Hyderabad: Three-time 'World Cup Final' silver medallist Deepika Kumari on Sunday shook off her erratic form to make it to the Indian squad for the upcoming Archery World Cup and Asian Games.
On the basis of a rigorous two-phase selection trial which concluded at the SAAP Stadium in Gachibowli here, Asian Games silver medalist Tarundeep Rai and Commonwealth Games gold winner Rahul Banerjee also made the Incheon-bound squad.
The former world No.1, Deepika had failed to make the cut to the India team for the World Cup Stage I and III earlier this year that kept the 20-year-old Ranchi girl out of race for a fourth medal on trot.
Having slipped to No.16 in the world rankings, Deepika made amends to make the cut from a total of 32 archers in recurve and compound sections of men and women categories.
The duo of Banerjee and Deepika gave credit to Tata archery coach Dharmendra Tiwari.
"He worked with us for last two weeks and we both are grateful to him. It's really a huge relief," Banerjee told PTI as he's making a comeback since stage one of the World Cup.
The World Cup Stage IV will be held in Wroclaw from August 4-10, while the Asian Games will be held from September 19 to October 4.
Squad:
Recurve Men: Atanu Das, Tarundeep Rai, Jayanta Talukdar and Rahul Banerjee; Women: Deepika Kumari, Laxmirani Majhi, Laishram Bombayla Devi, Vardhineni Pranitha.
Compound Men: Sandeep Kumar, Abhishek Verma, Govindas Singh, Rajat Chauhan; Women: Purvasha Shende, V Jyothi Surekha, P Lily Chanu, Trisha Deb.
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