The Junior Pickleball Championship decides India's U14 & U18 squads for Da Nang. Every final lands on this board as it finishes — newest first in the log below.
Day 2 done — nine titles decided,including a clean U12 sweep for Aarin Ballani. The U14 & U18 squad finals land Sunday.All trials news →
The trials · JPC 2026
Three days in Ahmedabad
The board and session log on this page are updated after each session through the weekend, from the official results as they're published.
Event
Junior Pickleball Championship (JPC) 2026
Dates
Jun 12 – 14, 2026
Venue
Dinkers Pickleball Academy & Club, Shilaj, Ahmedabad
Sanction
PWR 400 · DUPR rated · IPA affiliated
Format
Group + playoff · 20 events across U12 / U14 / U16 / U18
At stake
U14 & U18 squad places for Da Nang, on merit at this one event
Why it matters
Three days, two squads
Unlike the seniors — picked on PWR rankings and the Picklebay Zonals — India's juniors earn Da Nang places on pure competitive merit at this one event, plus mandatory fitness testing. The U14 and U18 winners' circle this weekend is, in effect, the first draft of Team India 2026. The U12 and U16 draws don't feed the World Cup squads directly, but they're the pipeline — and the same courts, same weekend.
The board · 20 finals
Results, as they land
Champions and runners-up per event, straight from the venue's published results. Empty rows are still in play.
U12 · pipeline
WU12 Boys SinglesAarin Ballani · def. Raghav Kumar
Board updated after each session — last updated Jun 13, 2026, after Day 2.
The log
Session by session
Trials
Five more finals fell on Saturday, closing out the U12 and U16 podiums and crowning the first U14 title — nine of the 20 events are now decided.
Aarin Ballani swept the U12 boys' draw: the singles (def. Raghav Kumar), the doubles with Abir Mittal, and the mixed alongside Vidisha Vijay Shinde — who herself doubled up after Friday's U12 girls singles crown.
Veer Shah added a second title, taking the U14 mixed doubles with Mahika Rathod to go with his U16 singles. Anushka Chhabria also made it two — partnering Panth Thakkar to the U16 mixed crown to sit beside her U16 girls doubles win.
The U14 and U18 singles and doubles — the events that directly decide India's World Cup squads — are the headline finals still to come on Sunday.
Trials
Four titles decided on opening day: U12 girls singles, U16 boys singles, and both U16 girls events reached their finals.
Veer Shah — the 2025 World Cup Junior MVP — opened his trials with the U16 boys singles title, beating fellow squad-watch name Panth Thakkar in the final. Vivan Patel took third.
Anushka Chhabria, a four-medal junior at Florida 2025, won the U16 girls doubles with Mahika Rathod; Aashrithaa beat Dhiyaa Prasanna Kumar for the singles crown. The U12 girls title went to Vidisha Vijay Shinde.
Trials
More than 100 players from across India are in Ahmedabad for the three-day championship. Group stages open Friday morning; finals land across the weekend.
The benchmark: Veer Shah, 2025 World Cup Junior MVP. Among the names to watch — Arjun Singh (three US Open medals) and Naomi Amalsadiwala.
This board fills in as finals finish — champions and runners-up for all 20 events, updated after each session.
