FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament Asia: India 70-73 Kazakhstan Highlights

Published at :August 14, 2023 at 4:38 PM

Modified at :January 13, 2024 at 5:46 PM

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The Indian men’s basketball team will face Kazakhstan in their third match of the FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament Asia 2023 on Monday. The blue colts have started the tournament on a high winning the opening two matches against hosts Syria and Indonesia. After upsetting Syria in the opening encounter, India carried forward the momentum defeating Indonesia by a 16-point margin (90-74) yesterday.

Next up, India will face the tournament’s highest-ranked team Kazakhstan (65) who after losing their opening match against Indonesia notched up a win in their second match yesterday. India and Bahrain are currently tied at 4 points each with the latter taking the top spot.

Hafeez, Muthu Krishnan, Prince, Sekhon were the top scorers for the Indian team in their dominating win against Indonesia. Captain Brighuvanshi is slowly getting back to his previous best after returning from a long break post-injury break. Arvind Annadurai too played a significant part by scoring eight points. A win against Kazakhstan will help India in pushing for the top spot and secure a place in the next qualifying tournament.

The FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament Asia 2023 is taking place in Damascus, Syria. It kick-started on August 12 (Saturday). A total of six basketball teams are competing in the tournament. They are — India, Bahrain, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and hosts Syria. The tournament is being played in a single-legged round-robin format with only the team that finishes on top qualifying for the final round.

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The Republic of Korea and Chinese Taipei were initially part of the tournament but pulled earlier this month. due to security concerns in violence-hit Syria. Their draw resulted in a change in the playing format. While teams were initially divided into two groups of four teams each, now teams will play each other at least once.

India, who are ranked 82nd, made it to the pre-qualifying event after qualifying for the second round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Asian Qualifiers. The Indian men’s basketball team will be led by Vishesh Bhriguvanshi.

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