NAMRATA Desai of Nutan Bharat Yuwak Sangh (NBYS) and Tanuk Gurnule from Phoenix Academy have been named as captains who will lead the 12-member Nagpur district basketball girls and boys teams respectively in the Maharashtra State Junior Basketball Championship scheduled to be held at Aurangabad from December 12 to 16. The Nagpur District Basketball Association (NDBA) announced the junior (Under-18) boys and girls’ basketball teams on Saturday. Maharashtra teams will be picked from this State tournament which will participate in the junior national basketball championship scheduled to be held next year.

 

The boys and girls’ teams in the U-18 category were selected after a preparatory camp followed by the Inter-Club District Basketball Championship. In the district basketball championship Dharampeth Krida Mandal (DKM) girls and NBYS boy’s teams emerged champions. President of NDBA Sandip Joshi, secretary Bhavesh Kuchanwar and all members of the district body wished luck to both the teams. TEAMS—GIRLS: Sameeksha Chandak, Dhara Phate, Sneha Khandelwal (all DKM), Gunjan Mantri, Swati Wankhede, Ekta Metka (all SNG); Namrata Desai (Captain NBYS), Saee Deshmukh, Meehira Dhote (both ABC); Anjali Nandanwar (GKM), Riya Chipate (PBG), Sanavi Tambe (NASA). Coach: Dhiraj Kadao.

 

BOYS: Shahjil Jalil, Taaran Kakkad, Adarsh Sheware, Pratham Gupta (all NBYS), Sarthak Dhuldhule, Yash Mehta, Chitraksh Garge (all SNG), Tanuk Gurnule (Captain, Phoenix), Raj Diwedi (DKM), Sarang Umathe (PKM), Jayesh Giri (GKM), Parikshit Datir (HKM). Coach: Anup Maske.