New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- The Sports Authority of India's decision to prune the Asiad contingent has irked several federations. Many federations are pointing out at the "ambiguity" in selection based on rankings, especially for squads picked on the basis of open trials. Several sports, including tennis, rowing, judo, gymnastics, and weightlifting, have had their squads trimmed. SAI stuck to the ministry's selection criteria of at least top-6 finish at the Asian Championships or previous Asian Games as benchmark for individual athletes. For team sports, the benchmark was set at a top-8. In wushu, for example, a squad of 12 was selected based on trials. SAI objected to five of them, Mercy Ngaimong, and the athletes have been omitted. "It is possible that in open trials, the athlete who wins in a weight class may not match the top-six (criteria)," said a Wushu Association of India official. Even Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu wrote to sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya asking him to consider Ngaimong based on her performance in the trials. Ngaimong, one of the leading wushu player won two gold medals at the the 7th Nordic Open, Stockholm last year and silver in women's Jianshu at Oceania International Championship at Brisbane and at Moscow Wushu Stars. In judo, only three of the 12 names have been approved, leaving out Glasgow Commonwealth Games gold medallist Harsh Singh and bronze medallist Unnati Sharma. "They could have at least considered medal winners from the CWG. We have a scenario where CWG medal winners are not in the team, and those who have not won medal are in the team. Naturally, the CWG medal winners are shattered," said a judo official. In tennis, five players have been excluded, including promising Vaishnavi Adkar and Manas Dhamne. That has led Rohan Bopanna question the selection process....