Paris 2024: Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra To Lead India In Olympic Team Debut
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Veteran Sharath Kamal and world no. 24 Manika Batra will lead the Indian men's and women's squads respectively at the Paris Games, where the country will make its Olympic debut in team events.
Veteran Sharath Kamal and world no. 24 Manika Batra will lead the Indian men's and women's squads respectively at the Paris Games, where the country will make its Olympic debut in team events. The senior selection committee of the Table Tennis Federation of India 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. Sharath, Harmeet Desai, and Manav Thakkar will form the three-member men's team, while Manika, Sreeja Akula and Archana Kamath will be squad members in the women's category.
The “Alternate Player” in each section would be G. Sathiyan and Ayhika Mukherjee.
In the men's singles, Sharath and Harmeet will compete and it will be Manika and Sreeja in the women's event.
The decision was taken based on the latest world rankings.
