ANANDI Sonawane of Dharampeth Krida Mandal (DKM) and Shreyash Bhosale of Nagpur Amateur Sports Association (NASA) will lead the 12-member girls and boys basketball teams of Nagpur in the Maharashtra State Inter-district Sub-Junior (U-13) Basketball Championship scheduled to begin at Kolhapur from Friday.

Secretary of Nagpur District Basketball Association (NDBA) Bhavesh Kuchanwar declared the district teams on Wednesday.

The five-day state selection tournament will be played at Sahaji Law College, Kolhapur, from October 28 to November 1, 2022. From this U-13 tournament the 12-member Maharashtra teams in both boys and girls section will be selected for the forthcoming West Zone Nationals organised by the Basketball Federation of India (BFI). The state selection tournament is being hosted by Maha Basketball Association. NDBA President Sandip Joshi, Kuchanwar and all members wished the teams good luck.

TEAMS — Girls: Anandi Sonawane (captain), Riddhima Sahu (both DKM), Kabyanjali Pal, Akshara Rokde, Palak Panchbudhe (all GKM), Vidhi Gatlewar, Ashlesha Dabhadkar (both NASA), Shrushti Bhagat (UBA), Arya Dagwar (SNG), Sahi Khopde (NBYS), Prasiddhi Sonkar (SKM), Shrawani Selokar (PBG). Coaches: Rajat Pawar, Gaurav Reddy. Boys: Shreyash Bhosale (captain), Dheer Agrawal, Ajinkya Yeole, Sarvesh Kavishwar (all NASA), Bharat Suthar, Anay Kale, Arjun Dhume (all SNG), Shresht Chandak, Om Raut (both DKM), Soham Gomase (GKM), Gandharva Naik (PBG), Sahil Dhage (UBA); Coaches: Pushpak Tambekar, Prajwal Choudhary.