UNBEATEN INDIA AND SRI LANKA TO FIGHT FOR THE TITLE AT THE SABA U16 CHAMPIONSHIP
05/07/2019
Bangladesh July 4th 2019 – With three straight unbeaten victories in five team Round Robin League India will face Sri Lanka for the title clash here for the FIBA U 16 South Asian Basketball Association (SABA) Qualifiers at Dhaka, Bangladesh on the second day.
The victory will fetch them a place in the FIBA Asia U16 championship.
India came for the finals clash as they drubbed Maldives 108-9 and on yesterday they have beaten Nepal 103-28 and host Bangladesh 95-8.
Sri Lanka today beaten Bangladesh 70-47 and in the morning beat Nepal 62-55 and on yesterday defeated Maldives 110-20.
The Indian head coach Serbian Veselin Matic has almost given all players an equal opportunity for both the matches.
Detailed Scores
Round Robin League matches
- India-108(Robin Banarjee 23, Amerendra Nayak 19, Achintya Krishna 15) bt Maldives-9(29-0, 24-3, 30-6, 25-0)
- Sri Lanka-70(Don Sanjaan W ditha 21, Nichol Jackson Wikramnayaka 18, Warnakulasurya Shehan Anthony fernando 15) bt Bangladesh-42(Zihadur Rahman 8) ( 19-9,16-10, 26-7, 9-16)
- Srilanka-62(Warnakulasurya Shehan Anthony fernando 26, Navin Udayange 11)bt -55(Samrat Bumi 32) (22-18,18-9,2-14,20-15)
- 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)
Yesterday results
- India- 103(LokendraSingh 20,Robin Banargee 16,Dig Vijay Sing Shekawat 14, Sahil 14, Achintya krishna 13) bt Nepal-28, SamratBumi 10) (33-9,21-4,18-11,24-4)
- 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)
- Bangldesh-86(Md ShahadorHossain 22, Md Wamit Hassan 13,Emdadul Howue 12, Md Rohan Hossain Joy 10) bt Maldives-30(16-3,27-6,20-14,24-7)
- Srilanka-110(Warnakulasurya S Antony Fernado 22, Navin Uayanga 19, Inosh Sanjaya 18, Muhammed I Iqbal 14, Don Sanjan Waditya12) (28-9,26-6,25-3,31-2)