Manika Batra not noted of India squad for Asian TT Championships

Star paddler Manika Batra was on Wednesday not noted of the India squad for the Asian Championships starting September 28 in Doha after she didn’t attend the obligatory nationwide camp in Sonepat.
In the absence of the world quantity 56th participant, 97th-ranked Sutirtha Mukherjee will lead the ladies’s staff. The different members are Ayhika Mukherjee (ranked 131) and Archana Kamath (132).
Veteran Sharath Kamal (ranked 33) will spearhead the boys’s problem within the firm of G Sathiyan (38), Harmeet Desai (72), Manav Thakkar (134) and Sanil Shetty (247).
Powerhouse China is just not participating within the occasion, elevating medal hopes within the males’s staff occasion. Singles and doubles competitions may even be performed.
The Table Tennis Federation of India had made it clear that any participant not attending the camp won’t be thought-about for choice. The staff was picked on Wednesday and was subsequently revealed on TTFI web site.
The federation had made attendance in camps obligatory following the Tokyo Olympics.
Manika had knowledgeable the federation that she wish to proceed coaching together with her private coach in Pune.
The Khel Ratna awardee has additionally made match fixing allegations in opposition to nationwide coach Soumydeep Roy for asking her to throw a match throughout the Olympic qualifiers. TTFI has shaped an inquiry panel to probe the allegations.
Sathiyan, Desai and Sutirtha joined the nationwide camp late as a consequence of completely different causes. Sathiyan was taking part in in Poland, Harmeet was in Germany whereas Sutirtha had fever.
Men’s staff: Manav Thakkar, Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan, Harmeet Desai, Sanil Shetty.Men’s doubles: Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan; Manav Thakkar and Harmeet Desai.Women’s staff: Sutirtha Mukherjee, Sreeja Akula, Ayhika Mukherjee, Archana Kamath.Women’s doubles: Archana Kamath and Sreeja Akula; Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee.Mixed doubles: Manav Thakkar and Archana Kamath; Harmeet Desai and Sreeja Akula