Chennai Lions

Indian professional table tennis franchise

Chennai Lions

Sport| Table tennis
Founded| 2019 (2019)
League| Ultimate Table Tennis
Based in| Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Stadium| Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium
Colors| Yellow
Owner| Aishwarya R. Dhanush, Sameer Bharat Ram[1]
Head coach| A. Muralidhara Rao
Peter Engel[1]
Championships| 1 (2019)

Chennai Lions is an Indian professional table tennis franchise team based in Chennai that played in the Ultimate Table Tennis. It was established in 2019 by film director Aishwarya R. Dhanush and entrepreneur Sameer Bharat Ram.[1][2] They are the reigning champions of the league after defeating Dabang Delhi TTC in 2019 UTT finals.[3][4]

## Players (2019)

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Indian head coach \- A. Muralidhara Rao

Foreign head coach -  Peter Engel
Player  | Nat | Playing Hand
Sharath Kamal |  | Right
Anirban Ghosh  |  | Right
Madhurika Patkar |  | Right
Yashini Sivasankar  |  | Right
Petrissa Solja |  | Left
Tiago Apolonia |  | Right

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## Honours

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### Domestic

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* Ultimate Table Tennis

* Winners (1): 2019

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Chennai Lions | Ultimate Table Tennis Teams and Players | www.ultimatetabletennis.in". www.ultimatetabletennis.in. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
2. ^ "UTT 2019 player draft: Sharath Kamal roped in by Chennai Lions, Manika Batra to play for Mavericks Kolkata". Firstpost. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
3. ^ "Flawless Chennai Lions are new UTT champions - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
4. ^ Rao, Rakesh. "UTT 2019: Chennai Lions destroys Dabang Delhi 8-1, roars to title". Sportstar. Retrieved 3 March 2020.

## External links

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* Team profile

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