TJ Sahi 20

I may call myself a die-hard basketball junkie now, but when I was a kid, I wanted to grow up and be Sachin Tendulkar. I wasn’t good at cricket, but I played it a lot because everyone I knew played cricket. From the grassy fields of my school to the concrete gullie behind my house, […]

[An abridged version of this profile ‘Sahi is the Little John of Indian Basketball’ appeared in the youth online magazine tadpoles.in. It can be accessed here.] Some would say that his game reflects his personality: brash, energetic, in your face and always thoroughly entertaining. Talwinderjit Singh (‘TJ’) Sahi has lived and played on the edge. A […]

Youthful, energetic, stylish, humble, lively, explosive…the adjectives fall short when it comes to describing this Punjabi munda. Just 21-years-old, Ranbir Singh Virdi has already secured his place in the Indian Senior Men’s team with his breathtaking crossovers, picture perfect back-spinning jumpers, heady fast breaks and aerial acrobatics. Say hello to the new breed of Indian […]

  Gopalakrishnan R & Vishnu Ravi Shankar, Hyderabad, 17th July 2015: P Vijay of the Pune Peshwas thought it would be an easy left hand layup. A free lane, no defender in sight. But just as he releases the ball onto the glass, a burst of green flies across the paint. In the blink of […]