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Pune: Indian college baller Yousuf Sayyed made history by scoring 80 points in a single game. This is arguably the second highest ever by an Indian basketball player at any level (male or female). The accomplishment came in the finals of ‘Vedant’, the annual inter-collegiate youth festival organised by BJ Government Medical College, Pune. In […]

[Originally published on NBA.COM, as part of its ‘Local Heroes’ series, around February 2017.] “He was unorthodox … the type of player we had never seen before.” – MA Parthasarathy, former India player “He was someone who lived for the team.” – MC Selvakumar, former India player   It was in 1978 when IT happened. An […]