The Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) Auction on April 28 witnessed intense bidding as franchises invested heavily in a mix of Indian talent and international stars.
As season 7 starts in a couple of months, the auction has now finalized the squads for the seven teams ahead of the upcoming tournament. Each team have six players in their squad, two foreigners (1 male and 1 female) along with four Indian players (2 male, 2 female).
UTT Season 7 Schedule
Date: July 9 to July 26
Venue: Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium, Goa
UTT 2026 Auction Top Buys
Romania's Bernadette Szocs emerged as the highest-paid player, bagged by Dempo Goa Challengers for a whopping Rs 40 lakh. Her explosive attacking game makes her a major title contender. India's Diya Chitale was sold to PBG Pune Jaguars for Rs 37.40
lakh. Among the men, Manush Shah was sold to U Mumba for Rs 37.20 lakh.
International flair came through as Sofia Polcanova was sold to Ahmedabad Pipers Rs 27.20 lakh, while U Mumba signed Anna Hursey for Rs 22.80 lakh. Dabang Delhi also roped in Spain's Maria Xiao for Rs 27.20 lakh.
Divyanshi Bhowmick, who was sold to Dabang Delhi for Rs 10.40 lakh, became the youngest player to be signed in the UTT auction.
UTT 2026 Auction Top 5 Buys
- Bernadette Szocs (Rs 40 lakh)
- Diya Chitale (Rs 37.40 lakh)
- Manush Shah (Rs 37.20 lakh)
- Manav Thakkar (Rs 36 lakh)
- Yangzi Liu (Rs 32 lakh)
UTT Retained Players
Manika Batra (Ahmedabad APL Pipers) - Rs 27 lakh
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (Dabang Delhi TTC) - Rs 27 lakh
Akash Paul (U Mumba) - Rs 9.45 lakh
Ankur Bhattacharjee (Kolkata Thunderbolts) - Rs 9.45 lakh
UTT 2026 Auction: Full List of Sold Players in Season 7 Auction
Have a look at the full list of players sold in the UTT 2026 auction-
Maria Xiao (Spain) - Dabang Delhi - Rs 27.20 lakh
Adrien Rassenfosse (Belgium) - Ahmedabad Pipers - Rs 20 lakh
Eduard Ionescu (Romania) - Kolkata Thunderbolts - Rs 24.20 lakh
Divyanshi Bhowmick - Dabang Delhi - Rs 10.40 lakh
Syndrela Das - Dempo Royal Challengers - Rs 17 lakh
Taneesha Kotecha - Kolkata Thunderbolts - Rs 3 lakh
Sayali Wani - UP Prometheans - Rs 9 lakh
Kavya Bhatt - Ahmedabad Pipers - Rs 3.20 lakh
Sanil Shetty - Ahmedabad Pipers - Rs 3.20 lakh
Ayhika Mukherjee - Kolkata Thunderblades - Rs 20.20 lakh
Sudhanshu Grover - UP Prometheans - Rs 3.20 lakh
Sofia Polcanova (Austria) - Ahmedabad Pipers - Rs 27.20 lakh
Youssef Abdelaziz (Egypt) - Dabang Delhi - Rs 12 lakh
Raegan Albuquerque - Dabang Delhi - Rs 3 lakh
Divyanshi Srivastava - Dempo Goa Challengers - Rs 3 lakh
Lilian Bardet (France) - U Mumba - Rs 21.40 lakh
Prithika Pavade (France) - Pune Jaguars - Rs 24.80 lkh
Anna Hursey (Wales) - U Mumba - Rs 22.20 lakh
Payas Jain - Ahmedabad Pipers - Rs 16.80 lakh
Snehit Suravajjula - Pune Jaguars - Rs 12 lakh
Manav Thakkar - UP Prometheans - Rs 36 lakh
Yangzi Liu (Australia) - UP Prometheans - Rs 32 lakh
Diya Chitale - Pune Jaguars - Rs 37.40 lakh
Manush Shah - U Mumba - Rs 37.20 lakh
Sutirtha Mukherjee - Dabang Delhi - Rs 8 lakh
Bernadette Szocs (Romania) - Dempo Goa Challengers - Rs 40 lakh
Mudit Dani - PBG Pune Jaguars - Rs 3 lakh
Alvaro Robles (Spain) - Dempo Goa Challengers - Rs 22.80 lakh
Nityashree Mani - U Mumba - Rs 3 lakh
Zeng Jian (Singapore) - Kolkata Thunderbolts - Rs 20 lakh
Ananya Chande - Dempo Goa Challengers - Rs 3 lakh
Abhinandh PB - Dempo Goa Challengers - Rs 3 lakh
Anusha Kutumbale - U Mumba - Rs 3 lakh
Jeet Chandra - Kolkata Thunderbolts - Rs 7 lakh
Swastika Ghosh - UP Prometheans - Rs 7 lakh
Omar Assar (Egypt) - PBG Pune Jaguars - Rs 20 lakh
Sayanika Maji - PBG Pune Jaguars - Rs 3 lakh (Random Pick)
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