"The Sports Ministry, through the Ministry of External Affairs, got in touch with the British High Commission to seek the UK Visa for Bajrang, which has now been obtained," a SAI media release said.
It was decided earlier by Hockey India that a second-string team would be sent for Commonwealth Games since the gap between Asian Games, the qualifying event for Paris Olympics 2024 and CWG was short
Some of them are already on a record-breaking spree but those who are struggling will strive to rediscover form as the National Inter-State Senior Championships are set to kick off, here on Friday.
Swastika Ghosh on Thursday became the third table tennis player to approach the Delhi High Court over exclusion from India's Commonwealth Games squad. Her father and coach Sandeep Ghosh told PTI that they have a filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court and the matter will be heard on Friday. "She is number four as per the selection criteria and should be in the team," said the father. Diya Chitale and Manush Shah had also sought the HC's intervention in the matter. Chitale has now been included in the squad at the expense of Archana Kamath but the selectors did not include Manush, who too is in the top-four as per the criteria, in the men's team when the Committee of Administrators running the TTFI announced the final squad on Tuesday. Manush's case will also be heard on Friday. Swastika, 19, was named as a standby with the revised squad comprising Manika Batra, Chitale, Reeth Rishya and Sreeja Akula. The men's squad includes veteran Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan, Harmeet Desai,
Six-time world champion MC Mary Kom has decided against participating in the trials for the upcoming IBA Elite Women's World Boxing Championships and the 2022 Asian Games
While the CWG is set to be held in Birmingham in July-August, the Asian Games is scheduled in Hagzhou, China in September.
A similar order was issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) early this month