Table Tennis: Indian Teams announced for Kuwait, Qatar Open

In an official press release the Table Tennis Federation of India announced the Indian teams for the Kuwait and Qatar Open.

A 12-member team, led by national champions Soumyajit Ghosh in the men's section and K. Shamini in the women's section, will be representing India in the IITF World Tour Kuwait Open, beginning on Thursday in Kuwait City. The same team will later participate at the Qatar Open to be held at Doha from February 20 to 24.

For A Sharath Kamal, who finished runner-up at the senior nationals at Raipur, the two events will be crucial. If he manages to win at least one of the titles his career graph, which had a down swing in recent months, will get a real boost.

Both the events will be crucial for the Indian players as they will form the core of Indian team for the Commonwealth Championships to be held in New Delhi who will later participation. The team is accompanied by coaches Arup Basak and Bhawani Mukherjee.