6 Indian girls in top 100 for first time
New Delhi, Oct 21: Syndrela Das and Divyanshi Bhowmick have achieved a historic milestone by climbing to the No. 1 spot in the latest ITTF Under-19 Girls’ Doubles World Rankings, released on Tuesday.
The Indian duo topped the global standings with 3910 points, ahead of Chinese Taipei’s Wu Jia-En and Wu Ying-Syuan (3195) and France’s Leana Hochart and Nina Guo Zheng (3170).
In another first for the Indian table tennis, six Indian girls have broken into the top 100 of the world doubles rankings, underlining the country’s steady rise in youth development.
Among other Indians, Taneesha Kotecha and Sayali Wani are placed 13th with 1575 points.
Suhana Saini and Shriya Anand occupy the 22nd position with 875 points.
Another newly-formed pairing, Suhana Saini and Taneesha Kotecha, is ranked 31st with 620 points after the pair’s runners-up finish at the WTT Youth Contender Jaipur.
Al Lis Gan and Stuti Kashyap are ranked 34th with 565 points and Kheith Cruz and Vaishnavi Jaiswal share the 36th spot with the same tally. (PTI)
