Table tennis players Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra will lead India’s 10-member contingent at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China, later this year.
While the 19th edition of the Asian Games will run from September 23 to October 8, table tennis events will be held from September 25 to October 2.
Indian table tennis players created history at the last edition by winning their first medals at the Asian Games. Sharath Kamal led the Indian men’s team to a bronze medal. He also teamed up with Manika Batra to win a bronze in mixed doubles.
However, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran will team up with Manika Batra in mixed doubles this year. Sharath Kamal will play singles and will pair with Sathiyan Gnanasekaran in men’s doubles.
The men’s team at the last edition comprised Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Anthony Amalraj, Harmeet Desai and Manav Thakkar. Manush Shah replaces Anthony Amalraj for this edition while the rest of the team remains the same.
Manika Batra, who became first the Indian table tennis player to win an Asian Cup medal last year in Bangkok, will lead the women’s squad comprising national champion Sreeja Akula, Olympian Sutirtha Mukherjee, Ayhika Mukherjee, and promising youngster Diya Chitale.
Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee will play in women’s doubles while Diya Chitale and Sreeja Akula will be the second Indian women’s pair.
Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran will compete in men’s singles while Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula will feature in women’s singles. Only two players per country are allowed to compete in singles at the Asian Games table tennis competition.
The same 10-member squad will represent India at the Asian Table Tennis Championships in the Republic of Korea from September 3 to 10.
Asian Games 2023 table tennis: Indian team
- Men’s singles: Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
- Women singles: Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula
- Men’s doubles: Sharath Kamal/Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Manav Thakkar/Manush Shah
- Women’s doubles: Sutirtha Mukherjee/Ayhika Mukherjee and Sreeja Akula/Diya Chitale.
- Mixed doubles: Manika Batra/Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Sreeja Akula/Harmeet Desai
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