Asia Cup Qualifiers: Indian Basketball Men's Team Final Roster Announced

The FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers (Window-1) is scheduled to be held in Kazakhstan & New Delhi on February 23 and 26 respectively.

The FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers (Window-1) is scheduled to be held in Kazakhstan & New Delhi on February 23 and 26 respectively. The Indian Senior Men’s Basketball team is placed in Group E with Qatar and Iran (besides Kazakhstan).

Indian contingent

India’s 12-man roster for FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers (Window-1): Vishesh Bhriguvanshi (Delhi), M Arvind Kumar (Tamil Nadu), Muin Bek H (Tamil Nadu), Pranav Prince (Tamil Nadu), Amritpal Singh *Captain* (Punjab), Kanwar Gurbaz Singh Sandhu (Punjab), Palpreet Singh *Vice-Captain* (Indian Railways), Amarendra Nayak (Indian Railways), Vaishak K Manoj (Kerala), Princepal Singh (Indian Railways), Sahaij Pratap Singh Sekhon (Indian Railways), P Baladaneshwar (Tamil Nadu)

Coaches & Support Staff: Veselin Matic - Head Coach, Santosh P S - Coach, Pradeep Tomar - Coach, Siva Shanmuga Singh - Physio, Karthik Raja - Physio, Suraj Veer Sharma - Fitness Coach, Ashok Kumar Sahu - Team Manager

4 Players Each from Railways, Tamil Nadu

Sticking with tradition, the bulk of the roster comprises players belonging to the two finalist teams from the recent Senior National Championships. While national champs Tamil Nadu, and runner up Railways have four players each in the India squad, Punjab closely follows with three, besides solitary representations from Delhi and Kerala.

Punjabi big-men Amritpal Singh (in above pic left) and Palpreet Singh - the latter who had a dominant showing in the recent Senior Nationals - have been named Captain and Vice-Captain respectively.

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