IND - Indian preliminary squads announced for FIBA Asia Championships

NEW DELHI (2011 FIBA Asia Championship for Men and Women) - The Basketball Federation of India (BFI) has released a list of 25 players for both the men's and women's teams iahead of this summer's FIBA Asia Championships later this year.

The first camp for the preliminary squads will take place at the Indira Gandhi Sporting Complex in New Delhi from 20 May.

The men’s National Team will first play the FIBA Asia Middle Asia sub zone qualifying tournament scheduled in New Delhi for mid-July in a bid to book their place at the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship to be held in Wuhan, China from 15-25 September.

The women's team has already qualified for the FIBA Asia Championship for Women to be held in Omura-Nagasaki from 21-28 August.

Foreign coaches

The coaches for the teams are yet to be named, but the federation has revealed that it was very close to finalizing their appointments.

“We are interviewing a couple of candidates. We should arrive at a decision by next week,” BIF's Harish Sharma said.

Sharma also confirmed that foreign coaches will handle both the men and women teams.

India Men's preliminary squad for FIBA Asia sub-zone qualifying tournament

Men: Yadwinder Singh, Vishesh Bhriguvanshi, Prakash Mishra, Arjun Singh, Shadab Khan, Kiran Pal Singh (all Indian Railways), Talwinderjit Singh Sahi, Jagdeep Singh, Amjyot Singh (all Punjab),  Hareesh Koroth, Dinesh C.V, Abhilek Paul (all Tamil Nadu), Trideep Rai, Riyazuddin (both Uttarakhand), Sambhaji Kadam, Jai Ram Jat, Narender Garewal (all Services), Ajay Pratap Singh, Janki Ram Nath (both Chhattisgarh), Eudrick Perreira, Basil Philip (both Kerala), Dishant Shah (Gujarat), Bobby Singh, Rakesh Yadav (both Uttar Pradesh),  Arvind A (Karnataka)

India Women's preliminary squad for FIBA Asia Championship

Women: Geethu Anna Jose, Pushpa M, Anitha P, Smruthi R.K, Reshma G, Bharti Netam (all Indian Railways), Prashanti Singh, Harjeet Kaur, Akanksha Singh, Pratima Singh, Raspreet Sidhu, Asha Hagde (all Delhi), Jilna Jose, Aruna Kindo, Kavita (all Chhattisgarh), Rajeshwari S.N, Kruthika Lakshman (both Karnataka), Jeena P.S., Soniya Joy, Lizy Mathew (all Kerala), R.Raja Priyadharshini, S. Kokila (both Tamil Nadu), Sneha Rajguru, Amruta Bhuskute, Shireen Limaye (all Mahrashtra).

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