UTT 2024: Bengaluru Smashers, Chennai Lions To Clash In Southern Derby, Debutants Ahmedabad SG Pipers Face Puneri Paltan

Chennai: PBG Bengaluru Smashers will face hosts Chennai Lions in a tantalising Southern derby inside of the Final Desk Tennis 2024 on Friday. The tie will feature Indian greats Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra, as true as abroad stars Alvaro Robles, Lily Zhang and Sakura Mori among others.

Before than that, inside of the double header day’s first tie, debutants Ahmedabad SG Pipers, led just by Manush Shah and Bernadette Szocs, will sq. up against Puneri Paltan Desk Tennis, that includes Ayhika Mukherjee and Joao Monteiro.

Now of their 2d season and captained just by Spanish powerhouse Robles, who lifted the title most important 12 months, PBG Bengaluru Smashers will seem to get off to a speedy start. On the resolution hand, the crew from Bengaluru will face a complex assignment against the dwelling-backed Chennai Lions, whose star charm, India’s pinnacle-ranked male paddler Sharath, will draw broad nearby relief.

As such, PBG Bengaluru Smashers will intention to counter the hosts’ ‘domestic’ achieve with Indian ace Manika, as true as Olympians Robles and Zhang.

Before inside of the day, Manush and Szocs will lead the debuting Ahmedabad SG Pipers of their opening tie of the fifth season of IndianOil UTT. Opposing them might be most important 12 months’s semi-finalists Puneri Paltan Desk Tennis, who all began out from scratch this season just by drafting Ayhika and building a crew around her.

The first tie of the day between the communities from Ahmedabad and Pune will express up at 17:00 nearby time. The 2d tie between Chennai Lions and PBG Bengaluru Smashers is scheduled to begin at 19:30.

Squads:
Puneri Paltan Desk Tennis vs Ahmedabad SG Pipers
Puneri Paltan Desk Tennis: Ayhika Mukherjee, Natalia Bajor (Poland), Joao Monteiro (Portugal), Ankur Bhattacharjee, Anirban Ghosh, Yashini Sivashankar
Ahmedabad SG Pipers: Manush Shah, Bernadette Szocs (Romania), Lilian Bardet (France), Reeth Tennison, Pritha Vartikar, Jash Modi
Chennai Lions vs PBG Bengaluru Smashers
Chennai Lions: Achanta Sharath Kamal, Sakura Mori (Japan), Jules Rolland (France), Poymantee Baisya, Mouma Das, Abhinandh PB
PBG Bengaluru Smashers: Manika Batra, Alvaro Robles (Spain), Lily Zhang (USA), Jeet Chandra, Taneesha Kotecha, Amalraj Anthony.