The Paris Olympics is approaching step by step, following the announcement of the list of participants by teams such as Japan and China, the lineup of another table tennis powerhouse has also been officially released recently, that is, the Indian team, and what is surprising is that the Mukherjee sisters who have broken through the national table tennis defense line and Gana Sekaran have not been selected, and the final list is as follows-
- Women's Singles: Batra, Akula;
- Women's team: Batra, Akula, Kamaz, substitute A. Mukherjee;
- Men's Singles: Acanta, Desai;
- Men's team: Achanta, Desai, Takar, substitute Gana Sekaran;
- Mixed Doubles: None (did not qualify).
Friends who pay attention to the table tennis world know that India's table tennis career has been improving in recent years, among which Ghana Sekaran has already won against Wang Chuqin as early as 2018, and Batra eliminated Chen Xingtong in the 2022 Asian Cup.
The Indian female table tennis players in 2023 and 2024 have created a huge threat to the Chinese team, among which the Mukherjee sisters eliminated Chen Meng/Wang Yidi at the Hangzhou Asian Games, A. Mukherjee and Akula defeated Sun Yingsha and Wang Yidi respectively at the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, and Batra eliminated Wang Manyu in the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, which is impressive.
It is no exaggeration to say that the Indian women's team is currently second only to Japan in the threat of national table tennis, although their athlete performance ceiling is not very prominent, but all kinds of special rubber are dazzling, and they may be upset at any time, but this time the Mukherjee sisters were not selected for the Olympic list, of which A. Mukherjee only got a P card and became a substitute, and S. Mukherjee was not on the list at all.
As for the Indian men's team, he did not let the outstanding performance of Ghana Sekaran participate in the game, and he also played as a substitute like A. Mukherjee, which also made many fans unexpected.
At present, it seems that the Indian table tennis team's roster is based on the world ranking and the effect of doubles coordination - although the Mukherjee sisters and Gana Nasekaran have both had the highlight moments of breaking through the Chinese team, their usual results are so bad that they are not ranked in the top three in the world rankings, and it is indeed difficult to be selected for the Olympic list.
In addition, there is also a doubles set in the Olympic team event, and Kamaz and Takar were originally ranked higher, and they were more compatible in doubles, so they were naturally selected, so the Mukherjee sisters and Gana Nasekaran could only leave regrets.