India men's national basketball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see India women's national basketball team.

The India men's national basketball team represents India in international men's basketball. It is controlled by Basketball Federation of India.^[3] The team made significant improvements as the sports of basketball is becoming more popular.^[4]

India

FIBA ranking	81 1 (15 September 2023)^[1]
Joined FIBA	1936
FIBA zone	FIBA Asia
National federation	Basketball Federation of India
Coach	Veselin Matić
Nickname(s)	Young Cagers^[2]
Olympic Games
Appearances	1
Medals	None
FIBA Asia Cup
Appearances	26
Medals	None
SABA Championship
Appearances	6
Medals	Gold : (2002, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021)
South Asian Games
Appearances	5
Medals	Gold : (1987, 1991, 1995, 2019) Silver: (2010)
Home Away
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd SABA Championship 6 0 0 South Asian Games 4 1 0 Lusofonia Games 1 0 0 Total 11 1 0 Lusofonia Games 2014 Goa SABA Championship 2002 India 2014 Nepal 2015 India 2016 India 2017 Maldives 2021 Bangladesh South Asian Games 1987 Calcutta 1991 Colombo 1995 Madras 2019 Kathmandu 2010 Dhaka

A 1936 founding member of FIBA Asia,^[5] India has one of Asia's longest basketball traditions. Throughout its history, Team India qualified for the FIBA Asia Championship 26 times and is placed in the top five in appearances in this tournament. Further, India's basketball team won four gold medals and one silver medal at the South Asian Games and became the most successful team in South Asian region. India have also won the SABA Championship six times.^[6] Team India celebrated its victory at the 2014 Lusofonia Games after they finished the tournament with a 4–0 record as they beat 11–time African Champions Angola in the final.^[7]

Its most famous moment came at the 2014 FIBA Asia Cup with the win against home favorites and most successful Asian team China by seven points.^[3][8] This win has been labelled as the biggest basketball win in the nation's history.^[9]

History

India appeared at the international stage for the first time ever at the 1965 Asian Basketball Championship where it started out as moderately competitive. India became a regular at the event and had their most successful tournament in 1975 when the team even reached the final four.^[10][11]

Plagued by a lack of popularity and support for basketball at home, at times, India faded into oblivion and only had a handful of successful performances.^[12] Its most noteworthy tournament appearance was at the 1980 Summer Olympics when the team got its chance to represent Asia due to the cancellations of some teams who took part in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics.^[13] A few of the world's top basketball powers at that time (such as the United States and Canada) withdrew from the tournament. India finished 12th out of 12 in the Olympics after getting knocked out in the preliminary round by losing all three of their matches and then losing all five of their matches in the Classification round.^[14]

While the results did not go India's way one game in particular caught the attention of basketball fans worldwide. India played against the Australian Team, one of the world's top basketball teams. India, which was made up solely of voluntary basketball players competed against the elite team of Australia for almost the whole game until it finally ceded to the Boomers 75–93 after leading at halftime 41–37.^[15]

Many Indian players also made headlines while in the Soviet Union as well. Ajmer Singh gained worldwide attention as he was amongst the top 10 shooters there and became the 10th best pivot player in the tournament there.^[16]

The late 90s saw the emergence of Sozhasingarayer Robinson, the first Indian basketball player who gained considerable international attention. Robinson led India to a surprising victory over South Korea, one of Asia's top teams.^[17]

In 2005, however, Robinson complained that the structure and support for basketball in India was still mediocre and government officials did not do enough to support the sport. As a protest, he retired from the national team.^[18]

At the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship India was coached by former Sacramento Kings head coach Kenny Natt.^[19]

In 2012, former NBA D-League and U.S. college coach, Scott Flemming, took over the team. Under his supervision, the team won the South Asia Championship in 2014. India had two wins and finished 3 places higher (11th) in the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship than in 2011.^[20] In 2014, the Young Cagers (as team India is often nicknamed) won the Lusofonia games with wins over Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, and Angola in the gold medal game. This was Team India's first title ever in a non-Asian competition. In the 2014 FIBA Asia Cup India pulled off the biggest win in their 80-year history by defeating China on their home court 65–58. The establishment of a professional league was a major step in continuing this recent success the Indian team had experienced.^[21][22]

Gallery

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  The Kanteerava Indoor Stadium hosted the SABA Championship in 2015 and 2016. India won the gold medal on both occasions. Further, Team India has frequently used the facility for training sessions^[23]

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  Satnam Singh Bhamara (left) with the Indian national team in 2013

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  Vishesh Bhriguvanshi

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  Anoop Mukkanniyil

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  Akilan Pari

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  Rikin Pethani

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  Trideep Rai

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  Yadwinder Singh

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  Riyaz Uddin

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics
Year	Host city	Position
1980	Moscow, Soviet Union	12th

FIBA Asia Cup

Main article: FIBA Asia Cup

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1960	did not enter
1963
1965	7th place	7	4	3
1967	6th place	9	5	4
1969	5th place	8	4	4
1971	6th place	8	3	5
1973	6th place	10	3	7
1975	4th place	8	5	3
1977	7th place	9	7	2
1979	5th place	7	3	4
1981	5th place	7	3	4
1983	6th place	5	2	3
1985	10th place	6	3	3
1987	6th place	7	2	5
1989	6th place	6	2	4
1991	13th place	7	2	5
1993	did not enter
1995	13th place	8	4	4
1997	11th place	6	3	3
1999	did not enter
2001	8th place	6	1	5
2003	8th place	7	2	5
2005	12th place	7	3	4
2007	15th place	7	2	5
2009	13th place	5	2	3
2011	14th place	5	1	4
2013	11th place	8	2	6
2015	8th place	9	3	6
2017	14th place	3	0	3
2022	16th place	3	0	3
Total	26/30	178	71	107

Asian Games

Asian Games
Year	Host city	Position
1951	New Delhi, India	4th
1970	Bangkok, Thailand	6th
1982	New Delhi, India	8th
2006	Doha, Qatar	17th
2010	Guangzhou, China	11th
2014	Incheon, South Korea	9th

Asia Challenge

FIBA Asia Challenge
Year	Host city	Position
2004	Taipei, Taiwan	6th
2008	Kuwait City, Kuwait	5th
2012	Tokyo, Japan	9th
2014	Wuhan, China	7th
2016	Tehran, Iran	7th

SABA Championship

SABA Championship
Year	Host city	Position
2002	Assam, India	1st
2014	Kathmandu, Nepal	1st
2015	Bengaluru, India	1st
2016	Bengaluru, India	1st
2017	Male, Maldives	1st
2021	Dhaka, Bangladesh	1st

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games
Year	Host city	Position
2006	Melbourne, Australia	8th
2018	Gold Coast, Australia	8th

South Asian Games

South Asian Games
Year	Host city	Position
1987	Kolkata, India	1st
1991	Colombo, Sri Lanka	1st
1995	Chennai, India	1st
2010	Dhaka, Bangladesh	2nd
2019	Kathmandu, Nepal	1st

Lusofonia Games

Lusofonia Games
Year	Host city	Position
2014	Goa, India	1st

Current roster

2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification

India national basketball team – 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 1 Sahaij Sekhon 19 – (2001-09-01)1 September 2001 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)   PG 4 Joginder Singh 32 – (1988-05-27)27 May 1988 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)   F 7 Muin Bek Hafeez 24 – (1996-03-16)16 March 1996 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)   G 9 Vishesh Bhriguvanshi (C) 29 – (1991-09-13)13 September 1991 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)   SG 10 Rajeev Kumar 19 – (2001-10-06)6 October 2001 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)   F 11 Manoj Manjunatha 17 – (2003-04-30)30 April 2003 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) C 15 Jagdeep Singh 35 – (1986-01-10)10 January 1986 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)   PF 18 Aravind Annadurai 27 – (1993-07-05)5 July 1993 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)   F 22 Amjyot Gill 29 – (1992-01-27)27 January 1992 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)   F 23 Amaan Sandhu 18 – (2002-12-08)8 December 2002 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)   C 77 Vivek Goti 26 – (1994-07-05)5 July 1994 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)   PF 78 Prashant Singh Rawat 20 – (2000-08-15)15 August 2000 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Head coach   Veselin Matić Assistant coach(es)   Pradeep Tomar Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Amaan Sandhu	Jagdeep Singh	Vivek Goti
PF	Prashant Singh Rawat	Aravind Annadurai	Vijay Dahiya
SF	Muin Bek Hafeez	Manoj Manjunatha
SG	B.Ranjeet Kumar (c)	Rajeev Kumar
PG	Vishesh Bhriguvanshi	Sahaij Sekhon	Joginder Singh

Head coach history

•   Lauro Mumar
•   Major N.K. Singh - 1997
•   Keshav Kumar Chansoria - 2001
•   Jay Prakash Singh - 2005
•   Zoran Lukić - 2006
•   Mahender Rathor - 2007
•   Aleksandar Bućan - 2007–2010
•   Bill Harris - 2010–2011
•   Kenny Natt - 2011–2012
•   Keshav Kumar Chansoria (interim) - 2012
•   Scott Flemming - 2012–2015
•   Sat Prakash Yadav - 2015–2017
•   CV Sunny (interim) - 2017
•   Bhaskar Sappaniambalam (interim) - 2017
•   Phil Weber (interim) - 2017^[24]
•   Zoran Višić - 2017–2019
•   Veselin Matić - 2019–present

Past rosters

1980 Olympic Games: finished 12th among 12 teams

Baldev Singh, Ajmer Singh, Parvez Diniar, Dilip Gurumurthy, Harbhajan Singh, Jorawar Singh, Amarnath Nagarajan, Pramdiph Singh, Paramjit Singh (c), Radhey Shyam, Hanuman Singh, Tarlok Singh Sandhu (Coach: Major Makolath Rajan^[25])

1997 Asian Championship: finished 11th among 15 teams

Pankaj Malik, B.S. Gowtham, Gagnesh Kumar, Ashok Kumar, N. Appla Raju, Parmindar Singh, Nishant Kumar, Virendar Joshi, Jaldeep Dhaliwal, D. Swaminathan, Srikant Reddy (Coach: Major N.K. Singh)

1999 Asian Championship: not qualified

2001 Asian Championship: finished 8th among 14 teams

Vinay Kumaryadan, J.Murli, B.J. Jadeja, Mohit Bhandari, S.Sridhar, Parmindar Singh, Ranjeet Singh, Austin Almeida, Sozhasingarayer Robinson, Suresh Ranot, M.S. Sabeer Ahamed, Des Raj (Coach: Keshav Kumar Chansoria)

2003 Asian Championship: finished 8th among 16 teams

Sambhaji Kadam, Gagnesh Kumar, Mihir Pandey, S. Gopinath, S.Sridhar, Parmindar Singh, Muraleekrishna Ravindran, Trideep Rai, Sozhasingarayer Robinson, Riyaz Uddin, Snehpal Singh, Des Raj

2005 Asian Championship: finished 12th among 16 teams

Sambhaji Kadam, Shiv Kumar, Mihir Pandey, Anoop Mukkanniyil, Yadwinder Singh, Rajanna Sanjay Raj, Muraleekrishna Ravindran, Trideep Rai, Sozhasingarayer Robinson, Riyaz Uddin, Talwinderjit Singh, Jagdeep Singh (Coach: Jay Prakash Singh)

2007 Asian Championship: finished 15th among 16 teams

Sambhaji Kadam, Shiv Kumar, Ravikumar Krishnasamy, Anoop Mukkanniyil, Roshan Thankachan Padavetiyil, Rajanna Sanjay Raj, Muraleekrishna Ravindran, Trideep Rai, Dilawar Singh, Riyaz Uddin, Lokesh Yodav, Jagdeep Singh (Coach: Aleksandar Bucan)

2009 Asian Championship: finished 13th among 16 teams

Sambhaji Kadam, Talwinderjit Singh, Hareesh Koroth, Harpalsinh Vaghela, Sunil Kumar Rathee, Vishesh Bhriguvanshi, Prakash Mishra, Vineeth Revi Mathew, Abhilek Paul, Jayram Jat, Dinesh Comibatore, Jagdeep Singh (Coach: Aleksandar Bucan)

2011 Asian Championship: finished 14th among 16 teams

2011 Asian Championship roster

2011 India National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club C 4 Amjyot Singh 20 – (1992-01-27)27 January 1992 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Punjab Police (Amateur) C 5 Satnam Singh Bhamara 16 – (1995-10-12)12 October 1995 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) IMG Academy G 6 Hareesh Koroth 27 – (1984-11-12)12 November 1984 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Tamil Nadu (Amateur) G 7 Prakash Mishra 29 – (1982-08-05)5 August 1982 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Indian Railways (Amateur) C 8 Dishant Vipul Shah 20 – (1992-01-03)3 January 1992 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Gujarat (Amateur) G 9 Vishesh Bhriguvanshi 20 – (1991-09-13)13 September 1991 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Indian Railways (Amateur) F 10 Amitpal Singh 28 – (1984-01-28)28 January 1984 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Punjab Police (Amateur) F 11 Narender Kumar Garewal 29 – (1983-04-20)20 April 1983 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Services (Amateur) F 12 Trideep Rai 29 – (1983-07-04)4 July 1983 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Uttarakhand (Amateur) SG 13 Talwinderjit Singh 25 – (1986-10-26)26 October 1986 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Punjab Police (Amateur) C 14 Yadwinder Singh 25 – (1986-12-30)30 December 1986 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Indian Railways (Amateur) C 15 Jagdeep Singh 19 – (1993-01-10)10 January 1993 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Punjab Police (Amateur)	Head coach Kenny Natt Assistant coach(es) Rajinder Singh Pawan Kumer Zak Penwell Legend (C) Captain Club denotes current pro club

2013 Asian Championship: finished 11th among 15 teams

2013 FIBA Asia Championship roster

India National Basketball Team: 2013 FIBA Asia Championship roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PG 4 Sambhaji Kadam 33 – (1980-03-15)March 15, 1980 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Services (amateur) G 5 Narender Kumar Grewal 25 – (1988-06-25)June 25, 1988 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Services (amateur) F 6 Pratham Singh 22 – (1991-01-10)January 10, 1991 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Tamil Nadu F 7 Vinay Kaushik 21 – (1991-08-30)August 30, 1991 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) F 8 Arjun Singh 21 – (1992-06-08)June 8, 1992 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) N.W. Railway F 9 Vishesh Bhriguvanshi 21 – (1991-09-13)September 13, 1991 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) ONGC C 10 Amritpal Singh 22 – (1991-01-05)January 5, 1991 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Punjab Police (amateur) PG 11 Joginder Singh 25 – (1988-05-27)May 27, 1988 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Services (amateur) C 12 Satnam Singh Bhamara 17 – (1995-12-10)December 10, 1995 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) IMG Academy F 13 Amjyot Singh 21 – (1992-01-27)January 27, 1992 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Punjab Police (amateur) F 14 Yadwinder Singh 26 – (1986-12-30)December 30, 1986 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Indian Railways (amateur) C 15 Rikin Shantilal Pethani 22 – (1990-12-02)December 2, 1990 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Tamil Nadu	Head coach Scott William Flemmig Assistant coach(es) Jora Singh

2014 Asian Games: finished 12th among 16 teams

2014 Asian Games roster

India men's national basketball team - 2014 Asian Games roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club G 4 Joginder Singh 26 – (1988-05-27)May 27, 1988 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Indian Air Force   PF 5 Narender Kumar Grewal 26 – (1988-06-25)June 25, 1988 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Indian Air Force   PG 6 Akilan Pari 25 – (1989-07-20)July 20, 1989 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Income Tax   SG 7 Prakash Mishra 32 – (1982-05-08)May 8, 1982 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Indian Railways   PF 8 Himal Chadha 15 – (1999-08-04)August 4, 1999 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Indian Army   PF 9 Vishesh Bhriguvanshi 23 – (1991-09-13)September 13, 1991 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation   C 10 Amritpal Singh (C) 23 – (1991-01-05)January 5, 1991 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation   PF 11 Prasanna Venkatesh Sivakumar 21 – (1992-09-25)September 25, 1992 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Indian Overseas Bank   C 12 Palpreet Singh Brar 20 – (1994-01-03)January 3, 1994 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Punjab   F 13 Amjyot Singh 22 – (1992-01-27)January 27, 1992 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Indian Overseas Bank   PF 14 Yadwinder Singh 27 – (1986-12-30)December 30, 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation   C 15 Rikin Shantilal Pethani 23 – (1990-12-02)December 2, 1990 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Indian Overseas Bank	Head coach   Scott William Flemming Assistant coach(es)   Rama Linga Prasad Guntupalli Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 19 September 2014

2015 FIBA Asia Championship "finished 8th Among 16 qualified teams in Asia "

2015 FIBA Asia Championship roster

India men's national basketball team - 2015 FIBA Asia Championship roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club F 3 Vinay Kaushik 24 – (1991-08-30)August 30, 1991 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)   Income Tax G 4 Rajesh Prakash Uppar 24 – (1991-01-20)January 20, 1991 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)   Vijaya Bank G 7 Siddhant Sanjay Shinde 24 – (1991-06-15)June 15, 1991 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)   Customs G 9 Vishesh Bhriguvanshi 24 – (1991-09-13)September 13, 1991 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)   Oil and Natural Gas Corporation C 10 Amritpal Singh 24 – (1991-01-05)January 5, 1991 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)   Tokyo Excellence F 13 Vikas Kumar 26 – (1988-11-13)November 13, 1988 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)   Haryana Police F 14 Yadwinder Singh 28 – (1986-12-30)December 30, 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)   Oil and Natural Gas Corporation F 15 Arvind Arumugam 24 – (1991-01-28)January 28, 1991 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)   Vijaya Bank F 22 Amjyot Singh 23 – (1992-01-27)January 27, 1992 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)   Tokyo Excellence G 66 Akilan Pari 26 – (1989-07-20)July 20, 1989 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)   Income Tax C 69 Akashdeep Hazra 19 – (1996-07-01)July 1, 1996 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)   Indian Railways F 96 Gurvinder Singh Gill 19 – (1996-01-21)January 21, 1996 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)   Punjab	Head coach   Sat Prakash Yadav

2016 FIBA Asia Challenge "finished 7th Among 12 qualified teams in Asia "

2017 FIBA Asia Cup^[26]

2017 FIBA Asia Cup roster

India men's national basketball team – 2017 FIBA Asia Cup roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PF 6 Aravind Annadurai 24 – (1993-07-05)July 5, 1993 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Indian overseas bank   G 7 tanmay shende 18 – (1999-07-22)July 22, 1999 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Vijaya Bank Bangalore   G 8 Rajvir Singh (basketball) 21 – (1995-10-25)October 25, 1995 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Punjab Police   G 9 Vishesh Bhriguvanshi 25 – (1991-09-13)September 13, 1991 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Adelaide 36ers   C 10 Amritpal Singh (basketball) 26 – (1991-01-05)January 5, 1991 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Sydney Kings   C 15 Rikin Pethani 26 – (1990-12-02)December 2, 1990 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Income Tax Chennai   F 22 Amjyot Singh 25 – (1992-01-27)January 27, 1992 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Punjab Police   PG 24 Baladhaneshwar Poiyamozhi 17 – (1999-12-07)December 7, 1999 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Indian overseas bank   G 46 Prasanna Sivakumar 24 – (1992-09-25)September 25, 1992 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Indian overseas bank   C 52 Satnam Singh Bhamara 21 – (1995-12-10)December 10, 1995 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) Texas Legends   F 77 Muin Bek Hafeez 21 – (1996-03-16)March 16, 1996 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Indian overseas bank   PG 99 Talwinderjit Singh 30 – (1986-10-20)October 20, 1986 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Head coach   Philip John Weber Assistant coach(es)   Steven Philip John Klei   Sebastian Padipurakkal Joseph   Baskar Sappaniambalam Legend (C) Team captain (NP) Naturalized player Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 8 August 2017

2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification

2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification

India men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. SF 4 Arshpreet Bhullar 22 – (1996-10-02)October 2, 1996 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Pune Peshwas   PG 23 Shahab Jamal 21 – (1995-09-25)September 25, 1995 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Pune Peshwas   PF 6 Aravind Annadurai 24 – (1993-07-05)July 5, 1993 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Indian Overseas Bank   C 10 Amritpal Singh 26 – (1991-01-05)January 5, 1991 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Sydney Kings   C 13 Jagdeep Singh 31 – (1986-01-10)January 10, 1986 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Punjab Police Jalandhar   C 15 Rikin Pethani 27 – (1990-12-02)December 2, 1990 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Chennai Slam   F 25 Arvind Arumugam 27 – (1991-01-28)January 28, 1991 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Vijaya Bank   F/C 40 Gurvinder Gill 22 – (1996-01-21)January 21, 1996 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Punjab Steelers   G/F 46 Prasanna Sivakumar 25 – (1992-09-25)September 25, 1992 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) C 52 Satnam Singh Bhamara 23 – (1995-10-12)October 12, 1995 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) Texas Legends   60 Prudhvishwar Ambati 22 – (1996-01-23)January 23, 1996	Head coach   Zoran Višić Assistant coach(es)   Sambhaji Kadam Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 23 November 2017

2022 FIBA Asia Cup qualification

2022 FIBA Asia Cup qualification

India national basketball team – 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 1 Sahaij Sekhon 19 – (2001-09-01)1 September 2001 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) GGDSD College   PG 4 Joginder Singh 32 – (1988-05-27)27 May 1988 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Services   F 7 Muin Bek Hafeez 24 – (1996-03-16)16 March 1996 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Indian Bank Chennai BC   G 9 Vishesh Bhriguvanshi (C) 29 – (1991-09-13)13 September 1991 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) ONGC   SG 10 Rajeev Kumar 19 – (2001-10-06)6 October 2001 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Indian Air Force   F 11 Manoj Manjunatha 17 – (2003-04-30)30 April 2003 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) C 15 Jagdeep Singh 35 – (1986-01-10)10 January 1986 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Punjab Police   PF 18 Aravind Annadurai 27 – (1993-07-05)5 July 1993 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Karnataka   F 22 Amjyot Gill 29 – (1992-01-27)27 January 1992 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Punjab Police   F 23 Amaan Sandhu 18 – (2002-12-08)8 December 2002 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Punjab   C 77 Vivek Goti 26 – (1994-07-05)5 July 1994 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Gujarat   PF 78 Prashant Singh Rawat 20 – (2000-08-15)15 August 2000 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Uttarakhand	Head coach   Veselin Matić Assistant coach(es)   Pradeep Tomar Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 21 February 2021

See also

• Basketball Federation of India
• Basketball in India
• India women's national basketball team
• India national under-19 basketball team
• India national under-17 basketball team
• India national 3x3 team

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External links

• Official website
• FIBA profile
• India Basketball Records at FIBA Archive
• Asia-basket - India Men National Team
• Presentation on Facebook

Videos

• India v Japan - Group B - Game Highlights - 2015 FIBA Asia Championship Youtube.com video