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Ludhiana cager Joypreet Singh Sidhu makes India U-18 Asia Cup squad
Joypreet Singh Sidhu, an 18-year-old basketball player from Ludhiana, has been selected for the Indian team for the FIBA U-18 Asia Cup 2026, Hindustan Times reports. He is the only player from…
The Story in Brief
Joypreet Singh Sidhu, an 18-year-old basketball player from Ludhiana, has been selected for the Indian team for the FIBA U-18 Asia Cup 2026, Hindustan Times reports. He is the only player from Punjab in the final squad. The tournament will be held at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad from August 13 to 23.
Joypreet, a first-year BA student at Arya College and alumnus of KL Memorial School, trained at the Ludhiana Basketball Academy. He was part of the Punjab team that finished runners-up in the 75th Junior National Championship and represented India at the SABA Qualifiers in Sri Lanka in May, where the team won gold. He is currently at the national coaching camp in Ahmedabad till August 10.
The Indian Opinion
Joypreet’s selection is rightly celebrated, but the usual hype around lone achievers can obscure the lack of basketball infrastructure in Punjab. One player making the cut does not signal a boom. The real test is whether the state’s basketball academies and the Punjab Basketball Association can build a pipeline, not just produce occasional stars. Watch how India performs against stronger Asian teams in Ahmedabad, if the team struggles, the focus should stay on grassroots investment, not individual heroics.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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