Title holders Dabang Delhi to take on Puneri Paltan on opening day of UTT season 3

Defending champions Dabang Delhi TTC will face off against newcomers Puneri Paltan in the opening match of the third season of Ultimate Table Tennis here on July 25.

Dabang Delhi, led by the current highest-ranked Indian paddler Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (world no. 24), also boasts of Romanian Bernadette Szocs (world no. 19), Jon Persson of Sweden (world no. 72) and rising Indian paddler Parth Virmani in their ranks.

Puneri Paltan will be no pushovers as they will be spearheaded by Chuang Chih-Yuan of Chinese Taipei (world no. 28) besides having German veteran Sabine Winter (world no. 62) and India's top paddlers Ayhika Mukherjee and Harmeet Desai in their squad.

More high-voltage action will be on the cards on day two when new entrants Chennai Lions, who possess the country's most experienced player in 37-year-old Achanta Sharath Kamal (world no. 32) and German star Petrissa Solja ( world no. 26), take on fellow newbies U Mumba TT.

The team from Mumbai has the likes of Doo Hoi Kem (world