Punjab hoopers (U-21 men) win gold at Kheo India 2020
Guwahati, January 21, 2020 :
Punjab Under-21 boys showed their superior might in the basketball by defeating Tamil Nadu by a convincing 79-52 margin in the final of the Khelo India Youth Games here on Monday.
Punjab Basketball Association , President R S Gill has congratulated the team ,coaches and managers. PBA Secretary Teja Singh Dhaliwal said that complete cohesion was witnessed in the team which always is a key for having winning edge.'
Earlier, Punjab Under- 21 girls also romped home bronze title in the finals played there. Suman Sharma and Prabhjot Kaur both international basketball players from Punjab, also congratulated both the teams .JP Singh VP PBA ,Vijay Chopra ,Sukhbir Dhaliwal and Brij Goyal too have sent congratulatory messages.
TN U-17 GIRLS CHAMPS: For both, Tamil Nadu and Nivetha Shree, it was third time lucky in the Girls Under-17 basketball competition.
After two failed attempts in 2019 that saw them finish with silver in the Khelo Games as well as the Youth Games, the team was so thrilled to win a gold medal that the celebrations began on the court itself.
For Nivetha, though, it was even more overwhelming: she collapsed into tears as Tamil Nadu got the better of Rajasthan by a heart-stopping 2-point margin.
“Come on… You can’t be crying now,” coach Ram Prasad said, putting a comforting arm over her as they walked off the court.
The team’s star player, Nivetha, simply smiled, perhaps thinking of the last two heartbreaks.
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