In the FITA round qualifier at Shanghai's Yuan Shen Stadium, Talukdar did badly in the 50m event finishing 42nd (321/360) while getting the fourth slot (315) in the 90m, eighth (333) in the 70m and sixth (355) in the 30m events.
Banerjee excelled in the 70m occupying fifth position (335) and seventh in the 50m event (334). He, however, did not measure up in the 90m - where he was placed 38th (296) - and 40th in 30m (348).
Champia, the lone male from India to qualify for the Beijing Olympics, has been slipping in each meet. At Antalya he was 19th overall and at Shanghai he went down further in ranking to 24th.
He was 36th in 90m (297), 10th in 70m (333), 49th in 50m (319) and eighth in 30m (355). Had form played true, India would have stayed at second spot in the team standing.
The third place finish in the team event meant the Indian team would be drawn at the bottom half of the draw thus avoiding meeting top seed and favourite Korea before the final.