupta	63kg
Sanjita Chanu	53kg
Lalchhanhimi	90kg
Purnima Pandey	+90kg
Saraswati Rout	58kg
Mirabai Chanu	48kg
Seema	75kg
Punam Yadav	69kg

Wrestling

Women	--
Babita Kumari	53kg
Kakran Divya	68kg
Kiran	76kg
Sakshi Malik	62kg
Pooja Dhanda	57kg
Vinesh Phogat	50kg
Men	--
Bajrang	65kg
Rahul Balasaheb	57kg
Sushil Kumar	74kg
Mausam Khatri	97kg
Somveer	86kg
Sumit	125kg

Para-Athletes

Para Powerlifting	--
Sakina Khatun	Women's Lightweight
Ashok	Men's Lightweight
Farman Basha	Men's Lightweight
Sachin Chaudhary	Men's Heavyweight
Para Table Tennis	--
Maitreyee Sarkar	TT6 Singles
Vaishnavi Sutar	TT6 Singles
Para Swimming	--
Vaishnavi Jagtap	50m Freestyle S8
Kiran Tak	100m Backstroke S9