New Delhi, April 28 -- The Sports Authority of India (SAI) put in place a comprehensive support worth over Rs 90 lakh to ensure the Indian table tennis team put their best foot forward at the milestone centenary International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Team Table Tennis Championships (WTTC), which gets underway in London on Tuesday.

The event is scheduled from April 28 to May 10 at the OVO Arena in Wembley. A 19-member Indian contingent, comprising 10 players, three coaches, three support staff and three sparring partners, is representing the country at the prestigious global event, with leading names such as Manika Batra, Gnanasekaran Sathiyan, Manav Thakkar and Harmeet Desai spearheading the challenge across men's and women's...