Olympic-bound Vikas and Manish, both bronze-winners from the world championships and the Commonwealth Games, joined Mohammed Hussamuddin (57kg) in the last-four stage.
Sharath was playing his first international tournament after a year's break due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The former world junior boxing champion said her father's words provoked her to pursue a career in boxing.
Indian mixed doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa also progressed to the quarterfinals, continuing their recent good run in international badminton.
Srikanth, a former world no 1, will face either sixth-seeded Thai Kantaphon Wangcharoen or Netherland's Mark Caljouw in the last-eight stage.
As many as 54 coaches from all over India are taking part in this 10-day programme at the Manav Rachna Educational Institutions in Faridabad.
Pollard's rampage came against Akila Dananjaya in the first T20I between West Indies and Sri Lanka, who had taken a hat-trick in only his previous over.
Olympic-bound Rani defeated Italian Assunta Canfora to join the seasoned M C Mary Kom (51kg), Simranjit Kaur (60kg) and debutant Jasmine (57kg) in the last-four stage.
Sindhu beat Yigit Neslihan of Turkey 21-16 21-19 in her first round match that lasted 42 minutes.
The 37-year-old, who had not competed since her Tokyo qualification last year in Jordan, defeated Italian Giordana Sorrentino.
World No.13 Srikanth, an Olympic hopeful, will be up against either France's Thomas Rouxel or Canada's Xiaodong Sheng in the next round.
The 37-year-old 2012 Olympic bronze-medallist was named for the position after voting by the AIBA's board of directors.
The Indian squad left this morning for Rome, where the competition will begin on Thursday with Greco Roman wrestlers taking the mat first.
Satwik and Ashwini notched up an upset 18-21 10-21 win over the world no 8 pair of Hafiz Faizal and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja.
The final quarter saw some nail-biting moments, with both the teams upping the ante but neither allowed a goal with the match ending in a 1-1 deadlock.
Manika Batra too inched closer to qualifying on Tuesday. She and Sreeja are now just a win away from making their way into the main draw.
Mary faces Italian Giordana Sorrentino in her opening bout on Wednesday while Panghal will be up against local favourite Gabriel Escobar in his quarterfinal clash.
Indian men's singles players, too, have tasted success in this tournament with Sameer Verma, HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth emerging victorious in 2018, 2016 and 2015 respectively
Bajrang, who had qualified for the Olympics after earning a quota at the 2019 World Championships, recently returned from USA after attending a one-month training camp.
While javelin star Neeraj Chopra is the brightest prospect for India's first medal in the track and field events, sprinter Hima Das's dash into the Olympics requires a reality check.
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