India men's national squash team

For the women's team, see India women's national squash team.

The India men's national squash team represents India in international squash team competitions, and is governed by Squash Rackets Federation of India.^[1]

India
Coach	Cyrus Poncha
Association	Squash Rackets Federation of India
World Team Championships
First year	1967
Titles	0
Runners-up	0
Best finish	5th (1967, 2024)
Entries	12
Asian Team Championships
First year	1981
Titles	(2022)
Runners-up	(1982, 2012, 2021)
Entries	18

Since 1967, the men's team has participated in three quarter finals of the World Team Championships.^[2][3]

Medal table

Tournament				Total
World Championships	2	0	0	2
World Cup	0	0	1	1
Asian Games	3	2	6	11
Asian Championships	7	5	10	22
South Asian Games	1	5	0	6
Total	13	12	17	42

Note: Includes men's individual, men's + mixed doubles and men's team

Current squad

• Ramit Tandon
• Velavan Senthilkumar
• Abhay Singh
• Veer Chotrani
• Saurav Ghosal
• Suraj Chand

World rankings

Position	Player	World Rank
1	Ramit Tandon	33
2	Abhay Singh	35
3	Velavan Senthilkumar	45
4	Veer Chotrani	55
5	Suraj Chand	172
6	Abhishek Agarwal	203
7	Om Semwal	207
8	Rahul Baitha	250

Highest rankings

Note: Only players in top 100, active in bold

Player	Highest
Saurav Ghosal	10
Ramit Tandon	28
Abhay Singh	35
Velavan Senthilkumar	39
Vikram Malhotra	43
Mahesh Mangaonkar	44
Harinder Pal Sandhu	47
Veer Chotrani	54

Olympic Games

Main article: Squash at the Summer Olympics

Edition	Venue	Player	Result
2028	California

World Championships

Team

Main article: World Squash Team Championships

Edition	Venue	Result	Position	W	L
1967	Melbourne	Group Stage	5th	1	4
1969	Birmingham	Did not participate
1971	Palmerston North	Group Stage	6th	1	5
1973	Johannesburg	Did not participate
1976	Birmingham	Group Stage	7th	3	4
1977	Toronto	Did not participate
1979	Brisbane	Group Stage	7th	4	4
1981	Stockholm	Did not participate
1983	Auckland
1985	Cairo
1987	London
1989	Singapore
1991	Helsinki
1993	Karachi
1995	Cairo	Group Stage	28th	1	5
1997	Petaling Jaya	Did not participate
1999	Cairo
2001	Melbourne
2003	Vienna
2005	Islamabad	Round of 16	11th	2	3
2007	Chennai	Quarter Final	8th	3	4
2009	Odense	Group Stage	18th	3	3
2011	Paderborn	Quarter Final	7th	4	3
2013	Mulhouse	Quarter Final	7th	5	3
2015	Cairo	Cancelled
2017	Marseille	Quarter Final	7th	3	3
2019	Washington	Did not participate
2023	Tauranga
2024	Hong Kong	Quarter Final	5th	4	2

Source

Doubles

Main article: World Squash Doubles Championships

Edition	Venue	Players	Category	Position	Ref
2022	Glasgow	Dipika Pallikal Saurav Ghosal	XD	Champions
2024	Glasgow	Dipika Pallikal Saurav Ghosal	XD	Champions

Source

Individual

Main article: World Squash Championships

Edition	Venue	Player	Result
None

Source

World Cup

Main article: Squash World Cup

Edition	Venue	Team	Position	Ref
1999	Hertogenbosch		Fifth Place
2023	Chennai	Joshna Chinappa Saurav Ghosal Tanvi Khanna Abhay Singh	Third Place

Source

Asian Games

Main article: Squash at the Asian Games

Team

Edition	Venue	Team	Result
2010	Guangzhou	Saurav Ghosal Sandeep Jangra Harinder Pal Sandhu Siddharth Suchde	Third Place
2014	Incheon	Saurav Ghosal Kush Kumar Mahesh Mangaonkar Harinder Pal Sandhu	Champions
2018	Jakarta	Saurav Ghosal Mahesh Mangaonkar Harinder Pal Sandhu Ramit Tandon	Third Place
2022	Hangzhou	Saurav Ghosal Mahesh Mangaonkar Harinder Pal Sandhu Abhay Singh	Champions

Doubles

Edition	Venue	Players	Category	Result
2022	Hangzhou	Dipika Pallikal Harinder Pal Sandhu	XD	Champions
2022	Hangzhou	Anahat Singh Abhay Singh	XD	Third Place

Individual

Edition	Venue	Player	Result
2006	Doha	Saurav Ghosal	Third Place
2010	Guangzhou	Saurav Ghosal	Third Place
2014	Incheon	Saurav Ghosal	Runners Up
2018	Jakarta	Saurav Ghosal	Third Place
2022	Hangzhou	Saurav Ghosal	Runners Up

Source

Asian Championships

Team

Main article: Asian Squash Team Championships

Edition	Venue	Position
1981	Karachi	Runners Up
1984	Amman	Third Place
1986	Kuala Lumpur	Third Place
1988	Kuwait City	Sixth Place
1990	Kolkata	Third Place
1992	Peshawar	Did not participate
1994	Kuala Lumpur	Fourth Place
1996	Amman	Fifth Place
1998	Kuala Lumpur	Fourth Place
2000	Hong Kong	Fourth Place
2002	Kuala Lumpur	Fourth Place
2004	Kuala Lumpur	Third Place
2006	Taiwan	Fourth Place
2008	Kuwait City	Fourth Place
2010	Chennai	Third Place
2012	Kuwait City	Runners Up
2014	Hong Kong	Third Place
2016	Taiwan	Third Place
2018	Cheongju	Did not participate
2021	Kuala Lumpur	Runners Up
2022	Cheongju	Champions
2024	Dalian	Sixth Place

Source

Doubles

Main article: Asian Doubles Squash Championships

Edition	Venue	Players	Category	Position	Ref
2023	Hangzhou	Dipika Pallikal Harinder Pal Sandhu	XD	Champions
2023	Hangzhou	Anahat Singh Abhay Singh	XD	Third Place
2024	Johor	Abhay Singh Velavan Senthilkumar	MD	Champions
2024	Johor	Abhay Singh Joshna Chinappa	XD	Champions
2025	Kuala Lumpur	Abhay Singh Velavan Senthilkumar	MD	Champions
2025	Kuala Lumpur	Anahat Singh Abhay Singh	XD	Champions
2025	Kuala Lumpur	Joshna Chinappa Velavan Senthilkumar	XD	Third Place

Individual

Main article: Asian Individual Squash Championships

Edition	Venue	Player	Position
2017	Chennai	Saurav Ghosal	Runners Up
2019	Kuala Lumpur	Saurav Ghosal	Champion
2023	Hong Kong	Velavan Senthilkumar	Runners Up
2025	Kuala Lumpur	Velavan Senthilkumar	Third Place

Source

South Asian Games

Main article: Squash at the South Asian Games

TBA

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref
2003	ASF Awards	Outstanding Team Men	Won	[4]
2013			Won
2014			Won
2022			Won
2023			Won

See also

• Squash in India
• Squash Rackets Federation of India
• India women's national squash team