The men in blue have had a positive start to their campaign, winning all of their matches without dropping a single game.
The Indian men’s table tennis team will take on Bangladesh in the quarter-final of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The men in blue have had a positive start to their campaign, winning all of their matches without dropping a single game. India beat Northern Ireland in their third qualifying round 3-0 to make it through to the last eight. Sharath Kamal paired up with Harmeet Desai beat the team of James Skelton and James Cathcart 3-1. Sanil Shetty recorded a flawless victory in his singles tie as he beat Paul McCreery 3-0. The final match of the tie was between Harmeet Desai and Owen Cathcart and while the match was a nervy affair, the Indian paddler came out of it as the winner by a score of 3-2.
Sharath Kamal, Gnanasekaran Sathiyan, Harmeet Desai, Sanil Shetty, Manush Shah (Reserve)
The Indian Men’s Table Tennis team will take on Bangladesh on Sunday, July 31, in the quarter-final round of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The match is scheduled to start from 4:30 pm IST.
The Commonwealth Games return to England as Birmingham plays host to the event after London in 1934 and Manchester in 2002. This edition is expected have 72 nations and around 6,600 athletes from all around the world. India will be sending a 322-member squad for Commonwealth Games. Table Tennis has been part of the Commonwealth Games as an optional sport since 2002 and the Indian team is fielding a strong team for the event.
This includes the Men’s and Women’s table tennis teams, where Manika Batra created history in 2018 winning Gold in Australia. She became the the first Indian woman table tennis player to win an individual gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. In the men’s category, Sharath Kamal won the bronze medal. The Indian table tennis contingent finished the edition with a total of eight medals.
Country | Channel/Streaming service |
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Australia | Seven Network |
Brunei | RTB |
Canada | CBC |
India | DD Sports, Sony Pictures Sports Network, SonyLIV |
Malaysia | Astro, RTM |
New Zealand | Sky NZ |
Singapore | Mediacorp |
United Kingdom | BBC |
Wales | S4C |
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