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Basketball Olympics Qualifiers: India beat Indonesia 90-74 to continue winning streak — Highlights
With 2 wins in 2 matches, India are now in 2nd place behind Bahrain in the Asian pre-qualifiers for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Pranav Prince in action; India's men's basketball team are looking to make it to their first Olympics in 44 years. (BFI)
The Indian men’s basketball team beat Indonesia 90-74 in the FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament Asia 2023 on Sunday. Having beaten higher-ranked Syria already, India have won 2 in 2 matches.
With this win, India are now in 2nd place in the points table behind Bahrain. The team that finishes on top of the table in the Asian leg of the FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament will advance to the final global FIBA Olympic qualifying tournament scheduled in 2024. India next face Kazakhstan on Monday.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 13 Aug 2023 3:03 PM GMT
Scoring progression
2 minutes remain in the first half. India have found a new hero today - Arvind Kumar Muthu Krishnan! It's the unlikely hero from Tamil Nadu who is stinging Indonesia.
- 13 Aug 2023 2:58 PM GMT
16' - IND 40-28 INA, Bhriguvanshi leads from front
Like yesterday, India are on the back foot in Q2. Endurance a factor surely. Bhriguvanshi leads an attack, is in the thick of it, but rests for a second after the attack fails. Signs of tiredness?
A few seconds later, Bhriguvanshi comes up with a captain's effort. He takes India's lead to double digits with a 2-pointer.
- 13 Aug 2023 2:51 PM GMT
13' - Indonesia come out blazing in Q2
Indonesia come out fired up in Q2. Back-to-back 3 points brings the lead down to just 6 points. India's lead looked comfortable at the end of Q1, but suddenly they look under threat again.
IND 32-26 INA
- 13 Aug 2023 2:47 PM GMT
End of Q1: India lead 25-16
A 9-point gap opens up as we head into the 2nd quarter.
- 13 Aug 2023 2:40 PM GMT
India's pace burns Indonesia, IND 23-16 INA after 9 minutes
Annadurai and Hafeez the most productive players for India so far. Indonesia committing a lot of turnovers, thus giving India's speedy forwards lot of chances. That should see Pranav Prince getting into the game more and more.
- 13 Aug 2023 2:39 PM GMT
Pranav takes charge! IND 17-9 INA after 7 minutes
Some big points being scored on either side, India edging ahead on number of steals at the moment. The smaller but more agile Indian team - now led by the high-flying Pranav Prince in attack again - are scoring numerous points in transition!
IND 17-9 INA
- 13 Aug 2023 2:36 PM GMT
India take lead, IND 10-6 INA after 4 minutes
And the game turns on its head! Some swift attacks from India. Hafeez gets a series of points as India get into the lead!
No hostile atmosphere like yesterday today.
- 13 Aug 2023 2:33 PM GMT
Indonesia take early lead, IND 0-4 INA after 1 minute
A 3-pointer to get us underway from Indonesia. And one point comes after an Indian foul. Indonesia's physicality looks to be a challenge for the more lithe Indians.
Vishesh Bhriguivanshi steams forward, but fails to score.
- 13 Aug 2023 2:29 PM GMT
Ready for match
The anthems ring out in Damascus.
It's a match between the underdogs today. Kazakhstan remain the toughest team in this zone. But 2 wins in 2 would put India in an unprecedented position.
- 13 Aug 2023 2:13 PM GMT
Team seedings
Kazakhstan (65th) are the best-ranked team in the tournament, followed by Saudi Arabia (68), Syria (72), India (82) and Bahrain (84).
If India manage to make it to the next round, it will be a historic achievement in its own right. The Indian men's basketball has appeared in the Olympics once, finishing 12th at the Moscow 1980 Games.
