Chennai Lions

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)

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

Source

Honours

Domestic

• Ultimate Table Tennis

• Winners (1): 2019

References

1. "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

• Team profile