India has sent teams to represent the country at the World Sudoku Championship (WSC) since its inception at Lucca, Italy in 2006.
In WSC 2012, Rohan Rao stood 8th, becoming the first Indian to break into the top-10. In WSC 2015, Prasanna Seshadri improved on the best individual rank by securing 7th place.
In WSC 2018 and WSC 2019, India placed 5th in the Official Team standings.
Rohan Rao has been part of India A ten times, Prasanna Seshadri eight times, Rishi Puri and Kishore Kumar five times each, Sumit Bothra five times, Ritesh Gupta four times and Gaurav Korde and Pranav Kamesh three times each.
In WSC 2022, Nityant Agarwal became the first Indian to win secondary categories. Nityant was both the best Newcomer as well as the best Under-18 solver at the event.
| Indian | Rank | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Prasanna Seshadri | 7th | 2015 |
| Rohan Rao | 8th | 2012 |
| Prasanna Seshadri | 12th | 2019 |
| Rohan Rao | 12th | 2011 |
| Gaurav Korde | 13th | 2009 |
| Team | Rank | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Prasanna Seshadri, Rohan Rao Kishore Kumar Sridharan, Rishi Puri |
5th | 2019 |
| Prasanna Seshadri, Rohan Rao Kishore Kumar Sridharan, Pranav Kamesh Sivakumar |
5th | 2018 |
| Rohan Rao, Prasanna Seshadri Rakesh Rai, Kishore Kumar Sridharan |
6th | 2016 |
| Rohan Rao, Prasanna Seshadri Rishi Puri, Sumit Bothra |
6th | 2014 |
| Prasanna Seshadri, Kishore Kumar Sridharan, Nityant Agarwal, Pranav Kamesh Sivakumar |
7th | 2022 |
| Year | Venue | Participants | Rank | Team Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | KrakowPoland | Prasanna Seshadri | 16 | 7 |
| Kishore Kumar Sridharan | 21 | |||
Nityant Agarwal |
23, Best Newcomer, Best U-18 |
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| Pranav Kamesh Sivakumar | 26 | |||
| 2019 | KirchheimGermany | Prasanna Seshadri | 12 | 5 |
| Rohan Rao | 23 | |||
| Kishore Kumar Sridharan | 31 | |||
| Rishi Puri | 60 | |||
| 2018 | PragueCzech Republic | Prasanna Seshadri | 15 | 5 |
| Rohan Rao | 17 | |||
| Kishore Kumar Sridharan | 23 | |||
| Pranav Kamesh Sivakumar | 43 | |||
| 2017 | BangaloreIndia | Rishi Puri | 34 | 14 |
| Kishore Kumar Sridharan | 35 | |||
| Pranav Kamesh Sivakumar | 44 | |||
| Jaipal Reddu Mogiligundla | 62 | |||
| 2016 | SenecSlovakia | Rohan Rao | 18 | 6 |
| Prasanna Seshadri | 21 | |||
| Rakesh Rai | 32 | |||
| Kishore Kumar Sridharan | 38 | |||
| 2015 | SofiaBulgaria | Prasanna Seshadri | 7 | 9 |
| Rohan Rao | 14 | |||
| Rishi Puri | 38 | |||
| Kishore Kumar Sridharan | 47 |
| Year | Venue | Participants | Rank | Team Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | LondonUK | Rohan Rao | 14 | 6 |
| Prasanna Seshadri | 21 | |||
| Rishi Puri | 36 | |||
| Sumit Bothra | 55 | |||
| 2013 | BeijingChina | Prasanna Seshadri | 15 | 8 |
| Rohan Rao | 16 | |||
| Rishi Puri | 28 | |||
| Jaipal Reddy | 58 | |||
| 2012 | KraljevicaCroatia | Rohan Rao | 8 | 7 |
| Gaurav Korde | 32 | |||
| Rakesh Rai | 37 | |||
| Sumit Bothra | 51 | |||
| 2011 | EgerHungary | Rohan Rao | 12 | 8 |
| Sumit Bothra | 44 | |||
| Tejal Phatak | 54 | |||
| Prasanna Seshadri | 71 | |||
| 2010 | PhiladelphiaUSA | Rohan Rao | 15 | 12 |
| Gaurav Korde | 20 | |||
| Ritesh Gupta | 42 | |||
| 2009 | ZilinaSlovakia | Gaurav Korde | 13 | 16 |
| Ritesh Gupta | 21 | |||
| Rohan Rao | 25 | |||
| 2008 | GoaIndia | Sumit Bothra | 13 | 7 |
| Ritesh Gupta | 25 | |||
| Himani Shah | 40 | |||
| 2007 | PragueCzech Republic | Sumit Bothra | 30 | 13 |
| Amit Sowani | 50 | |||
| Ritesh Gupta | 54 | |||
| Rajesh Kumar | 85 | |||
| Himani Shah | 87 | |||
| Rishi Puri | 92 | |||
| 2006 | LuccaItaly | Sudhir Shankar Raman | 46 | |
| Amit Agarwal | 59 | |||
| Rajiv Kumar Aggarwal | 81 |
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