The Committee of Administrators (COA) governing the suspended Table Tennis Federation India On Tuesday, it said it has included Diya Chitale in the squad for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 and has finalized the selection list, keeping all controversies related to team selection in a detailed meeting.
The CoA said that Diya Chitale, who had approached the Delhi High Court seeking exclusion from the Women’s Commonwealth Games, has been included in the squad for the upcoming Commonwealth Games.
The CoA has clarified that the decision reported in the media was only the recommendation of the selection committee and not the final decision of the CoA.
The team had to get the final approval from Play Authority of India (SAI) but the Sports Ministry said that it is the responsibility of the CoA who is running the federation to select the team. After that the selection committee headed by CoA member SD Moudgil met again on Monday and finalized the team.
The CoA has expressed concern with regard to the extent of the existing and prevailing norms, which do not take into account the format of Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, etc., which are required to include doubles combinations.
In the verdict, the CoA has placed paddler Diya Chitale in the women’s double with Manika Batra, who was earlier reported to be with Archana Kamath.
It also noted that India may have to develop a formal policy regarding training and selection of doubles and mixed doubles pairs.
Squad:
Men: Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan, Harmeet Desai, Sanil Shetty, Manush Shah (standby).
Female: Manika Batra, Diya Chitale, Reeth Rishi, Shreeja Akula, Swastika Ghosh (standby).
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