In the continued drama surrounding the table tennis team selection for the Commonwealth Games, a fourth player has approached court after being left out of the squad. This time it is Archana Kamath, the paddler originally part of the squad but later left out, who has approached the Karnataka High Court.
The Court has ordered a stay on the selection list and asked all parties to appear before it on June 22.
“By interim direction, it is ordered that the selection list shall not be sent till the next day of hearing,” read the court’s order.
Kamath, who turned 22 on Friday, was initially named in the four-member women’s squad, but was dropped later on in the aftermath of another paddler Diya Chitale approaching the Delhi High Court after being left out. The Committee of Administrators that handle the affairs of the Table Tennis Federation of India replaced Kamath with Chitale, even before the latter’s case was heard at the court.
The CoA also added Swastika Ghosh as a reserve player, but she too filed a writ petition at the Delhi High Court. In the men’s category, Manush Shah had also gone to court after being left out of the squad.
The Delhi High Court meanwhile asked the TTFI to file an affidavit explaining…
