Pune, July 26: U Mumba TT and Puneri Paltan Table Tennis will go up against each other in a do-or-die clash on Thursday to book their place in the semi-finals of the IndianOil Ultimate Table Tennis Season 4 at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Mahalunge-Balewadi in Pune.
Puneri Paltan Table Tennis and U Mumba TT are sitting on fifth and sixth place respectively with 28 points each. The winner will seal their spot in the semi-finals, while the losing side will crash out of the league.

World No. 17 Quadri Aruna has been a go-to face for U Mumba TT and the franchise will hope for another top performance from the highest-ranked player in the tournament. World No. 28 Lily Zhang, Manav Thakkar and Diya Chitale will also hope for a strong performances in the tie.
"The upcoming tie is important to win to qualify for the semi-finals. We are always motivated to give our best in every tie and I hope to continue playing well in the forthcoming tie. Puneri Paltan Table Tennis is a really good franchise but we also have a great squad that makes us really confident going into the next tie," said Chitale ahead of the tie.
On the other hand, Puneri Paltan Table Tennis will bank on their young paddlers Manush Shah and Archana Kamath apart from their international star World No. 21 Omar Assar who is also the former All-Africa Games champion.
Manush stated, "We have been in great form and performed well in the last tie as well which was a close one against Bengaluru Smashers. Omar has been in great form and gives us a solid start. U Mumba TT are really competitve in this league and our focus is to win the next tie."
Here is all you need to know about the U Mumba TT vs Puneri Paltan TT UTT Season 4 tie from teams list, date, start time, telecast, live streaming and ticket information:
U Mumba Team: Manav Thakkar, Lily Zhang (USA), Quadri Aruna (Nigeria), Diya Chitale, Mouma Das, Sudhanshu Grover. Coaches: Anshul Garg, Francisco Santos.
Puneri Paltan TT Team: Omar Assar (Egypt), Manush Shah, Archana Kamath, Snehit SFR, Anusha Kutumbale, Hana Matelova (Czech). Coaches: N Ravichandran, Zoltan Batorfi.
The U Mumba TT vs Puneri Paltan TT tie will take place at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Mahalunge-Balewadi in Pune on Thursday (July 27), and the match will start at 7:30 PM IST on Thursday (July 27).
The Mumbai vs Pune tie will be shown live on Sports 18 channels and streamed live on JioCinema app or website. All the five matches of the tie will be shown live on JioCinema and Sports 18-1 channels.
The tickets for the UTT matches, including the Mumbai vs Pune tie will be available on BookMyShow. The ticket prices will start at Rs 99 and go up to Rs 2000.