A. Sharath Kamal, G. Sathiyan and Manika Batra achieved their career-best world rankings, according to the latest chart released by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) on Tuesday.
The 36-year-old Sharath jumped four places to grab the World No. 31 spot.
Prior to this his career best ranking was 32, achieved in May 2015 after the Suzhou World Championships.
Sathiyan, too, marched ahead to be at World No. 36 spot from No. 39.
Manika, who became the first Indian woman to win a singles gold at Commonwealth Games, was rewarded for her consistent showing as she moved up to World No. 55, climbing one rung up the order.
Other than these three paddlers, the rest of Indian male players lag far behind and are in the 100 plus brackets, including Harmeet Desai (103), A. Amalraj (147), Sanil Shetty (162). Manav Thakkar, is just behind them at No. 218.
Among women, Mouma Das is the second best Indian (110) while Madhurika Patkar (123), Ayhika Mukherjee (166), Sreeja Akula (274), another youth paddler, follow her.