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Sports News | Anahat Singh to Spearhead India's Challenge at World Junior Squash C''ships
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Cairo, Jul 20 (PTI) Teen squash sensation Anahat Singh will lead a 12-member Indian contingent at the World Junior Squash Championships, starting Monday at the Black Ball Sporting Club here. The championships, running from July 21 to 26, will feature 234 of the world's top under-19 players. Also Read | Most Sixes by India Player in Test Cricket History: From Virender Sehwag to Rishabh Pant, Check Full List. India's squad comprises six men and six women competing in singles. Anahat, seeded second in the women's draw behind Egypt's three-time defending champion Amina Orfi, is carrying rich form into the tournament. The 17-year-old, ranked 54th in the senior world rankings, recently clinched the U19 Asian girls' title and also secured Asian senior doubles gold earlier this year. Also Read | When Will Rohit Sharma Play Next for Indian Cricket Team? Know Date of India ODI Captain’s Next Appearance. Joining her in the women's section is Anika Dubey, a bronze medallist in U17 at the Asian Junior Championships in South Korea last month. In the men's draw, Arihant KS and Yusha Nafees are seeded, while Aryaveer Dewan, the reigning U17 Asian champion, is also part of the squad. Egypt's Mohamad Zakaria, the defending champion, is top seed in the men's category. No Indian has won an individual junior world title so far. Joshna Chinappa came closest as runner-up in 2005. Squash is set to debut at the LA 2028 Olympics, raising the stakes for emerging talents worldwide. Indian squad. Men: Arihant KS, Yusha Nafees, Karan Yadav, Shiven Agarwal, Aryaveer Dewan, Sandhesh P. Women: Anahat Singh, Anika Dubey, Unnati Tripathi, Rudra Singh, Navya Sundararajan, Aradhya Porwal. (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)
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