Ultimate Table Tennis players' draft highlights: Sharath Kamal drafted by Mavericks, Maharashtra United pick Wong Chun Ting
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That’s it from the first ever Ultimate Table Tennis player draft!
COMPLETED LIST!
Bayside – Wu Yang, Lee Ho Ching, Par Gerell, Sanil Shetty, Liam Pitchford, Suthirtha Mukherjee, Arjun Ghosh, Priyadarshini Das
Maharashtra United – Wong Chun Ting, Liu Jia, Yu Fu, Harmeet Desai, Joao Monteiro Krittwika Sinha Roy, Pooja Sahasrabudhe, Ronit Bhanja
Challengers – Han Ying, Petrissa Sokja, Soumyajit Ghosh, Andrej Gacina, Mouma Das, Manav Thakkar, Moumita Dutta, Li Ping
Dabangg Smashers – Marcos Freitas, Hu Melek, Kou Lei, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Amalraj Anthony, Madhurika Patkar, Mousumi Paul
Yoddhas – Doo Hoi Kem, Panagiotis Gionis, Aruna Quadri, Manika Batra, Polina Mikhailova, Jubin Kumar, Abhishek Yadav, Selena Selvakumar
RP-SG Maverics – Stefan Fegerl, Sharath Kamal, Tiago Apolonia, Sofia Polcanova, Sabine Winter, Archana Kamah, Birdie Boro, Amruta Pushpak
Bayside pick Priyadarshini Das, that’s the final pick of the draft!
Ronit Bhanja – 19-year-old is picked by Maharashtra United.
Challengers pick Li Ping of Qatar. he is world no. 48.
Dabang Smashers pick Tetyana Bilenko of Ukraine. She is world no.56.
Yoddhas pick Selena Selvakumar.
RP-SG’s final pick of the day is Amruta Pushpak.
We are into the last round of the drafts!
RP-SG pick Birdie Boro, current India no.2 in U-21 category.
Yoddhas’ 7th pick is Abhishek Yadav.
Dabang Smashers take no time in picking Mousmi Paul, current world no. 300/
It’s Challengers’ turn to pick their 7th player. They opt for Moumita Dutta.
Maharashtra United pick Pune based Pooja Sahasrabudhe.
Bayside Spinners pick no.4 ranked Indian U-21 player Arjun Ghosh!
Time for round 7 now!
Maharashtra United pick Krittwika Sinha Roy as their 6th player.
Bayside Spinners opt for Suthirtha Mukherjee as their 6th pick. Her current ranking is 227 in the world.
RP-SG Maverics pick Archana Kamath, world no. 188. There are handshakes going around their table now.
It’s Yoddhas’ turn for their sixth pick and they opt for Jubin Kumar – World no. 357.
Madhurika Patkar, the current national champion is picked by Dabangg Smashers.
Challengers get Manav Thakkar as their 6th pick. Thakkar is top ranked Indian U-21 player.
On to round number 6 now! The first team to get the pick is Challengers.
Yoddhas pick Polina Mikhailova of Russia with a world rank of 54.
RP-SG Maverics pick Sabine Winter of Germany.
Bayside Spinners pick Liam Pitchford of England. He is currently ranked 51 in world.
Maharashtra United pick Portugese Joao Monterio. He is world no. 49!
Challengers pick Mouma Das. She is a two time Olympian and an Arjuna Awardee. Winner of 17 medals at Commonwealth Championships.
Dabang Smashers pick Amalraj Anthony in the 5th round. He is the only Indian player to play back to back finals in ITTF Challenger series.
Round 5 begins. Dabang Smashers will pick first!
We are about to begin in a short while. There is a real buzz inside the hall, a lot of smiling young faces. They seem really excited.
Picks so far at the end of round 4!
Bayside – Wu Yang, Lee Ho Ching, Par Gerell, Sanil Shetty
Maharashtra United – Wong Chun Ting, Liu Jia, Yu Fu, Harmeet Desai
Challengers – Han Ying, Petrissa Sokja, Soumyajit Ghosh, Andrej Gacina
Dabangg Smashers – Marcos Freitas, Hu Melek, Kou Lei, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Yoddhas – Doo Hoi Kem, Panagiotis Gionis, Aruna Quadri, Manika Batra
RP-SG Maverics – Stefan Fegerl, Sharath Kamal, Tiago Apolonia, Sofia Polcanova
There is a 15-minute break now. Then we will have the final 4 rounds.
That’s brings us to the end of round 4!
Challengers pick Andrej Gacina of Croatia. His current world rank is 38. It’s their first foreign pick in men’s category.
Dabangg Smashers pick Sathiyan Gnanasekaran. He is the first Indian to win a gold in Commonwealth youth games.
Claps all around as Oilmax Stag Yoddhas pick Manika Batra, She is top ranked Indian women in world ranking. The Indian duo of Manika Batra and Mouma Das created history at Germany by becoming the first Indian pair to reach the quarterfinals of the World Table Tennis Championships.
RP-SG Maverics have the 22-year-old Austrian Sofia Polcanova as their 4th pick.
Bayside Spinners pick the Indian Sanil Shetty. Winner of 3 bronze medals of 2015 Commenwealth Championships. His Brother Sachin Shetty is coach of RP-SG Maverics. He is world no. 204 right now.
Bayside Spinners taking a lot of time in strategising, again!
Round 4 starts
Maharashtra United pick Harmeet Desai,current world rank of 95.
8 foreign men and 8 women have been drafted. 2 Indian men too drafted so far!
That’s the end of round 3!
Dabang Smashers pick Kou Lei of Ukraine, she has a world ranking of 24.
Challengers’ 3rd pick of the draft now and they select Soumyajit Ghosh. He is world no. 84. And is youngest Indian Olympian at the age of 19.
It’s Maharashtra United’s turn now in round 3 and they pick Yu Fu of Portugal. She is world no. 35.
Bayside Spinners pick Par Gerell of Sweden. This is their first foreign Men pick.
RP-SG Mavericks pick Apolonia Tiago as their 3rd pick. He is called Table Tennis Cristiano Ronaldo! RP-SG have elected both their foreign men players.
Oilmax Stag Yoddhas pick Aruna Quadri – the current African champion. Yoddhas have elected both their foreign men players now.
Start of round 3!
7 women TT players picked in round 2!
Bayside Spinners finally pick Lee HO Ching of Hong Kong, she is world no. 33. They are done with their foreign women quota.
Bayside Spinners taking a lot of time in selecting their second pick.
Maharashtra pick Liu Jia, the current European champion and has represented Austria in 5 Olympics
Dabangg Smashers pick Hu Melek
2nd Player pick for Challengers and they elect Petrissa Solja of Germany, she won silver in 2016 team event and is world no 20
Here are the players that have been allotted teams in Round 2
RP-SG Maverics – Sharath Kamal Achantha
Sharath Kamal is 7 time National champion and world No. 44
Yodhas get Panagiotis Gionis
Round 2 begins
Players sold in the first round
Yoddhas – Doo Hoi Kem
RP-SG Maverics – Stefan Fegerl – Two time European Champion
Maharashtra – Wu Chun Ting
Bayside – Wu Yang
Challengers – Han Ying
Dabang Smashers – Marcos Freitas
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