new delhi indias recent streak of good performances at tournaments like the asian and commonwealth games has grabbed eyeballs in table tennis powerhouses like china and south korea according to veteran star a sharath kamalindian paddlers had their best outing at the cwg bagging a record haul of eight medals including historic gold in the womens team and singles event in gold coast games in 2018a few months later at the asian games the paddlers ended a 60yearwait for a table tennis medal the mens team comprising veteran sharath kamal g sathiyan anthony amalraj harmeet desai and manav thakkar clinched a bronze at jakartathe teams are putting us on a very high level in world competition olympic silver medallist kim taeksoo from south korea came after the asian games and said told us indian team has become very strong now sharath said on the sidelines of the ultimate table tennis curtain raiserchinese coaches also lined up and clapped for us even though we didnt beat them but because we put up a strong fight so we know everyone is watching the growth of indian table tennis sharath added