(Basketball news) Six men and five women from Mumbai are among the probable players picked to represent Maharashtra in the 73rd Senior National Basketball Championships, to be held in Ludhiana from December 3 to 10, 2023.
Due to the ongoing dispute between two factions in Maharashtra, the BFI appointed Shaktisinh Gohil as Chairman of the Organising Committee to conduct selection trials and Abdul Hamid Khan, Sambhaji Kadam, Arnika Gujar Patil (all ex-internationals) Gurudutt Nayak (ex-Nationals) Dr Jamir Sayyed – National Level Coach and Director of Sports, S K Gandhi College (Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University) as selectors.
The selectors have picked the probables for the National Basketball championships from among 78 men’s players and 48 women players from various districts, who participated in the trials.
A preparatory camp for the teams will be held in Mumbai from November 18 to December 1, following which the final 12 players who will represent Maharashtra will be selected.
Selected players for National Basketball championships (men): Sidddhant Shinde , Rajender Singh, Mohd Yousuf Sayyed, Michael Raj, Sameer Qureshi (all Pune), Faiz Firoz Shaikh (Mum S E), Faisal Khan, Ashraf Siddiqui (Mum S W), Rushabh Kalbhor, Yash Shetty (Mum Central), Vijay Sule (Mum North), Parth Kale, Tanmay Mali (Thane), Kapil Gaikwad, Ashish Borde (Ahmednagar), Sahil Shaikh (Solapur), Ambhore Parashram (Aurangabad), Tanay Thatte (Satara), Tanuk Gurnule (Nagpur).
Women: Pooja Doshi (Dhule), Shivani Bagade (Kolhapur), Sakshi Pandey, Ameesha Joshi (Mum S E), Vaishali Singh (Mum S W), Anshika Kanojia, Suzanne Pinto (Mum North), Shomira Bidaye, Siya Deodhar (Nagpur), Mansi Nirmalkar, Aanaya Bhavsar, Arya Riswadkar, Durga Dharmadhikari (Pune), Avisha Gurav (Satara), Sanika Phule (Kolhapur), Aruja Kamble (Solapur).
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