Kamal, Manika to lead Table tennis teams in Olympics debut

New Delhi:  Ace women’s table tennis star Manika Batra and Commonwealth Games medallist Sharath Kamal will spearhead the team events of Indian women and men’s challenges, respectively, at the Paris Olympics in what will be the first-ever participation of our squads at the Games.

“The senior selection committee of the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI), which met here on Thursday, picked a six-member squad (three in each section) as per the Olympics norms, besides naming the individuals who would compete in the singles events,” the TTFI said in a statement.

Achanta Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai, and Manav Thakkar will form the three-member men’s team, while Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula and Archana Kamath will be squad members in the women’s category.