6 Top Indian Table Tennis Players You Should Follow

Table tennis has grown in popularity in the past few years in India, yet it isn't frequently mentioned when discussing sporting progress. Table tennis is a popular indoor sport in India, according to the Table Tennis Federation of India, and has gained popularity in states such as West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Gujarat. There have been several world-class table tennis players from India. Some of India's best table tennis players include Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra, Soumyajit Ghosh, Paulomi Ghatak, and Mouma Das.

Today we will discuss such top 6 Indian table tennis players who are taking Table Tennis forward in India and making India proud on an international level.

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1. Indian Table Tennis Player Sharath Kamal:
 

Sharath Kamal is a table tennis professional from India. Achanta Sharath Kamal was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on July 12, 1982. Sharath Kamal began playing table tennis when he was four years old, thanks to his father. Both Sharath's father and his uncle Muralidhar Rao taught him the technical aspects of the game and nurtured him to become a professional paddler. His father and uncle both played at the state level and coached at the national level. Sharath Kamal began his professional career at the age of 16, competing in state-level competitions.

Sharat Kamal won the Senior National Championship ten times, breaking Kamlesh Mehta's eight-year record. He received the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award, in 2019, and the Khel Ratna Award, India's highest sporting award, in 2022.

Medals Won by Sharath Kamal at Various Tournaments:

A. Medals Won by Sharath Kamal at Commonwealth Games:
 

• Gold Medal: At Melbourne (2006) in Men's Singles, Melbourne (2006) in Men's Team, Delhi         (2010) in Men's Doubles, Gold Coast (2018) in Men's Team, Birmingham (2022) in Men's Singles, Birmingham (2022) in Men's Team, Birmingham (2022) in Mixed Doubles.
• Silver Medal: Glasgow (2014) in Men's Doubles, Gold Coast (2018) in Men's Doubles, Birmingham (2022) in Men’s Doubles.
• Bronze Medal: At Delhi (2010) in Men's Singles, Delhi (2010) in Men's Team, and Gold Coast (2018) in Men's Singles.

B. Medals Won by Sharath Kamal at Asian Games:
 

• Bronze Medal: At Jakarta (2018) in Men's Team, Jakarta (2018)    in Mixed Doubles

C. Medals Won by Sharath Kamal at Asian Championships:
 

• Bronze Medal: At Doha (2021) in Men's Team, Doha (2021) in Men's Doubles

2. Indian Table Tennis Player Manika Batra
 

Tennis Sensation Manika Batra is an Indian table tennis player. Manika Batra was born in Delhi on June 15, 1995. Malika Batra was born in Naraina Vihar, Delhi, and started to play table tennis at the early age of four. Malika Batra's big brother Sahil and her elder sister Anchal were both table tennis players, with Anchal having a significant influence on her very early playing career. Following winning a match in a state-level under-8 competition, Batra chose to train with coach Sandeep Gupta, who proposed she transfers to Hans Raj Model School, which was where he ran his academy.

As a teenager, Malika Batra turned down numerous modeling opportunities. She turned down a scholarship to train at Sweden's Peter Karlsson Academy when she was 16 years old. She spent a year at Jesus and Mary College in New Delhi before dropping out to focus on table tennis. In 2020, Manika Batra received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna.

Medals Won by Manika Batra Various Tournaments:

A. Medal Won by Manika Batra at Asian Games:
 

• Bronze Medal: At Jakarta/Palembang (2018) in Mixed Doubles.

B. Medal Won by Manika Batra at Asian Cup:
 

• Bronze Medal: At Bangkok (2022) in Women's Singles.

C. Medal Won by Manika Batra at Commonwealth Games:
 

• Gold Medal: At Gold Coast (2018) in Women's Team, Gold Coast (2018) in Women's Singles
• Silver Medal: At Gold Coast (2018) in Women's Doubles
• Bronze Medal: At Gold Coast (2018) in Mixed Doubles

D. Medal Won by Manika Batra at South Asian Games:
 

• Gold Medal: At Guwahati/Shillong (2016) in Women's Team, Guwahati/Shillong (2016) in Women's Doubles, Guwahati/Shillong (2016) in Mixed Doubles.
• Silver Medal: At Guwahati/Shillong (2016) in Women's Singles.

3. Indian Table Tennis Player Soumyajit Ghosh:
 

Soumyajit Ghosh was born on May 10, 1993, in Siliguri. Soumyajit Ghosh comes from a middle-class background in Siliguri, West Bengal. Hari Sankar Ghosh is an employee of the local municipal corporation. His mother, Mina Ghosh, works as a housewife. Soumyajit Ghosh trains at the NIS base in Patiala under the supervision of coach Bhawani Mukherjee.

When he travels abroad, he trains with coach Peter Karlsson in Falkenberg, Sweden. Soumyajit Ghosh hails from Siliguri, West Bengal, and is an Indian Table Tennis Player. He was the youngest Indian player who qualified for the 2012 Olympics in London. He also became the youngest national champion at the age of 19 when he beat Sharath Kamal in the 74th National Table Tennis Championships.

Medal Won by at South Asian Games
 

• Gold Medal: At Kathmandu/Pokhara (2019) in Men's Team

4. Indian Table Tennis Player Mouma Das:
 

Mouma Das was born in 1984. Mouma Das plays table tennis in India. She has represented India in international events since the early 2000s, having been born and raised in Kolkata, West Bengal. Das has several Commonwealth Games medals, including a gold medal in the Women's Team Competition in 2018. For her contributions to the sport, she received the Arjuna Award, India's second-highest sporting honor, in 2013.

Mouma Das competed in the singles table tennis competition at the 2004 Olympic Games; she returned to the event in 2016 after a 12-year absence. Das and Manika Batra advanced to the quarterfinals of the women's doubles event at the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships, becoming the first Indian pair (and the first Indians in over 61 years) to do so. The pair also took silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. In 2021, she received India's fourth-highest civilian honor, the Padma Shri.

Medal Won by Mouma Das at Commonwealth Games:
 

• Gold Medal: At Gold Coast (2018) in Women's Team
• Silver Medal: At Delhi (2010) in Women's Team, Gold Coast (2018) in Women's Doubles.
• Bronze Medal: At Melbourne (2006) in Women's Team, Delhi (2010) in Women's Doubles

Medal Won by Mouma Das at South Asian Games:
 

• Gold Medal: Pakistan (2004) in Team Singles and Doubles, Sri Lanka (2006) in Team Singles and Doubles, Guwahati/Shillong (2016) in Women's Singles,
• Silver Medal: At Guwahati/Shillong (2016) in Women’s Doubles, Guwahati/Shillong (2016) in Mixed Doubles.

5. Indian Table Tennis Player Paulomi Ghatak:
 

Poulomi Ghatak is an Indian table tennis player from West Bengal. Poulomi Ghatak was born in Kolkata on January 3, 1983. Poulomi Ghatak began playing in 1992 and has since progressed on an excellent higher learning curve.

Poulomi Ghatak is the daughter of Subhash Chandra Ghatak, who has always been a pillar of strength in her life. In addition to Table Tennis, she enjoys painting. She started playing table tennis when she was nine years old. Poulomi attended Nava Nalanda High School and then the University of Calcutta's Jogamaya Devi College. She married Soumyadeep Roy, a professional table tennis player, shortly after the Commonwealth Games in 2010.

Poulomi Ghatak won three junior national championships from 1996 to 1999 along with seven senior national championships between 1998 and 2016. In 1998, she won both the senior and junior national titles. Poulomi has represented India at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in 2006, as well as the Commonwealth Championships from 2000 to 2008. She competed in the Sydney Olympics at the age of 16. She also competed in the Indian Open finals in 2007.

Medals Won by the Poulomi Ghatak at Commonwealth Games:
 

• Silver Medal: At Delhi (2010) in Women's Team

6. Indian Table Tennis Player Neha Aggarwal Sharma:
 

Neha Aggarwal Sharma was born on the 11th of January, 1990. Neha Aggarwal Sharma is an Indian table tennis player that was the country's sole representative at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Aggarwal qualified for the Olympics by defeating the favorites Poulomi Ghatak and Mouma Das.

Neha Aggarwal Sharma, the Delhi girl, who attended Delhi Public School in R. K. Puram, and her teammates from St. Stephen's College in Delhi took first place in the Junior National Table Tennis Championships held in Ahmedabad and Kolkata. She did not receive a medal after losing to Chinese-born Australian Jiang Fang Lay. She has a Master's degree in Sports Management from Columbia University in New York.

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