Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra will lead India in the Asian Games, table tennis teams announced

Sharat Kamal And Manika Batra He will lead the 10-member Indian table tennis team at the Hangzhou Asian Games in September-October, where he will aim to match the historic performance of the previous series. Five years ago, at the last Asian Games in Jakarta, India’s 60-year wait for a medal in a table tennis event was over. The team exceeded expectations by winning bronze in men’s and mixed doubles.

The 10-member team was announced

The Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) senior selection committee announced a 10-member squad of five male and five female players for the upcoming 26th Asian Championships in PyeongChang, Korea and 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. The Asian Championships will be played in Korea from the 3rd to the 10th. September and the Asian Games from 24 to 2 October

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Sharat may be the last Asian

This is likely to be Sharath’s last Asia, he will lead a team that includes G Sathiyan, Harmeet Desai, Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah. Manika will take charge of the young women’s team which includes Sreeja Akula, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Ayhika Mukherjee and Diya Chitale. As the Asian Games allows only two singles per gender, the selectors have chosen Sharath, Sathiyan in the men’s singles and Manika and Sreeja in the women’s singles, taking into account the players’ reputation, experience and world ranking points.

Players can play in any competition

However, there is no such restriction in the Asian Championships and all male and female players can play singles. In Hangzhou, Sharath will play only men’s doubles and Manika will play mixed doubles, where both will be paired with Sathiyan. “Sharat and Manika have decided to opt out of other doubles events to make it easier for the selectors to select a team as they do not want to replace well-performing pairs,” TTFI said in a statement. Sharath and Manika teamed up five years ago in Indonesia and won a memorable bronze medal.

the team is like this

Men’s category: Achinta Sharat Kamal, G Sathiyan, Harmeet Desai, Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah.

book: AFR Snehit, Sanil Shetty.

Women’s category: Manika Batra, Shreeja Akula, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Ayhika Mukherjee and Diya Chitale.

book: Archana Kamat, Rith Rishya.

Men’s Doubles: Achanta Sharat Kamal and G Sathiyan, Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah.

Women’s Doubles: Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayahika Mukherjee, Sreeja Akula and Diya Chitale.

Mixed Doubles: Manika Batra and G Sathiyan, Sreeja Akula and Harmeet Desai.