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India Retained 3rd SABA South Zone Championship in Bangladesh

Bangladesh 5th July 2019: The Indian U16 men’s team has beaten Srilanka 72-41 and is now the SABA U16 Zone Champion. The Championship was held at Dhaka, Bangladesh.

In India’s last game, Point guard and captain Pranav Prince top scored with 15 points and guard Dig vijay Singh Sekhavat scored 11 points.

Team India was a dominant force throughout the Championship, as they scored 378 from 4 matches and limited their opponents to 66 points.

The stats speak for itself as India now cruise into the FIBA U16 Asian Championship with ease, which will be held in August place not yet confirmed

The team trained by Serbian coach Veselin Matic at the Basketball Academy, Jayaprakash Narayan National Youth Center, Vidyanagar, Bangalore from 03 June 2019, supported by Indian Coach P C Antony from Kerala and Aman Sharma (Asst Coach of the team) from Jammu and Kashmir

After this victory Pranav Prince (Kerala) Achintya Krishna (Karnataka) Lokendra Singh (Rajasthan) will now be Moving to Atlanta representing NBA Academy to play at NBA Academy Games – a series of exhibition games featuring prospects from the seven NBA Academies and other teams – will take place Tuesday, July 9 – Sunday, July 14 at the Emory Sports Medicine Complex, the official practice facility of the Atlanta Hawks.

The Indian team

Pranav Prince (c) (Kerala) Lokendra Singh ,Jitendra Kumar Sharma,and Dig Vijay Singh (all from Rajasthan) Achintya Krishna and Manoj B M (both from Karnataka) Robin Banarjee (Uttar Pradesh) Sahil (Haryana) Brijesh Tiwari (Madhya Pradesh) Eknoor Singh (Punjab) Arjun Unnikrishnan(Kerala) and Amrendra Nayak(Chandigarh)

Detailed Scores

Final day

1. India-72(Pranav prince 15, Eknoor singh13, Dig Vijay SinghShekavat11) bt Srilanka -42(Warnakulasurya Shehan Anthony fernando16, Irosh Sanjaya Krishetti 10) (26-10,16-8,19-12,11-11)
2. Bangldesh-56(Md Yassin Hossain 12,Md Shahot Hossain10) bt Nepal-55 ( Samrat barni23,pembasherpa 19) (12-12,18-14,15-16,11-13)

Previous Results

Round robin League matches

Day 2 – 4th July 2019

1. India-108(Robin Banarjee 23,Amerendra Nayak 19,Achintya Krishna 15) bt Maldives-9(29-0,24-3,30-6,25-0)
2. Sri Lanka-70(Don SanjaanWditha 21,Nichol Jackson Wikramnayaka 18,warnakulasurya Shehan Anthony fernando15) bt Bangladesh-42(Zihadur Rahman 8) ( 19-9,16-10,26-7,9-16)
3. Srilanka-62(warnakulasurya Shehan Anthony fernando 26,navin Udayange 11)bt -55(Samrat Bumi 32) (22-18,18-9,2-14,20-15)
4. Nepal-78(Samrat Bumi 23,sagar Tamang 20,Pempa Sherpa 12) bt Maldives-32(Alsmal Alham 12) (24-5,16-12,18-13,20-2)

Day 1 – 3rd July 2019 results

1. India- 103(Lokendra Singh 20,Robin Banargee 16,Dig Vijay Sing Shekawat 14,Sahil 14,Achintya krishna 13) bt Nepal-28,Samrat Bumi 10) (33-9,21-4,18-11,24-4)
2. India-95(Prnav Prince 18,Achintya krishna 14,Manoj B 13,Digvijay Singh 12,Jitendra Kumar Sharma 10) bt Bngladesh-8(37-3,26-2,16,316-0)
3. Bangladesh-86(Md Shahador Hossain 22, Md Wamit Hassan 13, Emdadul Howue 12, Md Rohan Hossain Joy 10) bt Maldives-30(16-3,27-6,20-14,24-7)
4. Srilanka-110(Warna kulasurya S Antony Fernado 22,Navin Uayanga 19,Inosh Sanjaya 18,Muhammed I Iqbal 14,Don Sanjan Waditya 12) (28-9,26-6,25-3,31-2)

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