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India announce squad for inaugural 3x3 World Youth Basketball

India Gazette (IANS) Friday 26th August, 2011

The Basketball Federation of India (BFI) Friday announced the Under-18 boys' and girls' squads for the inaugural FIBA 3x3 World Youth Championships being held in Rimini, Italy, Sep 9-11.

Thirty-six boys' and 24 girls' teams from around the world will take part in the competition.

The 3x3 format is the formalised version of three-on-three, half-court basketball. The format got its first major international test at the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore.

The fast-paced games are played on one half of the FIBA regulation court. Each team contingent will consist of four players, of whom three will be on court at any given time, and one coach.

The Indian girls will be led by Pete Gaudet, the American basketball coach who is also the head coach of India's senior women's team. The boys will be coached by Kulwinder Singh Gill from Madhya Pradesh.

The teams:

Boys:

Kirti Goswami (Madhya Pradesh)

Love Neet Singh (Punjab)

Ajay Pratap Singh (Chhattisgarh)

Sivabalan Gnanasekaran (Tamil Nadu)

Coach: Kulwinder Singh Gill

Girls:

Jeena PS (Kerala)

Aishwarya Natarajan (Tamil Nadu)

Amrutha Bhuskute (Maharashtra)

Shireen Limaye (Maharashtra)

Coach: Pete Gaudet