FIBA 3*3 Asia Cup: Indian men's team stun higher-seeded South Korea

The Indian men's 3x3 Basketball team stunned the higher-seeded South Korean team in the first match of the qualifying draw of the 2025 FIBA 3*3 Asian Cup in Singapore on Wednesday.

The Indian team, seeded 18th, clinched the match in a dominating way, scoring 21 points in reply to South Korea's 11, claiming their first-ever victory against South Korea with a minute to spare.

This was the third meeting between the two sides and was playing against each other after a gap of three years.

The 20-year-old Harsh Dagar caught the limelight once again as he single-handedly scored more points (12) than the whole South Korean team, which included as many as four two-pointers.

The Indian team continued their momentum in their second group match against Macau, claiming a highly dominating 21-6 win. Harsh proved to be the hero again, having scored 12 points with 5 two-pointers.

The Indian team will now take on the Philippines in the final match of the qualifying group stage on Thursday. The winner of the match will progress to the main draw of the competition.

Indian women face heavy defeat

On the other hand, the Indian women's team had a horrible outing in their opening fixture of the qualifying draw, losing to Hong Kong by a big margin of 11 points.

The quick and agile Hong Kong team scored 17 points against India, who had a pretty bad outing in their offensive play and could not convert some easy buckets, managing just 6 points from the game.

Gulabsha Ali was the top scorer of the match for India as she scored three points and was the only Indian player to have a two-pointer on the day.

The Indian women's team now needed two big wins in their final two qualifying group matches against the higher-seeded Chinese Taipei and Guam tomorrow.