The Cricket Club of India will be conducting their annual CCI Juniors Prize-Money Table Tennis Tournament 2020, under the aegis of the Mumbai City District Table Tennis Association and to be played at the Cricket Club of India Table Tennis Room, starting from Friday, February 21, 2020.
The future stars of Mumbai and Indian table tennis will be seen in action during this three-day tournament. 48 young upcoming and talented players from Mumbai City and Mumbai Suburban District would be fighting it out for the top honours in this competition, a one of a kind tournament, which is the only event that offers prize money to juniors in the entire table tennis circuit. All the participating players are assured of receiving prizes.
Competition for boys’ and girls’ will be conducted in cadet, sub-junior and junior categories. Eight top players (4 from Mumbai City and 4 from Mumbai Suburban districts) will be vying for top honours in their respective category.
The eight players from each age category will be divided into two groups of four each and will initially play on a league basis and the top two players from each group would qualify for the semi-finals. The final will be played on Sunday morning.
Shanica Kadam and Bhoomi Pitale in the Junior girls’ category and Mandar Chiplunkar and Hrishikesh Malhotra among the Junior boys will be the strong contenders to emerge champions.
The Groupings:
Cadet Girls – Group A: Anshita Tamhankar, Mugdha Desai, Ananya Rai, Swara Salgaonkar; Group B: Mrinalini Singh, Urvi Churi, Prisha Shah, Arpita Borhade.
Cadet Boys – Group A: Vedant Agarwal, Aryan Chokshi, Tavanth Nerjale, Parth Chokshi; Group B: Yuvraj Yadav, Dhruv Shah, Aarav Sanghvi, Daiwik Shah
Sub-Junior Girls – Group A: Shreya Patil, Gloria George, Sana D’Souza, Hardee Patel; Group B: Ananya Chande, Pearl Amalsadiwala, Shanaya Parekh, Mugdha Desai.
Sub-Jr. Boys – Group A: Chaitanya Ahuja, Diyaan Shah, Mainak Nistala, Yashas Todi; Group B: Havish Asrani, Aadil Anand, Armaan Dalamal, Aarush Sanghvi.
Junior Girls – Group A: Shanica Kadam, Arya Parulekar, Siya Hingorany, Arya Warty; Group B: Bhoomi Pitale, Pahel Shah, Mrunal Kurade, Sanskruta Thakur.
Junior Boys – Group A: Mandar Chiplunkar, Dhruv Jhaveri, Sanskar Basak, Akshat Jain; Group B: Hrishikesh Malhotra, Sagar Kasturi, Siddharth Shah, Shivam Ambre.