India crushed Sri Lanka 93-44 to retain the South Asian Basketball Championship title. Tamil Nadu’s centre Aravind Annadurai emerged as the top scorer with 22 points, including one three pointer. India also qualified for the FIBA AsiaChampionship in China in September. While India bagged the gold medal, Sri Lanka and Nepalfinished second and third respectively.
The winning team was given a cash prize of Rs 35,000 as a personal gesture of Basketball Federation of India (BFI) President K Govindraj. It was the 4th edition of the Championships.
Tidbits
The basketball tournament was established in 2002 and is organized by the South Asia Basketball Association (SABA) in which national teams of 6 countries participate.
India has won the title for 3 times in 2002, 2014 and 2015.
GK Question
What are the Six teams that have participated in SABA Championship 2015?
- India
- Sri Lanka
- Nepal
- Bangladesh
- Maldives
- Bhutan
