new delhi indias triple gold medallist at the recent commonwealth games sharath kamal has opted out of next months world table tennis championships in china citing personal reasonsthe event will be played in chengdu from september 30 to october 9the 40yearold sharath had won the mens singles mixed doubles and team title in the birmingham gamesg sathiyan the topranked indian in the world at no 37 will spearhead the countrys challenge in the mens section while world no 44 manika batra will lead the womens teammanika will be aiming for an improved performance after an underwhelming campaign at the cwgnational men and women coaches s raman and anindita chakraborty chris adrian pfeiffer personal coach of manika and masseur harmeet kaur will be the other members of the contingent table tennis federation of india saidunfortunately however the birmingham cwg multiple medallist a sharath kamal has opted out of the team citing personal reasonsthe indian team is expected to leave for chengdu on september 25the indian teammen g sathiyan sanil shetty harmeet desai manush shah and manav thakkarwomen manika batra sreeja akula reeth rishya diya chitale and swastika ghoshcoaches s raman and anindita chakrabortychris adrian pfeiffer personal coachmasseur harmeet kaur