Chandigarh, March 25- Haryana men’s team won the gold medal by defeating Punjab’s team in the final match at the first Under-23 National Basketball Championship held in Guwahati, Assam. The competition was held from March 18 to March 24.
Haryana’s team won the gold medal by defeating Punjab’s team 94-73 in the final match. Haryana’s team performed brilliantly in the competition and defeated Karnataka in the semi-finals, Tamil Nadu in the quarter-finals, Bihar in the pre-quarterfinals and Meghalaya, West Bengal and Chandigarh teams in their league matches.
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Under the leadership of captain Sahil Taya, the team performed brilliantly in all the matches. Players Rajan, Deependra, Ankush, Rahul, Ajay and Lakshya also performed excellently. Coach Vinay Sheoran congratulated the team on winning the competition. Along with this, coach Deepak Sharma and manager Vishal Singh also encouraged the players and said that the hard work of the team has paid off. The players of the team thanked the administrator of Haryana State Basketball Association and Hisar Commissioner Sh. A Sreenivas and said that they are grateful to him as he selected good players and sent them to the competition as a team.