Surender, Seema to lead Indian challenge

India will field competitors in 16 events, including the 4X100m and 4X400m relay races for both men and women.

Other prominent athletes taking part in the series are national record holder in high jump Hari Shankar Roy, shot putter Om Prakash and woman discus thrower Krishna Poonia.

Team: Men: 400M: Bibin Mathew; SK Mortaza. 800M: R Rajeev; Prakash Verma. 3000M/5000M: Ravinder Singh; Aswal Kashinath; Sandeep Kumar; Surender Singh; Elam Singh. 110M hurdles: Krishna Mohan. High jump: Hari Shankar Roy; Jithin Thomas; Benedict Starley. Triple jump: Amarjeet Singh. Javelin: Anil Singh; Kashinath Naik; Rohit Kumar. Shot put: Om Prakash; Satender Singh; Saurabh Singh. 4X100M: Abdul Najeeb; Sameer Mon; Arunjith; Ritesh Anand. 4X400M: Bibin Mathew; SK Mortaza; VB Bineesh; Ajay Kumar; Vinay Chaudhary.

Women: 800M: Sushma Devi. High jump: Sahana Kumari; Sushmita Singha Roy. Triple jump: MA Prajusha; G Gayathri. Discus throw: Seema Antil; Krishna Poonia; Harwant Kaur. 4X100M: Sharda Narayan; HM Jyothi; K Sowjanya; Nidhi Singh; G Gayathri; Sushmita Singha Roy. 4X400M: K Mridula; K Sowjanya; Sini Jose; Priyanka Panwar; Pratibha.