Now India to have a franchise-based table tennis league

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11EVEN SPORTS, a company formed exclusively to promote table tennis in India, has partnered with Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) to launch a franchise-based league, ‘Ultimate Ping Pong’ (UPP).

The inaugural season will be played from 13-30 July in three different cities – Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai and will witness participation from six franchises.

The first two legs will be held in Chennai and Delhi before the event shifts base to Mumbai for the finale.

Each franchise will comprise eight paddlers – two Indian men players, two Indian women players, two foreign men players and two foreign women players.

Now India to have a franchise-based table tennis league | TelevisionPost.com
 
Sanjiv Goenka, Rana Kapoor’s daughter among team owners of table tennis league

11Even Sports has roped in high-profile corporate honchos as team owners for its franchise-based league Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT), which was earlier called Ultimate Ping Pong. The company has sold five of the six franchises on offer.

The list of franchise owners is headlined by RP-SG Group promoter Sanjiv Goenka, Yes Bank founder, MD and CEO Rana Kapoor’s daughter Radha Kapoor Khanna, and Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan of Rajesh Wadhawan Group.

Goenka’s franchise is named RP-SG Mavericks. While Khanna has picked up Dabang Smashers T.T.C through her company Dolt Sports, Maharashtra United is the name of Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan’s franchise.

ASK T.T.C franchise is owned by Sameer Koticha of ASK Group and Oilmax Stag Yoddhas by Kapil Garg and Vivek Kohli. The sixth franchise will be announced soon.

Sanjiv Goenka, Rana Kapoor's daughter among team owners of table tennis league | TelevisionPost.com
 
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