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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Professional table tennis franchise}}<br />
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| founded = {{Start date|2019|df=y}}<br />
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| league = [[Ultimate Table Tennis]]<br />
| logo = Chennai Lions UTT team.png<br />
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| stadium = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)|Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium]]<br />
| city = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| colors = Yellow {{Color box|yellow|border=darkgray}}<br />
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| owner = [[Aishwarya R. Dhanush]], Sameer Bharat Ram<ref name="team"/><br />
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| coach = A. Muralidhara Rao, Peter Engel<ref name="team"/><br />
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'''Chennai Lions''' is an Indian professional [[table tennis]] franchise based in [[Chennai]], that plays in [[Ultimate Table Tennis]]. It was established in 2019 by film director [[Aishwarya R. Dhanush]] and entrepreneur Sameer Bharat Ram.<ref name="team">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ultimatetabletennis.in/teams/20-chennai-lions-team-profile|title=Chennai Lions {{!}} Ultimate Table Tennis Teams and Players {{!}} www.ultimatetabletennis.in|website=www.ultimatetabletennis.in|access-date=2020-03-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/utt-2019-player-draft-sharath-kamal-roped-in-by-chennai-lions-manika-batra-to-play-for-mavericks-kolkata-6809411.html|title=UTT 2019 player draft: Sharath Kamal roped in by Chennai Lions, Manika Batra to play for Mavericks Kolkata|website=Firstpost|access-date=2020-03-03}}</ref> They are the reigning champions of the league after defeating [[Dabang Delhi TTC]] in 2019 UTT finals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/flawless-chennai-lions-are-new-utt-champions/articleshow/70633951.cms|title=Flawless Chennai Lions are new UTT champions - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=3 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/table-tennis/utt-final-chennai-lions-beats-dabang-delhi-to-lift-title/article28984397.ece|title=UTT 2019: Chennai Lions destroys Dabang Delhi 8-1, roars to title|last=Rao|first=Rakesh|website=Sportstar|language=en|access-date=2020-03-03}}</ref><br />
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== Players ==<br />
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=== Current squad ===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:30%;"<br />
! colspan="3" |Indian Head coach - A. Muralidhara Rao<br />
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! colspan="3" |Foreign Head coach - {{flagicon|GER}} Peter Engel<br />
|-<br />
! style="color:#fff; background:#0101df;" |Player<br />
! style= "width:5%; color:#fff; background:#0101df;" |{{abbr|Nat|Nationality}}<br />
! style= "width:40%;color:#fff; background:#0101df;" |Playing Hand<br />
|-<br />
|- align="center"<br />
|[[Sharath Kamal]]<br />
|{{flagicon|IND}}<br />
|Right<br />
|-<br />
|- align="center"<br />
|Anirban Ghosh<br />
|{{flagicon|IND}}<br />
|Right<br />
|- <br />
|- align="center"<br />
|[[Madhurika Patkar]]<br />
|{{flagicon|IND}}<br />
|Right<br />
|-<br />
|- align="center"<br />
|Yashini Sivasankar<br />
|{{flagicon|IND}}<br />
|Right<br />
|-<br />
|- align="center"<br />
|[[Petrissa Solja]]<br />
|{{flagicon|GER}}<br />
|Left<br />
|-<br />
|- align="center"<br />
|[[Tiago Apolónia|Tiago Apolonia]]<br />
|{{flagicon|POR}}<br />
|Right<br />
|}<br />
{{Small|[https://www.ultimatetabletennis.in/teams/20-chennai-lions-team-profile Source]}}<br />
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== Honours ==<br />
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=== Domestic ===<br />
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* '''[[Ultimate Table Tennis]]'''<br />
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:* '''''Winners (1):''''' 2019<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [https://www.ultimatetabletennis.in/teams/20-chennai-lions-team-profile Team profile]<br />
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{{Tamil Nadu Sports}}<br />
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[[Category:Sport in Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:2019 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Ultimate Table Tennis]]<br />
[[Category:Sports teams in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Table tennis clubs]]</div>
>BrownHairedGirl