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The News 9 basketball‬ panel discussion with the Indian senior men’s team is out on YouTube. They called Joginder, “Narender”, and Akhilan as “Akhilam”, but all said and done, glad to have the Indian basketball men’s team on television. The panel featured BFI Head of Operations Himamshu Dabir, point guards Joginder Singh Saharan, Akilan Pari, small […]

The season 3 of the Mizoram Super League (MSL) – India’s first professional basketball league, tipped off on 21st March 2017 at the Khatla Indoor Stadium, Mizoram. Weeks 2 and 3 saw further additions to the squads in a bid to bolster their chances of winning the league. Signings and arrivals Newly promoted Chanmari Hollow […]

The season 3 of the Mizoram Super League (MSL) – India’s first professional basketball league, tipped off on 21st March, 2017 at the Khatla Indoor Stadium. Week 1 saw a total of 4 matches. Game 1 Khatla TBL 69 (Gurvinder Gill 29 pts,14 reb) bt. Chanmari Hollow 67 (Vanlalthazuala 21 pts, 8 reb) Defending champions […]

India finish 4th at the BRICS Games 2017, after losing to Russia and South Africa, concluding their exposure tournament in China. The team was lacking in size in the absence of star centre Amritpal Singh, which resulted in them being outrebounded by heavyweights Russia and China. Forwards Amjyot Singh Gill and Rikin Pethani performed consistently […]

The Indian men’s basketball team continued their FIBA Asia Cup 2017 campaign with a 54 – 61 loss against Jordan on Friday. Jordan are ranked only three spots below India’s previous opponents Iran, but the gulf in quality was exaggerated by the fact that Jordan were missing the services of their naturalized players Kevin Ware […]