Guwahati, April 9 -- Suruchi Phogat, the 18-year-old pistol shooter who has dominated the domestic circuit this season by sweeping all three individual titles senior, junior, and youth at the National Championships and clinching gold at the National Games, has now emerged as the new star of Indian shooting by making her mark on the international stage.

On Tuesday, she claimed her maiden ISSF World Cup gold in Buenos Aires with a stellar performance in the women's 10m air pistol event.

The comparisons with Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker were inevitable. Much like Manu's breakthrough at the 2017 National Championships in Kerala, Suruchi's rise has been meteoric. Interestingly, both shooters trained at the same academy in Jhajjar, Haryana u...