Adarsh won Under-14 boys silver medal in the last edition will take part in U-17 boys singles along with team event for Delhi. “I want to win a gold medal this time in singles. In the last edition, I was in good touch but unfortunately lost the final. This tournament is good encouragement for school kids who don’t get to play many tournaments in a year,” Adarsh said.

The competition, which is jointly organized by UTT and Table Tennis Association of Baroda (TTAB), will see a total of 968 players from 38 units taking part in total of 12 events which include six team championships, six individual age-category (U-14, U-17 and U-19) events of boys & girls.

The other top paddlers who will be seen in action are Maharashtra’s Havish Asrani and Pritha Vartikar along with Gujarat’s Chitrax Bhatt and Harshil Kothari. Munmun Kundu and Akash Pal from West Bengal will also present a challenge.

The team championship will see eight groups consisting of four or five teams in each group. The winner of each group will progress into the knockout stage. Individual events will happen on a knockout basis.