The focus is firmly trained on teen sensation Manu Bhaker as the fancied Indian shooting team eyes a head start at the 21st Commonwealth Games and continuation of its recent dominance of the discipline in the quadrennial extravaganza.
The 16-year-old Manu will be lining up alongside the experienced Heena Sidhu in the women's 10m air pistol event at the Belmont Shooting Range.
Also in action on the first day of shooting competition will be the impressive Ravi Kumar and Deepak Kumar in men's 10m air rifle.
Saniya Sheikh and Maheshwari Chauhan will represent India, a powerhouse in these Games, in the women's skeet, finals of which will also be held on Sunday followed by the qualifications.
Smit Singh and Sheeraj Sheikh will also compete in men's skeet qualification day 1.
With shooters like Chain Singh, Jitu Rai, Omprakash Mitharwal, Anjum Moudgil, Tejaswini Sawant, Heena and Shreyasi Singh competing in more than one event, the selectors were able to constructively utilise the quota of 15 men and 12 women to make a strong squad.
A total of nine men's and eight women's events will be held in rifle, pistol and shotgun categories.
Having already stamped their class on the big stage, the youngest shooters in the national team will again jostle for space with the big players, vying for top honours.
The abundance of talent is complemented by a confident approach which the likes of Manu, Mehuli Ghosh, Anish Bhanwala and Anjum Moudgil are expected to display.
The likes of Rai, Narang and Chandela along with other experienced shooters like Heena, Tejaswini Sawant, Sanjeev Rajput and double trap World Cup gold medallist Ankur Mittal can be a handful for the other competing nations, including the shooters from hosts Australia and England.