Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 26 (ANI): Star paddler Manika Batra survived the giant-slaying Ayhika Mukherjee to lead her team, PBG Bengaluru Smashers to a 10-5 victory against Puneri Paltan Table Tennis in Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) 2024 at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium on Monday. Manika lost the first game of her headline clash with Ayhika, falling into similar traps that had caught the league’s highest-ranked player, Bernadette Szocs, last time around. However, the Asian and Commonwealth Games medallist retaliated in back-to-back games, winning the match 2-1. Puneri Paltan Table T…