Would be disappointed if we don’t win team gold: Sharath

MUMBAI: Top India table tennis player Achanta Sharath Kamal is confident India will do well in the upcoming Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast.

“I would be disappointed if we don’t win the men’s team gold. We are a fantastic side, are doing very well and we are pretty confident we would do well (at Gold Coast),” said Sharath on Wednesday.

“At the moment, England is the number one seed, we would be No 2 and Singapore and Nigeria would be No 3 and 4. But Singapore and Nigeria have one (strong) player each and we should be able to handle them, he said on the sidelines of the Ultimate Table Tennis Player Draft. He was picked by the Yodhas team for the six-team league that would be played at Pune (June 14-19), Delhi (June 20-25) and Kolkata (June 26 to July 1).

The Yodhas also picked their foreign male and female players - world No. 18 Chuang ChihYuan of Chinese Taipei and Sofia Polcanova of Austria, the women’s world no. 21.

SAKSHI, BORO ENTER YOUTH BOXING SEMIS

ROHTAK: World Youth Boxing Championship gold medallists Sakshi of Haryana and Ankushita Boro of Assam, romped past their respective opponents to book semi-final spots at the 2nd Youth Nationals.

INDIAN CONTINGENT ARRIVES IN GOLD COAST

GOLDCOAST: About 200 members of the Indian contingent and officials participating in the Commonwealth Games beginning next week arrived here.

“The contingent members comprising athletics, boxing, basketball, hockey, lawn bowling and shooting have reported at the Village as they arrived in batches,” an IOA release said.