Basketball
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 2:12 PM GMT
India basketball squad
Vishesh Bhriguvanshi (captain), Muin Bek Hafeez, Arvind Kumar, Harsh Dagar, Prashant Singh Rawat, Pranav Prince, Amjyot Singh, Aravind Annadurai, Palpreet Singh Brar, Amaan Sandhu, Sahaij Pratap Singh Sekhon, Mirant Bharatbhai Italia.
Head coach: Veselin Matic
- 13 Aug 2023 2:12 PM GMT
India's Basketball Schedule
August 12, Saturday - India beat Syria
August 13, Sunday - India vs Indonesia - 8:00 PM
August 14, Monday - India vs Kazakhstan - 5:30 PM
August 16, Wednesday - Saudi Arabia vs India - 5:30 PM
August 17, Thursday - India vs Bahrain - 5:30 PM
- 13 Aug 2023 1:58 PM GMT
How India beat Syria
India find themselves in this curious position - where progressing to the next round is a real possibility - by trouncing hosts Syria yesterday. Here's how that match played out.
India beat Syria 85-74 to begin 2024 Olympics qualifiers with a bang — Highlights
- 13 Aug 2023 1:56 PM GMT
FIBA Asia Olympics Qualifiers Points Table
A win here would take India to top spot!
