Broadcast on the Star Sports network and streamed on JioHotstar, the tie will take place at the Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium

Goa, July 20, 2026: Ahmedabad APL Pipers and Dabang Delhi TTC meet in a crucial Butterfly Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) Season 7 Powered by ChatGPT clash on Monday, with both teams looking to strengthen their playoff push. Ahmedabad head into the contest buoyed by their victory over Pune, while Delhi will be eager to arrest a two-tie losing streak and stay firmly in the hunt for the semifinals.

Staged under the aegis of the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) and promoted by Niraj Bajaj and Vita Dani, Butterfly UTT Season 7 features 42 players from around the world, including 14 Olympians, while continuing to strengthen the Indian table tennis ecosystem through elite competition and year-round development initiatives.

Ahmedabad’s resurgence has been driven by its formidable women's contingent. Indian ace Manika Batra has rediscovered her rhythm with successive victories and now leads Butterfly UTT Season 7 in service winners with 82, while teammate Sofia Polcanova ranks third in the same category. The duo also sit second and third, respectively, in women's points won with 142 and 139, making the women's contests a key battleground on Monday.

Delhi, however, have plenty of quality of their own. Maria Xiao and Divyanshi Bhowmick have been among the league's most efficient backhand players, each winning two-thirds of their backhand exchanges this season. If the two sides' leading women cross paths, it promises to be a fascinating contrast between Ahmedabad's attacking prowess and Delhi's consistency from the backhand wing.

The men's battle promises just as much intrigue. Adrien Rassenfosse has quietly emerged as one of the league's standout performers, sitting second in men's points won with 134 while ranking third in forehand winners. Alongside him, Payas Jain is second in the forehand winners charts, giving Ahmedabad one of the competition's most dangerous attacking combinations.

Delhi will bank on the experience of Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Youssef Abdelaziz to halt Ahmedabad's momentum, with the tie likely to hinge on fine margins as both teams look to keep pace in an increasingly congested playoff race.

Butterfly UTT Season 7 Schedule

July 20, 2026 | 7:30 PM | Ahmedabad APL Pipers vs Dabang Delhi TTC

Butterfly UTT Season 7 Teams

Ahmedabad APL Pipers: Manika Batra, Sofia Polcanova (Austria), Adrien Rassenfosse (Belgium), Sanil Shetty, Kavya Bhatt, Payas Jain

Dabang Delhi TTC: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Maria Xiao (Spain), Youssef Abdelaziz (Egypt), Divyanshi Bhowmick, Taneesha Kotecha, Jeet Chandra