Sreeja Akula, the recent Commonwealth Games mixed doubles champion, has replaced Manika Batra as India’s top-ranked women’s table tennis player in the latest ITTF World Rankings. Akula’s strong season, including victories in WTT Feeder events and a quarterfinal appearance in the WTT Star Contender Series, has propelled her to a career-best ranking of 38th. Meanwhile, Batra has dropped a few spots to 39th. Other Indian players remained steady in the rankings, with Yashaswini Ghorpade and Archana Kamath retaining their positions at 99th and 100th, respectively. Sharath Kamal continues to be India’s top-ranked male player, standing at 37th, while G Sathiyan and Manav Thakar swapped places to occupy the 60th and 61st positions. Notably, Harmeet Desai, the previous top-ranked Indian, has dropped to 64th. India has already secured team event berths for the Paris Olympics, while the singles entries will be determined by the Table Tennis Federation of India based on world rankings as of May 16th.