Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari to head India's Archery Squad at Asian Games
All eyes would be focused on Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari as they eventually lead the Indian Squad in the Archery arena at the Asian Games. The squad selected for the Asian Games would be the same one to represent India in the fourth round of the World Cup held in Berlin from July 16.
Olympians Mangal Singh Champia and Jayanta Talukdar could not make the cut to the 16-member Archery Squad that India
Olympian Atanu Das aced the two-day selection held in Pune at the Army Sports Institute and will be expected to make a grab for
Though she made it to the Indian Squad, former world no.1, Deepika Kumari came second to Promila Daimary of Assam. Abhishek Verma topped the selections held in SAI Sonipat for compound men’s whereas the compound women's was topped by Trisha Deb of Bengal. With Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari marching with Indian squad in the Asian Games held in Jakarta and Palembang from August 18 to September 2, India would hope for some success in the event at the Games.
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