Balasuri Varun Shankar of Global Table Tennis Academy (Hyderabad) picked a silver medal in the national-ranking (Central Zone) championship in Indore on Tuesday night and in the process set a record of sorts by becoming the first Hyderabadi, after a long gap, to do so. Varun lost to Delhi’s Payas Jain 11-4, 9-11, 10-12, 11-6, 6-11 in the final. He was a champion in all the three State-ranking categories in his age group.