32-member Indian squad for Asian Junior Individual Squash Championship announced; Jaipur’s Divyanshi Jain, Dhairya Gogia in national team; Surbhi Misra appointed coach

Jaipur: Rajasthan’s Divyanshi Jain and Dhairya Gogia will represent India at the 33rd Asian Junior Squash Championship, scheduled to be held in Panzhihua, China, from May 20 to 24. Jaipur’s former international player Surbhi Misra has been appointed as the coach of the Indian team.

Surbhi Misra informed on Saturday that India’s 32-member contingent will participate in the five-day tournament. The tourney will feature matches in the U-13, U-15, U-17, and U-19 age categories. She said that Divyanshi Jain and Dhairya Gogia were selected in the Indian team based on trials held in Chennai recently. Divyanshi has been seeded second in the tournament.

Surbhi added that at the previous Asian Junior Championship held in Korea, Indian players delivered an impressive performance, winning seven medals in total including two gold and two silver medals. She noted that Aryaveer Diwan, who won the U-17 title last year, will now compete in the U-19 category and has been seeded third.

In the U-13 boys’, Abhyuday Arora and Amarya Bajaj have been seeded 3/4, while Shreshth Iyer has been seeded second in the U-15. In the girls’ categories, Divyanshi Jain is seeded second in U-13, and Shanaya Parasrampuria, Adya Budhia, and Anika Dubey have been seeded 3/4 in their respective age groups.

State sports minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore extends best wishes

Rajasthan sports minister Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore extended his best wishes to Jaipur’s players Divyanshi Jain and Dhairya Gogia for a strong performance in the tournament. On Friday, the minister visited the Squash Academy at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, played with the two players, and boosted their morale. Indian team coach Surbhi Misra was also present on the occasion.

Indian Squash Squad

(Boys) U-13: Abhyuday Arora, Amarya Bajaj, Dhairya Gogia, Aaron Arambhan

U-15: Dhruv Bopana, Shreshth Iyer, Dhruv Johari, Vedant Agrawal

U-17: Lokesh Subramani, Hridhaan Shah, Raghav Vashisth, Shiven Agrawal

U-19: Gurveer Singh, Aryaveer Diwan, Yusha Nafees, Purav Rambhia

(Girls) U-13: Divyanshi Jain, Shanaya Parasrampuria, Riya Dalal, Aaliya Kankaria

U-15: Adya Budhia, Goushika M, Vasundhara Nangre, Diva Parasrampuria

U-17: Sanvi Kalanki, Anika Dubey, Diva Shah, Riyansika Verma

U-19: Unnati Tripathi, Isha Srivastava, Akanksha Gupta, Vyomika Khandelwal

Support Staff: Mekhla Srivastava, Avinash Bhavnani, and Saatvik Joshi.