India has been placed in the same group (Group B) as Palestine, Saudi Arabiaand Kazakhstan in the preliminary phase of the competition.The team, ranked 11th in Asia will open their campaign against Palestine on September 20th followed by Saudi Arabia on 21st and Kazakhstan on 22nd.
India has never won a medal at the Asian Games and had a miserable run at the last event in Guangzhou in 2010, losing five straight games after a win over minnows Afghanistan in the preliminary round.
The following is the probable list of players part of the squad:
1.Vishesh Bhriguvanshi (Forward)Current Team Leader in Points Per Game (PPG), Assists Per Game (APG) and No.2 in Rebounds Per Game (RPG).
2.Narender Kumar Grewal (Guard)Current No.2 in PPG and No.3 in APG
3.Akilan Pari (Point Guard)
4.Amjyot Singh (Forward) Current Team Leader in RPG and No.3 in PPG
5.Joginder Singh (Point Guard) Current No.4 in PPG and No.2 in APG
6.Yadwinder Singh (Forward) No.4 in RPG and No.5 in APG
7.Prasanna Sivakumar (Forward)
8.Pratham Singh (Forward)
9.Prakash Mishra (Guard)
10.Amritpal Singh (Centre)
11.Palpreet Singh Brar (Forward/Centre)
12.Rikin Shantilal Pethani (Centre)
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