New Delhi, Nov. 29 -- India's three-time Olympian and Commonwealth Games medallist Manika Batra and Manav Thakkar will lead India's eight-member squad at the ITTF Mixed Team World Cup 2025 in Chengdu, China, starting Sunday.

The team includes Akash Pal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Payas Jain, Diya Chitale, Yashaswini Ghorpade, and Swastika Ghosh.

With the mixed team table tennis format set to debut at the LA 2028 Olympics, this year's championship takes on special significance, as per Olympics.com.

The 2025 ITTF Mixed Team World Cup marks the third edition of the tournament, with Chengdu hosting for the third consecutive year. The Sichuan Gymnasium will once again host the event, having done so in previous years.

Hosts China won both previ...