Uttarakhand’s Ansh Tripathi and Maharashtra’s Nirupama Dubey have been named the top seeds in the men’s and women’s main draws respectively for the Avaada-Otters Club All-India Squash Tournament 2026, which begins on Monday at the Otters Club in Bandra.
Nirupama Dubey
Twenty-year-old Ansh heads the men’s field ahead of Madhya Pradesh’s Adarsh Bandoda, while Tamil Nadu’s Pooja Arthi R. is seeded second behind Nirupama in the women’s draw.
The six-day tournament has attracted 558 players from across the country and will feature competition in 16 categories across men, women, boys and girls sections.
Organisers expect the event to showcase some of India’s emerging squash talent alongside established players, with matches set to be played through the week at the Bandra venue.
The seedings:
Men’s draw: 1. Ansh Tripathi (Uttarakhand)
2. Adarsh Bandoda (Madhya Pradesh)
3/4. Mohit Bhatt (Maharashtra)
3/4. Sandesh Pr (Tamil Nadu)
Women’s draw: 1. Nirupama Dubey (Maharashtra)
2. Pooja Arthi R. (Tamil Nadu)
3/4. Anika Dubey (Maharashtra)
3/4. Rani Gupta (Maharashtra)
Boys U-19: 1. Rachit Shah (Maharashtra)
2. Aatik Yadav (Maharashtra)
3/4. Shravin Jain (Tamil Nadu)
3/4. Darshil Parsarampuria (Tamil Nadu)
Girls U-19:
1. Ananya Narayanan (Tamil Nadu)
2. Anika Dubey (Maharashtra)
3/4. Vyomika Khandelwal (Maharashtra)
3/4. Chhavi Saran (Rajasthan).