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Kolkata ThunderBlades join UTT season 6; PBG shifts to Pune

Last updated : Apr 02, 2025 16:04

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Apr 01, 2025 20:04

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Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) have annouced that Season 6 will see a new franchise added to the team roster in Kolkata ThunderBlades.

UTT will however remain an eight-team league as the Punit Balan Group, which till last year ran PBG Bengaluru Smashers, is shifting base to PBG's "home turf" Pune in a "bold new avatar" as PBG Pune Jaguars.

Meanwhile, Puneri Paltan Table Tennis, the UTT team owned by Insurekot Sports Pvt. Ltd., a company promoted by the Kotak family, has been disbanded.

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