Table Tennis

Table Tennis is one of the 13 sports which is a part of the General Championship during Inter IIT Sports Meet. All the IITs have indoor facilities for successful conduction of the matches during the tournament. The sport sees participation from all 17 IITs in both men’s and women’s format.

Format of Play[edit | edit source]

The playoff format follows a best-of-series throughout the competition with 5 and 3 games for men’s and women’s respectively. Each game is a best of 5 sets of 11 points each for men's and a best of 3 sets of 11 points for women's. A player from a team can’t play in more than 2 matches. This means that a minimum of 2 players in the women’s team and 3 players in the men’s team is needed. For a men's match, (A, B, C) represents the first team and (X, Y, Z) represents the second team.^[1] The order of matches is as follows:

Men’s:	Women’s
1^st Match: Singles (A vs X)	1^stMatch: Singles
2^nd Match: Singles (B vs Y)	2^nd Match: Doubles
3^rd Match: Singles (C vs Z)	3^rd Match: Reverse Singles
4^thMatch: Singles (A vs Y)
5^th Match: Singles (B vs X)

Infrastructure[edit | edit source]

IIT Kharagpur has a rich infrastructure dedicated to Table Tennis, at the Gymkhana. It has 8 Stag 1000 DX table tennis boards, and a matted floor.^[1] Non-marking shoes along with proper kit which includes shorts and a t-shirt are mandatory for playing. The Gymkhana Table Tennis Court is accessible to everyone interested in sport from 6:00 am to 10:00 am and 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm everyday, excluding Sundays. There is no fees for playing. Stag 2* and 3* balls are used for practice.

Office Bearers[edit | edit source]

The current administrative positions held by officials in the Gymkhana are:^[2]

Secretary, Indoor Game Subcommittee: Mr. Rishabh Jain

General Secretary, Sports and Games: Mr. Soujanya Nayak and Mr. S S V K S S Jyothiraditya
Physical Training Instructor: Hitesh Sharma

Trials for Inter IIT[edit | edit source]

Inter IIT probables are selected on the basis of their performance in Open IIT table tennis , which is held in the month of September at IIT Kharagpur. Usually 4-5 girls and 8 boys are listed as probables. These are then trained by the temporary coach to undergo rigorous training and daily practice of approximately 3-4 hours. A league is conducted towards the end of November which finalizes the 2/3 girls and 4 boys (top 4 in the league) for the Inter IIT team.^[1]

Past Performance[edit | edit source]

Year	Event	Location	Team	Result
2022	55th Inter IIT sports meet	IIT Delhi(co-hosted by IIT Roorkee)	Men's Team: Harshit (C), Seemant, Sreevarsan, Evan	Semi Finalists
2022	55th Inter IIT sports meet	IIT Delhi(co-hosted by IIT Roorkee)	Women's Team: Suparna (C), Meghana, Monika	Group Stage
2019	54nd Inter IIT sports meet	IIT Bhubaneswar(co-host)	Men's team: Abhinav, Reetam, Seemant, Utkarsh	Silver medalists^[3]
2019	54nd Inter IIT sports meet	IIT Bhubaneswar(co-host)	Women's team: Roshni, Meghana, Pooja	Group stage^[1]
2018	53nd Inter IIT sports meet	IIT Guwahati	Men's team: Sourish, Reetam, Abhinav, Utkarsh	Silver medalists^[3]
2018	53nd Inter IIT sports meet	IIT Guwahati	Women's team: Akhila,Roshni	Group stage^[1]
2017	52nd Inter IIT sports meet	IIT Madras	Men's team: Sourish, Anmol, Nitin, Reetam	Quarter finalists^[1]
2017	52nd Inter IIT sports meet	IIT Madras	Women's team: Akhila, Roshni, Ojaswee	Group stage^[1]
2016	51st Inter IIT sports meet	IIT Kanpur	Men's team: Anmol, Sudarshan, Sourish, Reetam	Quarter finalists^[1]
2016	51st Inter IIT sports meet	IIT Kanpur	Women's team: Keerti, Akhila, Ojaswee	4th place^[1]
2014	50th Inter IIT sports meet	IIT Bombay	Men's team: Pranay, Rajeev, Sudarshan, Sourish	Bronze medalists^[3]
2014	50th Inter IIT sports meet	IIT Bombay	Women's team: Anjali, Manasi, Ankita	Quarter finalists^[3]
2013	49th Inter IIT sports meet	IIT Guwahati	Men's team: Souvik, Pranay, Rajeev, Sudarshan	Bronze medalists^[4]
2013	49th Inter IIT sports meet	IIT Guwahati	Women's team: Manasi, Ritu, Keerti	Quarter finalists^[4]

Team Lineup[edit | edit source]

2017 Team[edit | edit source]

Women’s	Men's
Akhila Kosaraju (AR '19)	Sourish Ghosh (MA '19)
Roshni Bhowmik (AR '21)	Anmol Basant (EX '18)
Ojaswee Deewan	Reetam Roy (IE '20)
	Nitin Grewal (PhD, EX)

2016 Team[edit | edit source]

Women’s	Men's
Keerti Manney (AR '18)	Anmol Basant (EX '18)
Akhila Kosaraju (AR '19)	Sudarshan S (IE '17)
Ojaswee Deewan	Sourish Ghosh (MA '19)
	Reetam Roy (IE '20)

2014 Team[edit | edit source]

Women’s	Men's
Anjali Vasudevan (CE '16)	Pranay Hasan (CS '16)
Manasi Agrawal (HS '15)	Rajeev Lochan Chakraborty (MI '16)
Ankita Diwan (AR '17)	Sudarshan S (IE '17)
	Sourish Ghosh (MA '19)

2013 Team[edit | edit source]

Women’s	Men's
Manasi Agrawal (HS '15)	Souvik Ghosh (CH '14)
Ritu Tak (PH '15)	Pranay Hasan (CS '16)
Keerti Manney (AR '18)	Rajeev Lochan Chakraborty (MI '16)
	Sudarshan S (IE '17)

2012 Team[edit | edit source]

Women’s	Men's
Ranu Choudhary (AG '15)	Hrishikesh Paranjape (BT '13)
Manasi Agrawal (HS '15)	Abhishek Raj (CH '13)
Smriti Agrawal (CS '15)	Souvik Ghosh (CH '14)
	Pranay Hasan (CS '16)

References[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 Verified by Sourish on September 23, 2015.
↑ http://www.gymkhana.iitkgp.ernet.in/office-bearers/
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 "Inter IIT roundup 2015". The Scholars' Avenue. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 "Table Tennis - 49th Inter IIT Sports Meet". Retrieved September 22, 2015.

[sourish_ver-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 Verified by Sourish on September 23, 2015.

[2] ttp://www.gymkhana.iitkgp.ernet.in/office-bearers/

[tsa_interiit_2015-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 "Inter IIT roundup 2015". The Scholars' Avenue. Retrieved April 5, 2015.

[iitg_tt-4] 4.0 ^4.1 "Table Tennis - 49th Inter IIT Sports Meet". Retrieved September 22, 2015.

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