Joydeep Karmakar to be part of Indian shooting team for Asiad

Olympian Joydeep Karmakar has been selected in the 43-member Indian shooting team for the 17th Asian games to be held at Incheon, South Korea from September 19.

"Out of the 43 shooters, 26 are men and 17 are women," said V K Dhall, president of West Bengal Rifle Association, who has been nominated as the team manager.

Olympic medallists Abhinav Bindra, Gagan Narang and Vijay Kumar would be in the team, Dhall said.