The teams for 31st National Youth Basketball Championship have been announced. The championship would be played from October 7 till 14 in Chandigarh.
Mahima Bharadwaj and Mithun Das have been selected as captains of girls and boys team. The Chhattisgarh State Basketball Association Chairman Sonmoni Borah hoped that the both teams are in good form. “We expect they will reach the finals in both categories,” Borah said.
Chief Patron Arvind Jain, President Rajeev Jain and Executive President of Chhattisgarh State Basketball Association Naresh Daklia said that captains of the teams belong to the day boarding scheme of Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP). It is to be mentioned here that the girls bagged Bronze medal in the youth championship held last year.
The Chhattisgarh Youth Boys Team includes Mithun Das (C), Gajendra Kumar Singh, Amit Rai, Jatin Kumar, Kanhaiya, Pankaj Pandey (all from BSP), Anurag Dubey, Vishal Badgujar (Durg District), Mukesh Kumar, Atul Chauhan (Rajnandgaon), Aabid Hussain (Sarjuja), Prakash Singh (Raipur).
R.S. Gaur from BSP has been appointed Head Coach of the team; Assistant Coach is Sukhdev Singh from Durg. While Manager Rajesh Pandey is from Janjgir district.
Chhattisgarh Youth Girls Team includes Mahima Bharadwaj (C), Gulphaza Ali, T Divya, Megha Singh, Sonali Dutta, Manisha, Vimala Ikka, K Rajalakshmi, Jyothi (all from BSP), Vallabhi Sahu (Rajnandgaon district), Shivangi Pandey (Janjgir), Khushbhu Asodiya (Durg). Head Coach of the team is Rajesh Patel, Assistant Coach is Sarjeet Chakraborti (both from BSP). Manager of the team will be Pooja Chauhan from Rajnandgaon.