Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra to Spearhead India’s Challenges at World TT Championships in Durban

Birmingham Commonwealth Games gold medallist Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra, the top-ranked Indian ladies participant, will spearhead an 11-member Indian squad at the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships in Durban from May 20 to 28.

The crew includes 5 males and 6 ladies.

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The 59th version of the Worlds will likely be confined solely to the crew championships and the primary in Africa since 1939 when Egypt hosted the occasion.

The choice committee of Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) thought of the newest choice coverage, expertise and the utility worth of the people in essential occasions such because the Worlds earlier than recommending the members to symbolize the nation.

The males’s crew will encompass the top-ranked Indian in the world, G. Sathiyan, ranked No. 50, A.Sharath Kamal (No. 55), Manush Shah, Harmeet Desai and Manav Thakkar, whereas Manika Batra (No. 40), Sreeja Akula, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Reeth Rishya, Archana Kamath and Diya Chitale will type the ladies’s squad.

Sathiyan, Sharath, Manush, and Harmeet will compete in the lads’s singles and the doubles. Sathiyan will pair up with Sharath, whereas Manush and Harmeet will type the second pair.

Manika, Sreeja Akula, Sutirtha Mukherjee and Reeth Rishya will compete in the singles. However, Manika will crew up with Archana Kamath, whereas Sreeja will mix with Diya Chitale in the ladies’s doubles.

Sathiyan and Manika will likely be India’s first pair in the blended doubles, and the second will likely be Manav and Archana.

Subhajit Saha and Mamata Prabhu will accompany the groups as women and men coaches, respectively.

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