Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:35pm on 21 Sep 2026,Monday Sports
India’s women’s and men’s table tennis teams beat Pakistan 3-0 at the Asian Games, while players from both sides exchanged handshakes and smiles before and after their matches. Indian women players Sutirtha Mukherjee, Sreeja Akula and Syndrela Das greeted Pakistan’s Aleena, Fatima and Kalsoom Khan before their Group F tie and repeated the gesture after each match. The men’s teams also shared warm handshakes, with Pakistan’s Muhammad Khan and India’s Harmeet Desai smiling after a missed shot, while Muhammad later patted Payas Jain’s back. The report contrasted table tennis with cricket, where India has maintained a no-handshake approach since the Pahalgam attack.
