Inter-State Sub-Junior and Cadet National TT C’ships: Bengal boys hold edge, Gujarat plot upset run

GANDHIDHAM (GUJARAT): (Mar 22) A total of 32 teams will battle for top honours when the boys U-15 team competition of the 87th Inter-State Sub-Junior and Cadet National Table Tennis Championships begins here on Monday.

West Bengal players arrive as clear favourites, topping the cumulative standings with 600 points and carrying the weight of expectations in the absence of a weakened PSPB Academy, the defending champions.

The Bengal squad features a strong core group in Aditya Das, Rishaab Chattopadhyay, Himon Kumar Mondal, and Rudranil Jana.