Final update:February 2, 2025, 22: 53 IST
The six teams, Chennai Heat, Delidrit Blur, Gwanbitai Taitan, Punjab Warriors, and Heidela Bard Falcons, will be taken to the court next month to fight for their proud rights.
In the INBL PRO U25 Season 1, the Delidrbler kicked off Mumba Taisitans in the thrilling opening contest (INBL media).
India, who intends to put the Olympics in the 2036 in mind, has recently witnessed that multiple sports are being spotlighted, and KHO KHO has won the center stage at the KHO KHO World Cup in January. 。
By the way, the first season of the Indian National Basketball League (INBL) Pro U25 was kicked off in New Delhi on Sunday, so the basketball shines.
The INBL, which existed in 2021, took a variety of forms for many years, and eventually started as an INBL PRO U25 Season 1 with six teams consisting of young and university players under the age of 25.
The main purpose of resuming tournaments was to emphasize the structure of basketball games and encourage new generations players to build on their abilities.
Basketball is not a new one for India. In fact, the missionary introduced the game in 1930 and immediately found a place at school and university. The formation of the Indian Basketball Federation (BFI) in 1950 was an important step toward organizing and promoting sports. India first participated in an international basketball event at the 1951 Asian Games and later participated in the FIBA Asian Championship.
India has enjoyed a mediocre success in international games, including won medals in the South Asian tournament, the FIBA Asian Cup, and Lusofonia Games.
However, the Achilles heel in the game was lacking in infrastructure from the grass root level to promote the growth of the game. Only the National Championship and Federation Cups are two major domestic competitions in one year, so Indian players felt it was difficult to keep pace with developing sports. This is reflected in the dramatic decline in the FIBA ranking because the Indian men’s team shows a sharp decrease in 32 spots, and India has become 82nd in the world in 2010 to 2024 as of 2024. I did it. This leads to a decrease of 64 % in about 15 years.
In order to provide growing infrastructure in the same thing, INBL has been launched again, and the only purpose is to support Indian basketball again finding a scaffold.
By bringing coaches and players from all over the world from countries, including Australia, the United States, and New Zealand, INBL recurred to nurture young talents under the age of 25 and play with international players. I helped to do so.
The six teams, Chennai Heat, Delidrbler, Gujarat Stallion, Mumba Taitan, Punjab Warriors, and Heidela Bard Falcons, will be taken to the court next month to fight for their rights.
However, tonight, the festival began with two local rivals, Delhi and Mumbai, who take over each other in the opening game of the tournament.
Delhi started scoring, gained a thin lead, put out the gate, and set a tone. However, Mumbai rushed to the lane with a purpose and found their steps to proceed.
Titan has helped to draw a simple foul and keep scoring using the excellent strength in paint. Both teams, fixed by timely drives and three balls, participated in the contest because the first quarter approached Titan and approached the end of 20-19.
The two aspects cannot be distinguished, but they rejuvenated after the first nerves. Because the quality of the paint with a distinctive attack of paint, the quality of the paint quality was taken with a half-finished mark with a 45-45 score, it was guaranteed.
Until the last quarter, it seemed that there would be no separation of these two, so three barrages and physical contests from both sides will continue.
The increase in the pace of Dorbler’s play also caused confusion, and the flashy path found the opposite during a fast break. On the other hand, Mumbai stuck to the basics, generated a space for the shooter on an effective screen, and the rim attacker continued to increase the tempo as needed.
However, in the remaining 5 minutes of the clock, Delhi improved defense and denied Titan anywhere near the paint, and the table changed, and it was forced to take an ugly look from the outside of the three -point line to find the net. 。
Delhi, led by Barker, won 5 points in two minutes. Despite the score of Ramar Patterson’s Mumbai, the home side secures a 93-85 victory and keeps the home side maintaining to kick and off the tournament. High.
It has not yet been seen whether the league will lead to the development of talent in the short term. However, the door to the future of basketball games seems to have just opened a little more to prevent Indians. And that is important in the whole picture.
“At the end of the day, you can’t be unable to see,” Delhi Dorblaz head coach David Petrozalo stated in an exclusive conversation with News18 Sports.
“The ability to see, feel, and experience is all. Whatever the result of the game, change the story about what the game is in a young player in both Indian men and women. For me. That’s a great thing, “he added.
“So it’s beautiful to demonstrate that if the person here can do this, if others can do this, others can see them.”
