Updated On: 03 June, 2023 08:09 AM IST | Mumbai | Mitarth Tewari
The four-time Olympian also felt that the country’s table tennis landscape is changing quickly thanks to the UTT. “It [UTT] is taking table tennis to the masses. The league has a different set of rules, unlike regular tournaments, making it interesting for both players as well as spectators

Sharath Kamal at NSCI, Worli, yesterday. Pic/PTI
Indian table tennis legend Sharath Kamal, 40, who has been retained by Ultimate Table Tennis’s (UTT) defending champions Chennai Lions for the upcoming edition of the franchise-based event to be played in July at Pune’s Balewadi Sports Complex, believes the league has given the country’s paddlers the confidence to take on the world’s top players abroad.
India’s paddlers won a historic bronze medal at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games and with Hangzou hosting the next edition this September, the UTT is perfectly timed.