TWO FROM KERALA IN INDIA U 16 WOMEN'S TEAM
21/10/2017
Ann Mary Zacharia from Mount Carmel Kottayam and Sree Kala from St Gorettis HSS Thiruvananthapuram find their place in the Final 12 of the FIBA U16 Women’s Asia Championship in Bengaluru, starting at Sreekanteerava Stadium in Bangalore From October 22-28
India’s U16 team, which fell to Division B at the previous iteration of this tournament, will hope to return to the higher stage by the end of next week.
Team India will be led by Zoran Visic, the experienced basketball coach from Serbia who also led India’s Senior Women’s team at the FIBA Asia Women’s Cup earlier this year. Visic’s assistant coach will be his captain for the senior team – the basketball star Anitha Paul Durai – for whom this will be the first foray into international coaching. The squad is completely changed from the one that played in Medan two years ago. Some of the top players that made a mark in recent Youth and Sub Junior Nationals will be featured in this roster, including Vaishnavi Yadav, Ann Mary Zacharaiah, and Elizabeth Ekka.
Team India Roster
- Vaishnavi Yadav
- Riya Baliyan
- Ann Mary Zachariah
- Neha Karwa
- Khushi Sanjay Dongre
- Elijabet Ekka
- Monica Jayakumar
- Pushpa Senthil Kumar
- Grishma Niranjan
- Sreekala Rani
- Asmat Taunque
- Sanjana Ramesh
- Head Coach: Zoran Visic
- Assistant Coach: Anitha Paul Durai
India will top to top their group in the preliminary round, and then defeat the top squad from Group B of their Division in a playoff, to secure Division A promotion.
India’s Preliminary Round Schedule– All timings IST
- October 22 – India vs. Nepal – 8 PM
- October 23 – Iran vs. India – 8 PM
- October 24 – India vs. Sri Lanka – 8 PM