IndianOil UTT Season 6 Kicks Off May 31: Blockbuster double header sees Goa face Ahmedabad, Delhi Clash with Jaipur on Opening Day

Ahmedabad: IndianOil Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) Season 6 kicks off with a blockbuster double-header on May 31 on the EKA Arena in Ahmedabad, with the outlet night time witnessing protecting champions Dempo Goa Challengers taking up house aspect Ahmedabad SG Pipers in a primetime conflict. Earlier within the night time, Season 2 winners Dabang Delhi TTC will face Sreeja Akula-led Jaipur Patriots within the ceremonial opener, surroundings the tone for a high-voltage season, the place 8 franchises will compete throughout 23 ties.

U Mumba TT, led via World No. 14 Bernadette Szocs and emerging Indian megastar Yashaswini Ghorpade, start their season with a mouth-watering Maharashtra Derby on June 1 in opposition to PBG Pune Jaguars, spearheaded via Spanish ace Alvaro Robles. Debutants Kolkata ThunderBlades, that includes World Youth No. 5 Ankur Bhattacharjee and Olympians Quadri Aruna and Adriana Diaz, open their marketing campaign on June 2 in opposition to Season 3 winners Chennai Lions, headlined via China’s Fan Siqi, the most costly select at this 12 months’s public sale, and previous World Youth No. 1 (U-17) Payas Jain.

Staged below the aegis of the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) and promoted via Vita Dani and Niraj Bajaj, IndianOil UTT has all of a sudden grow to be one of the coveted world sports activities homes in desk tennis. The league’s emerging stature can be matched via expansive protection, with all fits broadcast continue to exist Star Sports Khel and Star Sports Tamil, and streamed on JioHotstar.

IndianOil UTT drew 20 million audience in 2024—a 1.3x upward push from the former season. The opener between Dempo Goa Challengers and Jaipur Patriots drew 1.33 million, whilst the U Mumba TT vs Ahmedabad SG Pipers derby scaled to 1.83 million on TV. Across the season, the league averaged over 1,000,000 audience consistent with fit.

Season 6 choices up the place it left off, with key clashes coated up, together with the Western Derby between Mumbai and Ahmedabad on June 2. A rematch of closing 12 months’s ultimate between Dabang Delhi and Dempo Goa Challengers–which pits Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Diya Chitale in opposition to Harmeet Desai and Singapore’s Zeng Jian–is about for June 4. The semifinals can be performed on June 13 and 14, resulting in the Grand Finale.

Each staff will play 5 ties around the team degree, whilst every tie will consist of 5 fits—two males’s singles, two girls’s singles, and one blended doubles. After the league degree, the highest 4 groups at the issues desk will development to the knockout degree, with the semi-finals that includes Team No. 1 vs Team No. 4 and Team No. 2 vs Team No. 3. The ties will start at 7:30 PM, with seven double-headers scheduled, the place the primary tie will get started at 5:00 PM (17:00), adopted via the second one at 7:30 PM (19:30).

IndianOil UTT Season 6 Schedule

May 31            17:00   Jaipur Patriots v Dabang Delhi T.T.C.

May 31            19:30   Ahmedabad SG Pipers v Dempo Goa Challengers

June 1             17:00   U Mumba TT v PBG Pune Jaguars

June 2             17:00   Chennai Lions v Kolkata ThunderBlades

June 2             19:30   U Mumba TT v Ahmedabad SG Pipers

June 3             17:00   Jaipur Patriots v Chennai Lions

June 4             17:00   Dabang Delhi T.T.C. v Dempo Goa Challengers

June 4             19:30   PBG Pune Jaguars v Kolkata ThunderBlades

June 5             17:00   Jaipur Patriots v U Mumba TT

June 5             19:30   Chennai Lions v Ahmedabad SG Pipers

June 6             17:00   PBG Pune Jaguars v Dempo Goa Challengers

June 6             19:30   Dabang Delhi T.T.C. v Kolkata ThunderBlades

June 7             17:00   Jaipur Patriots v Ahmedabad SG Pipers

June 7             19:30   U Mumba TT v Chennai Lions

June 8             17:00   Dempo Goa Challengers v Kolkata ThunderBlades

June 8             19:30   Dabang Delhi T.T.C. v PBG Pune Jaguars

June 9             19:30   Chennai Lions v Dempo Goa Challengers

June 10           19:30   Ahmedabad SG Pipers v Kolkata ThunderBlades

June 11           19:30   Jaipur Patriots v PBG Pune Jaguars

June 12           19:30   U Mumba TT v Dabang Delhi T.T.C.

June 13           19:30   Team 1 v Team 4

June 14           19:30   Team 2 v Team 3

June 15           19:30   SF1 Winner v SF2 Winner