Ahmedabad, June 1 -- Debutants Kolkata ThunderBlades will kick off their IndianOil Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) Season 6 campaign against Season 3 champions Stanley's Chennai Lions on Monday in the day's first tie, scheduled for 5 PM.

Following that, U Mumba TT will clash with Western rivals Ahmedabad SG Pipers in a highly-anticipated derby at 7:30 PM, as per a UTT press release.

Staged under the aegis of the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) and promoted by Niraj Bajaj and Vita Dani, IndianOil UTT continues to grow as a premier professional league. All 23 ties, over 16 action-packed days, will take place at Ahmedabad's EKA Arena.

Led by an all-star foreguard of Olympians Aruna Quadri and Adriana Diaz, as well as India's 18-year-o...