India has officially announced its squads for the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals 2026<\/b>, set to light up London from April 28 to May 10<\/b>. The biennial mega-event returns to the birthplace of table tennis with 64 men\u2019s and 64 women\u2019s teams battling at iconic venues like Copper Box Arena and OVO Wembley Arena. Fresh player lists were confirmed by the ITTF just days ago, and India\u2019s contingent looks stronger and more balanced than ever.<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s Team<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 <\/span>Sathiyan Gnanasekaran<\/b><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0 <\/span>Manav Thakkar<\/b><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0 <\/span>Manush Shah<\/b><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0 <\/span>Harmeet Desai<\/b><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0 <\/span>Payas Jain<\/b><\/p>\n Women\u2019s Team<\/b><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0 <\/span>Manika Batra<\/b><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0 <\/span>Sreeja Akula<\/b><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0 <\/span>Yashaswini Ghorpade<\/b><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0 <\/span>Diya Chitale<\/b><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0 <\/span>Syndrela Das<\/b><\/p>\n The squads match the official ITTF and Table Tennis England lists released on April 13, 2026, confirming India\u2019s depth after qualifying convincingly through the South Asia Regional Championships.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Manika Batra<\/b> remains India\u2019s biggest weapon. The Olympian and former world No. 1<\/b> doubles specialist has climbed to a career-best ranking and brings unmatched experience in high-pressure team events.<\/p>\n Sathiyan Gnanasekaran<\/b>, India\u2019s top-ranked men\u2019s player, leads an exciting men\u2019s unit alongside rising star Manav Thakkar<\/b>. Their aggressive style and recent international form make the men\u2019s team dangerous.<\/p>\n On the women\u2019s side, Sreeja Akula<\/b> and Yashaswini Ghorpade<\/b> add firepower with their consistency, while young talents Diya Chitale and Syndrela Das<\/b> provide crucial bench strength. Harmeet Desai and Payas Jain give the men\u2019s side tactical flexibility.<\/p>\n India\u2019s men are placed in Group 7<\/b> alongside Slovakia, Tunisia and Guatemala,<\/b> while the women face Ukraine, Uganda and Rwanda<\/b> in Group 6<\/b>. With several players inside the global top 50 and proven success in Asian events, the team is targeting a strong group-stage finish and a deep run in the knockout stages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This is more than just another tournament it\u2019s a golden chance for Indian table tennis to announce itself on the world stage. With the Paris Olympics cycle behind them and fresh momentum, the 2026 London campaign could be the breakthrough India has been waiting for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" India has officially announced its squads for the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals 2026, set to light up\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":502,"featured_media":48600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[5207,2041,2383,2666,4057],"class_list":["post-48597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-sports","tag-ittf","tag-manika-batra","tag-table-tennis","tag-table-tennis-federation-of-india","tag-top-stories"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48597"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48606,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48597\/revisions\/48606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Key Players to Watch<\/h3>\n
What to Expect from India in London 2026<\/h3>\n