10 Indian teenagers who could become sporting greats in the future

Modified Apr 27, 2016 11:38 IST

5.Naina Jaiswal(Table Tennis)

It has been a good month for India in the sport of Table Tennis with 4 paddlers having made the cut to the Olympics. There is more to hope from the sport in the form of Hyderabad-born Naina Jaiswal.

The 16-year-old is presently the Number one ranked Junior player in India in the Under-15 category and won the first national ranking tournament on 3 consecutive occasions in 2011, 2012 and 2013.

Jaiswal won the bronze in the Sub-Junior Nationals in 2010 and was the first Indian girl to be picked into an ITTF World Hopes team in 2011. The Table Tennis fraternity will be hoping that Jaiswal can carry this early promise and deliver at the senior level as well in the future.

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Shankar covered the 2023 ICC ODI World Cup held in India, which Australia won by beating India in the final. He strives to be sensible in his reporting to deliver accurate, relevant, and ethical information.

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