London, April 27 -- Olympians Manika Batra, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Manav Thakkar and Harmeet Desai will lead a 10-member Indian contingent at the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships 2026 here on Tuesday.
The table tennis tournament features separate men's and women's competitions - the Swaythling Cup and the Corbillon Cup, respectively. Each tie consists of up to five singles matches, with the first team to win three rubbers progressing.
A total of 64 teams - divided into 16 groups of four - feature in each of the men's and women's events.
The top two seeded groups, featuring the top seven teams plus hosts England, start in Stage 1a;the remaining teams play in Stage 1b. All eight teams from Stage 1a progress to Stage 2, which feat...