Payal Pani, a third year student of integrated law at Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA), has been chosen to represent the senior Odisha team in the 84th Senior National and Inter-State Table Tennis championship beginning at Jammu on Monday.

Though Pani had represented the state in the sub-junior and junior category in national Table Tennis championship earlier, this is the first time that she has been selected for the senior squad.

She will be playing both in singles and doubles events.

“I am very excited to be representing the senior state team and am looking forward to a good performance,” she said.