The Indian staff and officers on the press convention of the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers in Chennai on Tuesday (November 19, 2024).
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The Basketball Federation of India (BFI) on Tuesday (November 19, 2024) formally introduced that the Indian males’s basketball staff is all set to play Qatar and Kazakhstan within the FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers (Window 2) on November 22 and 25 on the Nehru indoor stadium in New Delhi.
Tamil Nadu’s Muin Bek Hafeez has been named the captain of the 12-member Indian staff.
Head coach Scott Fleming, who’s in his second stint with the Nationwide males’s staff, stated that the staff is younger with a lot of the gamers being within the u-25 age class.
Scott Flemming, Indian males’s staff head coach.
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Siva Sankar Arokaran
Requested concerning the staff’s two latest publicity journeys to Dubai, he stated: “It at all times helps to play in opposition to another person. We performed a complete of six video games. They gave us an thought about our gamers. It was an awesome evaluator and an awesome preparation for us.”
On how optimistic he’s about India’s possibilities to qualify for the Asia Cup, Flemming stated: “We’re going to take it one sport at a time. These are actually good groups. They’re groups which are ranked increased than us. However I’ve been speaking to our gamers for a number of months now about narrowing the hole.
“On daily basis in observe, we need to slender the hole and get us nearer to those groups. And the truth that we’re enjoying at residence in India is nice. I’ll offer you somewhat secret. We’re going to play greater than 5 folks. So, we’re going to maintain contemporary legs on the ground,” he added.
BFI President Aadhav Arjuna, Technical Committee Chairman Norman Issac, Treasurer T. Chengalraya Naidu, Secretary Aezaz Ahmed, and the Indian staff members have been additionally current on the event.
Printed – November 20, 2024 03:02 am IST
