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Shooters Heena Sidhu and Jitu Rai are among favorites to win gold medal at Commonwealth Games 2018.IANS

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.

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
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