Comprising Pratul Joshi, India no.3 (singles men), Anura Prabhudesai, India no.8 (singles women) and Chirag Shetty and M.R. Arjun (both men’s doubles), AAI will be keen to pose a stiff challenge to the defending champion. It has has Prannoy, Sai Praneeth, Aditya Joshi (all singles), V. Diju (doubles), Rituparna Das (singles) and K. Tarun (men’s doubles) and Aparna Balan (women’s doubles). Each tie will have a match each of men and women’s singles, men and women’s doubles, and mixed doubles. Mixed team championship: Quarterfinal-pairings: PSPB (Central) vs AP (South); Assam (N-E) vs UP (East); Maharashtra (West) vs Bihar (host); Haryana (North) vs AAI (Inter-institutional).

Source: The Hindu January 31, 2017 16:07 UTC