India announces final squad for upcoming FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers

The Indian basketball team will face Kazakhstan and Iran in Window 1 of the tournament.

India have named a 12-member final squad for the upcoming FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers later this month. The final roster picked after trimming down the preliminary squad that was announced earlier. India will face Kazakhstan and Iran in the first window of FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers. The Indian basketball team will first travel to the Republican Velodrome Saryarka in Astana where they will face the 11th ranked Kazakhstan on February 23. They will then host Iran, ranked 27th, three days later at the KD Jadhav Indoor Stadium in New Delhi.

The final India squad for the FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers is as followed:

Center
Amritpal Singh	208 cms / 6’10’’	Age 33	Punjab Police
Princepal Singh	208 cms / 6’10’	Age 24	Indian Railways
Palpreet Singh Brar	210 cms / 6’11’’	Age 30	Indian Railways
Forwards
Amarendra Nayak	203 cms / 6’8’’	Age 20	Chandigarh
Pranav Prince	200 cms / 6’7’’	Age 20	Kerala/Tamil Nadu
Guards
Sahaij Pratap Singh Sekhon	194 cms / 6’4’’	Age 22	Chandigarh / Indian Railways
Vishes Bhriguvanshi	192 cms / 6’4’’	Age 32	ONGC
Muin Bek Hafeez	189 cms / 6’2’’	Age 27	Indian Bank
P Baladhaneshwar	180 cms / 5’11’’	Age 24	Tamil Nadu
Arvind Kumar Muthu Krishnan	187 cms / 6’2’’	Age 23	Tamil Nadu
Kanwar Gurbaz Singh Sandhu	185 cms / 6’1’’	Age 24	Punjab
Vaisakh K M	190 cms / 6’3’’	Age 21	Kerala

While the preliminary roster featured a very youthful squad, Coach Veselin Matic and the selection committee have put their bets on players who have played for India before.

As mentioned earlier, the key missing piece of the team has been the former G-League player Amjyot Singh. However, the team still has veteran captain Amritpal Singh, former captain Vishesh Bhriguvanshi, and NBA Summer League winner Princepal Singh.

At a glance, it seems Toza Matic will have a guard-heavy rotation, as he has several options on the position. Overall, the squad seems to have a good mix of perimeter defense, outside shooting and playmaking.

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