India lose to New Zealand but qualify for next round in Asian Qualifiers FIBA Basketball 2023 World Cup: Highlights
India and New Zealand were facing each other for the second time in the first round of 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers.
India vs New Zealand Basketball Asian Qualifiers 2023 (Source: Olympics)
India who looked very strong in Q1 quickly fell behind New Zealand from Q2 and lost the match by 60-95. Vishesh Bhriguvanshi was India's highest scorer with 10 points.
Even though India is yet to win a match in this round of the Asian Qualifiers, India along with New Zealand and the Philippines has advanced to the next round. This is because, the fourth team in Group A - South Korea, after forfeiting the first three matches, has been disqualified from the campaign, hence, clearing India's path for the next round.
As it happened:
After South Korea's disqualification from the Asian Qualifiers, India moves to Round 2, winless. They will next face the Philippines again on June 30.
Hopefully, the Indian team comes back stronger and gets a big W to keep their World Cup dream alive.
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Even though India was not able to win against the Tall Blacks, they deny them the 100 points mark.
New Zealand won the match by 95-60 against India.
Can India deny New Zealand from reaching 100 points if not a win?
The score is NZ 88-58 IND.
They have already scored 9 points in this quarter so far.
The score is NZ 76-54 IND.
New Zealand trying to reach the 100 points mark, while India tries to lessen the points difference in the final quarter
The Indians have scored 6 points at the beginning of the third quarter, but New Zealand is not far behind as they keep adding to their already massive lead.
The score is NZ 57-33 IND.
And hopefully, New Zealand scores a little less, please?
New Zealand has taken a 20 points lead! Big trouble for India who suddenly seems out of control against the Tall Blacks.
The score is 42-22.
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