Difficult to surpass Gold Coast success: Sharath Kamal

Mumbai: Opening their account with three bronze medals when table tennis made its Commonwealth Games debut at Manchester in 2002, India created a big bang by emerging as the overall champions in the 2018 edition at Gold Coast, Australia.

Led by veteran Sharath Kamal and G. Sathiyan, the Indian men reclaimed the Team Competition gold, while Manika Batra led the women's team to gold and also made history by winning the women's singles title.

India finished with three gold, two silver and three bronze medals, tied with Singapore on gold and silver count but emerging on top, thanks to the three bronze they won as compared to only one by Singapore. The 40-year-old paddler, however, stated that it would be difficult for India to surpass the Gold Coast success story at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. India can at best equal the Gold Coast performance and win eight medals, but winning more than eight would be difficult, Sharath Kamal noted.

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