Know more about Sonalben Patel - the paddler who will inaugurate proceedings for India at Tokyo!

A World No. 19 player currently in the Wheelchair Class 3 category, Sonalben Patel contracted polio at a young age which left her using a wheelchair.

But that did not deter the spirit of Sonalben who always loved table tennis, after seeing people play. While she was doing an industrial course at an institute in Ahmedabad, the superintendent of the institute, Tejalben Lakhia encouraged Sonalben to take up the sport and there has been no looking back since then.