Ultimate Table Tennis 2024 Squads: Players List of All 8 Teams After Draft for UTT Season 5

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All 8 teams finalized their squads for the upcoming season of Ultimate Table Tennis - UTT 2024 following the UTT Player Draft, which was held in Mumbai on Wednesday (July 10).

With 5 players already being retained ahead of the draft process, a total of 43 players among the 47 were drafted in by the teams for the fifth season of UTT, which is slated to be held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai from August 22 to September 7.

Each team needed to have a roster of 6 players in their squad, including one foreign male and female player as well as two Indian male and female players as a requirement for competing in the tournament.

Chennai Lions, PPG Bengaluru Smashers, Dabang Delhi TTC, U Mumbai and Goa Challengers had all retain star Indian paddlers before the draft process, allowing Puneri Paltan as well as the two newcomers Jaipur Patriots and Ahmedabad SG Pipers, the first round picks.

UTT 2024 Retained Players List

• Chennai Lions - Achanta Sharath Kamal
• Dabang Delhi TTC - G Sathiyan
• Goa Challengers - Harmeet Desai
• U Mumba TT - Manav Thakkar
• PBG Bengaluru Smashers - Manika Batra

In the first round of the draft, Jaipur Patriots, who earned the first pick after the draw, drafted in India's rising paddler Sreeja Akula, while Puneri Paltan roped in Ayikha Mukherjee before Ahmedabad SG Pipers added Manush Shah as their first pick.

The second round of the draft was open for all eight teams with Bengaluru Smashers getting the first pick and opting for Spanish paddler Alvaro Robles, while newcomers Ahmedabad signed Romanian player Bernadette Szocs as their second round pick as the other six teams also added.

In the third round, U Mumba, who got the first pick, opted for Nigeria's Aruna Qadri, while debutants Jaipur Patriots roped in Suthasini Sawettabut. Here is a look at the full squads after the UTT Draft 2024:

Ultimate Table Tennis 2024 Squads - Players of all 8 teams after UTT Season 5 Draft

• Ahmedabad SG Pipers 2024 Team: Manush Shah, Bernadette Szocs, Lilian Bardet, Reeth Tennison, Pritha Vartikar, Jash Modi
• PBG Bengaluru Smashers 2024 Team: Manika Batra, Alvaro Robles, Lily Zhang, Jeet Chandra, Taneesha Kotecha, Amalraj Anthony
• Chennai Lions 2024 Team: Sharath Kamal, Sakura Mori, Jules Rolland, Poymantee Baisya, Mouma Das, Abhinandh PB
• Dabang Delhi TTC 2024 Team: Sathiyan G, Orawan Paranang, Diya Chitale, Andreas Levenko, Yashansh Malik, Lakshita Narang
• Goa Challengers 2024 Team: Harmeet Desai, Yangzi Liu, Yashaswini Ghorpade, Sudhanshu Grover, Sayali Wani, Mihai Boracica
• Jaipur Patriots 2024 Team: Sreeja Akula, Cho Seungmin, Suthasini Sawettabut, Snehit SFR, Ronit Bhanja, Moumita Dutta
• Puneri Paltan TT 2024 Team: Ayhika Mukherjee, Nina Mittelham, Joao Monteiro, Ankur Bhattacharjee, Anirban Ghosh, Yashini Sivashankar
• U Mumba TT 2024 Team: Manav Thakkar, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Aruna Quadri, Akash Pal, Kavyasree Basker, Maria Xiao