Mumbai: Table Tennis Super League (TTSL), an initiative by Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) to strengthen grassroots talent development and elevate state-level competition nationwide, will commence high-octane action with TTSL Maharashtra from April 3-6 at NSCI, Mumbai, featuring six franchise-backed teams and 36 chosen players from across the state, picked through an auction.
With a total prize pool of INR 6.25 lakh, including INR 3.5 lakh for the winner, the participating teams will feature six players from six categories, Under-13 Boys, Under-17 Boys, Under-17 Girls, Men’s, Women’s, and Veterans, providing a platform for the best paddlers from the state to test themselves in a professional setting. TTSL Maharashtra will culminate on April 6 with the semi-finals, third-place match, and finals, setting the stage for an intense finale.
TTSL Maharashtra will feature six teams, including Century Warriors (Sanjay Mehta, Prakash Punjabi, Raman Iyer, Sandip Katiyar), Ping Panthers (Samir Raut, Nishad Naik), PBG Pune Jaguars (Punit Balan), Mumbai Mozartt (Ashish Shanker, Navin Ajwani), Phantom Stars (Antara Jaggi), and Bayside Spinners TTC (Kailash Nichani, Anil Bajaj). The teams will have a player pool of 68 players to pick from and a bidding purse of INR 2,50,000 to use in the auction on March 8.
Commenting on TTSL, Vita Dani, Co-Promoter, UTT, said: “TTSL is another key cog in the machine for us to strengthen the foundation for table tennis in the country. The tournament comes back after 2019 to provide state-level players a competitive opportunity in front of home crowd and a pathway to higher levels of the sport. TTSL Maharashtra is a building block in this mission, and the aim is to take this across states.”
UTT has played a key role of a catalyst over the years to fuel Indian table tennis by supporting domestic competitions across all age categories–from zonals to the inter-state and the national championship–and brought world-class table tennis to India with the domestic table tennis league, which will soon host its sixth edition.
UTT has also partnered with stakeholders to bring top-tier international tournaments, like the WTT Star Contender Chennai 2025, to India which will witness some of the world’s best paddlers compete and create new benchmarks for the growth of Indian table tennis. With the TTSL, UTT will expand a similar competitive and excellence platform to the state level, highlighting emerging players and creating a pathway for the future.
