(PC: BFI): The Indian Men and Women Basketball Teams departed for Australia in preparation for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games on Monday. The Indian basketball contingent will arrive in Gold Coast,Australia three weeks ahead of the games. Earlier Basketball federation of India announced Indian basketball team for Commonwealth Games 2018. Yadwinder Singh was announced as captain of the Men’s Team, he is the only player for India who will be playing in his second commonwealth games. Shireen Limaye will feature as the captain of women’s team.
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Indian players will continue their training at the Runaway Bay Super Sports Centre which was previously going on at the Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru since 1st February 2018. Not to forget, this will be the second time since 2006 that basketball is a part of the Commonwealth Games.
In History
In Commonwealth Games of 2006, Indian men’s team were placed with Australia, Nigeria and Scotland in group A. Unfortunately the team didn’t manage to win a single match and finished last in their group. In the classification matches, the team finished 8th after loosing to Barbados and South Africa. On the other hand, women’s team were placed with Australia, England and Mozambique in Group A. The Indian women’s eked out a win against Mozambique and finished third in their group. In the classification matches, they defeated Malta but lost to Mozambique to finish 6th.
Men’s Team Schedule: India Vs Jamaica (5th April, Townsville)
India Vs England (7th April, Townsville)
India Vs Scotland (8th April, Townsville)
Women’s Team Schedule: India Vs Jamaica (5th April, Cairns)
India Vs Malaysia (7th April, Cairns)
India Vs New Zealand (8th April, Cairns)
Indian Basketball team for Commonwealth Games 2018
Men’s
Ravi Bhardwaj (Chandigarh) F
Arvind Arumugam (Karnataka) F
Satnam Singh (Punjab) C
Arshpreet Singh Bhullar (Punjab) G/F
A Aravind (Tamil Nadu) F/C
P Akilan (Tamil Nadu) PG
J Justin G (Tamil Nadu) G
P Jeevanantham (Tamil Nadu) F
Yadwinder Singh (Uttarakhand) F
Joginder Singh (Services) PG
Amritpal Singh (Australia/Punjab) C
Amjyot Singh (USA/Punjab) F
Assistant coach: Rajinder Singh
Head coach: GRL Prasad
Physiotherapist: Rajkumar Dubey
Manager: Shakti Singh Gohil
Women’s
Shruti Menon (Railways) SG/SF
Madhu Kumari (Railways) PG
Navaneetha PU (Railways) PF
R Rajapriyadarshini (Railways) C
Raspreet Sidhu (Delhi) SG
Bhandavya HM (Karnataka) SG
Grima Merlin Varghese (Kerala) SG
Anjana PG (Kerala) SF
Jeena Scaria (Kerala) PF
Shireen Limaye (Maharashtra) SF
Anmolpreet Kaur (Japan/Punjab) C
Barkha Sonkar (USA/Uttar Pradesh) PG
Head coach: Zoran Visic
Assistant coach: Shiba Maggon
Physiotherapist: Ranjan Sharma
Manager: Ajay Sud M
