Top 5 active female paddlers in India

Cricket, football, and tennis – most sports fans in India are pretty much up to date on all of them. Pro Kabaddi League, Hockey India League, and Indian Super League – These are the leagues that an average Indian sports fan knows quite a lot about.Sadly, not many people are that knowledgeable when it comes to table tennis, because of the lack of media attention.Keeping that in mind, let us look at the top 5 female Indian table tennis players at this moment who have tasted huge success in the past few years and made us proud:

#5 Shamini Kumaresan

Rank: 5

State: Tamil Nadu

Shamini, who hails from Tamil Nadu, keeps her feet firmly on the ground and is one of the unsung heroes of Indian table tennis team. Full of enthusiasm, she might be the next big thing after Poulami Ghatak.

‘Women must play with men paddlers. Women paddlers usually have good control but men players have more speed and power something we can learn from them,’ said Shamini in an exclusive interview with Sportskeeda.

Major Achievements:

Silver at the 19th Commonwealth Games(Team Event)
One Gold and one Silver at the 12th South Asian Games in 2016