Asian Games gold medallist shot putter Tejinderpal Singh Toor and two-time Asian 1500m champion P U Chitra will lead a 75-member strong Indian athletics squad in the South Asian Games to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal, from December 1 to 10.
The squad is a mixture of top athletes and some talented youngsters.
Metric miler Ajay Kumar Saroj, javelin thrower Shivpal Singh and Parul Chaudhary, who runs in 5000m and 3000m steeplechase events, are the other Asian Athletics Championships medallists in the squad.
The new faces include the likes of 200m sprinters Nallabothu Shanmugha Srinivas and VA Shashikanth.
The Squad:
Men:
4x100m Relay: Amiya Mallick, Gurindervir Singh, Harjith Singh, Lovepreet Singh and Pranav Shashi
Women: