Table tennis super league

Table Tennis Super League: The 14-year-old Divyanshi Bhowmick, dual gold medalist (U-15 & U-17) at the recently-concluded WTT Youth Contender Vadodara, emerged as the most expensive buy at the Table Tennis Super League (TTSL) Maharashtra auction which was conducted here on Wednesday. Divyanshi was picked by PBG Pune Jaguars for INR 82,000.

Meanwhile, the 19-year-old Jash Modi, who defeated Sathiyan Gnanasekaran to win the 38th National Games men’s singles gold, joined Bayside Spinners TT for 81,000 at the auction held at NSCI Mumbai.

Among other top buys, Deepit Patil—part of the Maharashtra team alongside Modi which won the National Games team silver—joined Phantom Stars for INR 74,500 while Sanil Shetty, the Commonwealth Games men's team gold medallist, went to Mumbai Mozartt for INR 73,000, further strengthening the league’s competitive mix.