Indian wrestling team for CWG games announced

New Delhi: The Indian wrestling team for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games was announced here on Monday.

World championship medallist Ramesh Kumar (74kg category) has been left out of the Commonwealth Games squad.

Narsingh Yadav (74), who won the Commonwealth Championship in December and Asian Championship in May, has not found a place in the Senior World Wrestling Championship squad that was also announced Monday.

Ramesh Kumar won a bronze in the world championship last year, though his performance this year has not been good.

The Wrestling Federation of India announced the teams for the Commonwealth Games and the Senior World Wrestling Championship in Moscow, Russia, after conducting selection trials.

The wrestling competitions of the Commonwealth Games will be held Oct 5-10 while the 2010 Senior World Wrestling Championship will be held Oct 6-12 in Moscow.

Team for Commonwealth Games:

Free Style: Anil Kumar (55kg), Yogeshwar Dutt (60), Sushil Kumar (66), Sumit (74), Anuj Kumar (84), Mausam Khatri (96), Rajiv Tomar (120).

Greco Roman Style: Rajender Kumar (55kg), Ravinder Singh (60), Sunil Kumar (66), Sanjay Kumar (74), Manoj Kumar (84), Anil Kumar (96), Dharmender Dalal (120)

Female wrestling team: Nirmala Devi (48 Kg), Babita Kumari (51), Geeta (55), Alka Tomar (59), Suman Kundu (63), Anita (67), Gursharanpreet Kaur (72)

Team for Senior World Wrestling Championship:

Free Style: Vinod Kumar (55kg), Yogeshwar Dutt (60), Sushil Kumar (66), Narsingh Yadav (74), Mausam Khatri (96), Joginder (120)

Greco Roman: Rajender Kumar (55 kg), Ravinder Singh (60), Sunil Kumar (66), Rajbir Chhikara (74), Dharmender Dalal (120).

Female wrestling team: Nehra Rathi (48 kg), Sakshi Malik (51), Alka Tomar (59), Navjot Kaur (63).