Parminder to lead

VISAKHAPATNAM, JULY 13. Parminder Singh will lead the Indian team in the 21st Asian Basketball Confederation men's championship to be held in Shanghai (China) later this month.

The 12-member Indian team was announced here on Friday after the conclusion of the third camp for the probables. The team was selected by Mr. Harish Sharma, secretary general of the Basketball Federation of India, Mr. G.M. Sampath Kumar, chairman technical commission BFI, and Mr. K.K. Chansoria, chief coach of the camp.

Mr. Chansoria said that the team was selected on the basis of performances in the three camps (the first was held in New Delhi and the other two here) and the SAARC championship. Seventeen players attended the camp and 13, including a standby were shortlisted for the trip to Shanghai.

The team: Parminder Singh (captain), M.S. Shabeer Ahmed, Robinson, S. Sridhar, Gopinath, Ranjit Singh, Des Raj, S. Vinay Kumar, Murlimohan, Suresh Ranot, B.J. Jadeja and Mohit Bhandari. Austin Almia (standby). Mr. K.K. Chansoria (chief coach), Mr. P. Ramar (coach), Mr. K. Govindaraj (manager), Mr. Naresh Chandra Aneja (referee).

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