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Basketball was brought to India in 1893–4 [1] [2] by Canadian T. Duncan Patton, [3] who later returned to India as the Acting General Secretary of the Calcutta YMCA from 1903 to 1905. The game was initially most popular among women, [ 4 ] although slow to spread.
The Indian basketball players have also won several trophies for their country. There are 17 Indian basketball players who have been honored by the Government of India through the Arjuna Award. [6] Two players have been bestowed with Dhyan Chand Awards for lifetime achievement. [6]
India played against the Australian Team, one of the world's top basketball teams. India, which was made up solely of voluntary basketball players competed against the elite team of Australia for almost the whole game until it finally ceded to the Boomers 75–93 after leading at halftime 41–37.
The Kanteerava Indoor Stadium hosted the Finals of the inaugural season in 2022–23.. The INBL was founded in 2021. [1] [2] The league was granted a five-year license by the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) to run the competition and also help promote the 3x3 version of the game. [1]
The Basketball Federation of India (BFI) is the governing body for basketball in India. Affiliated to the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) since 1936, India has one of Asia's longest basketball traditions. [180] India's women had their best result at the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship for Women when they finished sixth.
Olympic pictogram for basketball. Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter mounted 10 feet (3.048 m) high to a backboard at each end ...
Indian expatriate basketball people (2 C) O. Olympic basketball players for India (11 P) S. Singh sisters ...