India @ WSC

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.

Top 5 Individual Performances @ WSC

Indian	Rank	Year
Prasanna Seshadri	7th	2015
Rohan Rao	8th	2012
Prasanna Seshadri	12th	2019
Rohan Rao	12th	2011
Gaurav Korde	13th	2009

Top 5 Team Performances @ WSC

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

Summary of India A team performances over the years

Year	Venue	Participants	Rank	Team Rank
2022	Krakow Poland	Prasanna Seshadri	16	7
		Kishore Kumar Sridharan	21
		Nityant Agarwal	23, Best Newcomer, Best U-18
		Pranav Kamesh Sivakumar	26
2019	Kirchheim Germany	Prasanna Seshadri	12	5
		Rohan Rao	23
		Kishore Kumar Sridharan	31
		Rishi Puri	60
2018	Prague Czech Republic	Prasanna Seshadri	15	5
		Rohan Rao	17
		Kishore Kumar Sridharan	23
		Pranav Kamesh Sivakumar	43
2017	Bangalore India	Rishi Puri	34	14
		Kishore Kumar Sridharan	35
		Pranav Kamesh Sivakumar	44
		Jaipal Reddu Mogiligundla	62
2016	Senec Slovakia	Rohan Rao	18	6
		Prasanna Seshadri	21
		Rakesh Rai	32
		Kishore Kumar Sridharan	38
2015	Sofia Bulgaria	Prasanna Seshadri	7	9
		Rohan Rao	14
		Rishi Puri	38
		Kishore Kumar Sridharan	47

Summary of India A team performances over the years

Year	Venue	Participants	Rank	Team Rank
2014	London UK	Rohan Rao	14	6
		Prasanna Seshadri	21
		Rishi Puri	36
		Sumit Bothra	55
2013	Beijing China	Prasanna Seshadri	15	8
		Rohan Rao	16
		Rishi Puri	28
		Jaipal Reddy	58
2012	Kraljevica Croatia	Rohan Rao	8	7
		Gaurav Korde	32
		Rakesh Rai	37
		Sumit Bothra	51
2011	Eger Hungary	Rohan Rao	12	8
		Sumit Bothra	44
		Tejal Phatak	54
		Prasanna Seshadri	71
2010	Philadelphia USA	Rohan Rao	15	12
		Gaurav Korde	20
		Ritesh Gupta	42
2009	Zilina Slovakia	Gaurav Korde	13	16
		Ritesh Gupta	21
		Rohan Rao	25
2008	Goa India	Sumit Bothra	13	7
		Ritesh Gupta	25
		Himani Shah	40
2007	Prague Czech Republic	Sumit Bothra	30	13
		Amit Sowani	50
		Ritesh Gupta	54
		Rajesh Kumar	85
		Himani Shah	87
		Rishi Puri	92
2006	Lucca Italy	Sudhir Shankar Raman	46
		Amit Agarwal	59
		Rajiv Kumar Aggarwal	81