Table tennis in India explained

Table tennis is a popular indoor recreation sport in India. It has gained popularity in states like West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, and Maharashtra. The official governing body of the sport in India is the Table Tennis Federation of India. As of October 2024, the men's team is ranked 12th in the world while the women's team is ranked 10th. India has produced many singles players who have ranked in the top 50 in both categories.^[1]

Medal table

Competition				Total
World Championships	0	0	2	2
Commonwealth Games	10	5	13	28
Asian Games	0	0	3	3
Asian Cup	0	1	2	3
Asian Championships	0	0	8	8
Total	10	6	28	44

• Updated till October 2024

Medalists

World Championships

Year	Players	Category	Medal
1926	Athar-Ali Fyzee Hassan Ali Fyzee A.M. Peermahomed B.C. Singh S.R.G. Suppiah	Men's team
	S.R.G. Suppiah	Men's singles

Commonwealth Games

Year	Players	Category	Medal
2014	Anthony Amalraj Sharath Kamal	Men's doubles
2018	Manika Batra	Women's singles
	Manika Batra Mouma Das Sutirtha Mukherjee Madhurika Patkar Pooja Sahasrabudhe	Women's team
	Sharath Kamal Anthony Amalraj Harmeet Desai Sanil Shetty Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	Men's team
	Sharath Kamal Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	Men's doubles
	Manika Batra Mouma Das	Women's doubles
	Sharath Kamal	Men's singles
	Harmeet Desai Sanil Shetty	Men's doubles
	Manika Batra Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	Mixed doubles
2022	Sharath Kamal	Men's singles
	Sharath Kamal Sreeja Akula	Mixed doubles
	Bhavina Patel	Women's singles C35
	Harmeet Desai Sanil Shetty Sharath Kamal Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	Men's team
	Sharath Kamal Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	Men's doubles
	Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	Men's singles
	Sonalben Patel	Women's singles C35

Asian Games

Year	Players	Category	Medal
2018	Anthony Amalraj Harmeet Desai Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Sharath Kamal Manav Thakkar	Men's team
	Manika Batra Sharath Kamal	Mixed doubles
2022	Ayhika Mukherjee Sutirtha Mukherjee	Women's doubles

Asian Championships

Year	Players	Category	Medal
1976	Manjit Dua Vilas Menon	Men's doubles
2021	Harmeet Desai Manav Thakkar	Men's doubles
	Sharath Kamal Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	Men's doubles
	Sanil Shetty Harmeet Desai Manav Thakkar Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Sharath Kamal	Men's team
2023	Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Manush Shah Harmeet Desai Manav Thakkar Sharath Kamal	Men's team
2024	Manika Batra Ayhika Mukherjee Sreeja Akula Diya Chitale Sutirtha Mukherjee	Women's team
	Sharath Kamal Harmeet Desai Manav Thakkar Manush Shah Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	Men's team
	Ayhika Mukherjee Sutirtha Mukherjee	Women's doubles

Asian Cup

Year	Players	Category	Medal
1997	Chetan Baboor	Men's singles
2000	Chetan Baboor	Men's singles
2022	Manika Batra	Women's singles

Current rankings

Men's singles

	Player	Rank	Points
1	Sharath Kamal	40	655
2	Manav Thakkar	62	445
3	Harmeet Desai	69	376
4	Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	73	347
5	Manush Shah	99	238

Women's singles

	Player	Rank	Points
1	Sreeja Akula	23	1010
2	Manika Batra	25	946
3	Ayhika Mukherjee	84	314
4	Yashaswini Ghorpade	88	299
5	Sutirtha Mukherjee	89	293

Men's doubles

	Players	Rank	Points
1	Manav Thakkar Manush Shah	13	1165
2	Harmeet Desai Manav Thakkar	36	405
3	Sharath Kamal Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	102	122

Women's doubles

	Players	Rank	Points
1	Sutirtha Mukherjee Ayhika Mukherjee	14	985
2	Diya Chitale Yashaswini Ghorpade	29	588
3	Sreeja Akula Archana Kamath	41	400

Mixed doubles

	Players	Rank	Points
1	Diya Chitale Manush Shah	14	734
2	Harmeet Desai Yashaswini Ghorpade	20	520
3	Manav Thakkar Archana Kamath	25	464

Notable Olympics performance

Year	Event	Player	Result
2024
	Women's team	Sreeja Akula Manika Batra Archana Kamath	Quarterfinals

National award recipients

Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
2020		Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna	Female
2022		Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna	Male
1961		Arjuna Award	Male
1964		Arjuna Award	Male
1966		Arjuna Award	Female
1967		Arjuna Award	Male
1969		Arjuna Award	Male
1970		Arjuna Award	Male
1971		Arjuna Award	Female
1973		Arjuna Award	Male
1976		Arjuna Award	Female
1979–1980		Arjuna Award	Female
1980–1981		Arjuna Award	Male
1982		Arjuna Award	Male
1985		Arjuna Award	Male
1987		Arjuna Award	Female
1989		Arjuna Award	Female
1990		Arjuna Award	Male
1997		Arjuna Award	Male
1998		Arjuna Award	Male
2002		Arjuna Award	Female
2004		Arjuna Award	Male
2005		Arjuna Award	Male
2006		Arjuna Award	Male
2009		Arjuna Award	Female
2013		Arjuna Award	Female
2016		Arjuna Award	Male
2017		Arjuna Award	Male
2018		Arjuna Award	Female
2018		Arjuna Award	Male
2019		Arjuna Award	Male
2020		Arjuna Award	Female
2022		Arjuna Award	Female
2019		Dhyan Chand Award	Male
2012		Dronacharya Award	Male
2018		Dronacharya Award	Male
2019		Dronacharya Award	Male
2021		Dronacharya Award	Male

Key

External links

• Web site of the Table Tennis Federation of India

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olympics.