Table Tennis is one of the 13 sports which is a part of the General Championship during Inter IIT Sports Meet. All the IITs have indoor facilities for successful conduction of the matches during the tournament. The sport sees participation from all 17 IITs in both men’s and women’s format.
The playoff format follows a best-of-series throughout the competition with 5 and 3 games for men’s and women’s respectively. Each game is a best of 5 sets of 11 points each for men's and a best of 3 sets of 11 points for women's. A player from a team can’t play in more than 2 matches. This means that a minimum of 2 players in the women’s team and 3 players in the men’s team is needed. For a men's match, (A, B, C) represents the first team and (X, Y, Z) represents the second team.[1] The order of matches is as follows:
Men’s:
Women’s
1st Match: Singles (A vs X)
1st Match: Singles
2nd Match: Singles (B vs Y)
2nd Match: Doubles
3rd Match: Singles (C vs Z)
3rd Match: Reverse Singles
4th Match: Singles (A vs Y)
5th Match: Singles (B vs X)
Infrastructure
IIT Kharagpur has a rich infrastructure dedicated to Table Tennis, at the Gymkhana. It has 8 Stag 1000 DX table tennis boards, and a matted floor.[1] Non-marking shoes along with proper kit which includes shorts and a t-shirt are mandatory for playing. The Gymkhana Table Tennis Court is accessible to everyone interested in sport from 6:00 am to 10:00 am and 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm everyday, excluding Sundays. There is no fees for playing. Stag 2* and 3* balls are used for practice.
Office Bearers
The current administrative positions held by officials in the Gymkhana are:[2]
Secretary, Indoor Game Subcommittee: Mr. Rishabh Jain
General Secretary, Sports and Games: Mr. Soujanya Nayak and Mr. S S V K S S Jyothiraditya
Physical Training Instructor: Hitesh Sharma
Trials for Inter IIT
Inter IIT 2014 group stage match. Sourish Ghosh (IITKGP) vs Himanshu Pandey (IITK)Rajeev Lochan Chakraborty during his match in Open IIT table tennis semi-finals against Sudarshan S
Inter IIT probables are selected on the basis of their performance in Open IIT table tennis , which is held in the month of September at IIT Kharagpur. Usually 4-5 girls and 8 boys are listed as probables. These are then trained by the temporary coach to undergo rigorous training and daily practice of approximately 3-4 hours. A league is conducted towards the end of November which finalizes the 2/3 girls and 4 boys (top 4 in the league) for the Inter IIT team.[1]
Table tennis team of IIT Kharagpur at the 501st Inter IIT Sports Meet (2016), IIT KanpurTable tennis team of IIT Kharagpur at the 50th Inter IIT Sports Meet (2014), IIT Bombay
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