India men's national basketball team
The India men's national basketball team represents India in international men's basketball. It is controlled by Basketball Federation of India.
A 1936 founding member of FIBA Asia, India has one of Asia's longest basketball traditions. Throughout its history, Team India qualified for the FIBA Asia Championship 24 times and is placed in the top-5 in appearances in this tournament. Further, India's basketball team won three gold medals and one silver medal at the South Asian Games. Team India celebrated its most recent title at the 2014 Lusofonia Games after they finished the tournament with a 4–0 record and beat Angola in the final.
Its most famous moment came at the 2014 FIBA Asia Cup with the win against home favorites China men's national basketball team by 7 points. This win has been labelled as the "biggest basketball win in the nation's history."
History
1965-1975
India appeared at the international stage for the first time ever at the 1965 Asian Basketball Championship where it started out as moderately competitive. India became a regular at the event and had their most successful tournament in 1975 when the team even reached the final four.1980-1990
1980 Olympics
Plagued by a lack of popularity and support for basketball at home, at times, India faded into oblivion and only had a handful of successful performances. Its most noteworthy tournament appearance was at the 1980 Summer Olympics when the team got its chance to represent Asia due to the cancellations of some teams who took part in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. A few of the world's top basketball powers at that time withdrew from the tournament. India finished 12th out of 12 in the Olympics after getting knocked out in the Preliminary Round by losing all three of their matches and then losing all five of their matches in the Classification round.While the results did not go India's way one game in particular caught the attention of basketball fans worldwide. India played against the Australian Team, one of the world's top basketball teams. India, which was made up solely of voluntary basketball players competed against the elite team of Australia for almost the whole game until it finally ceded to the Boomers 75-93 after leading at halftime 41–37.
Many Indian players also made headlines while in the Soviet Union as well. Ajmer Singh gained worldwide attention as he was amongst the top 10 shooters there and became the 10th best pivot player in the tournament there.
1990-2010
The late 90s saw the emergence of , the first Indian basketball player who gained considerable international attention. Jaldeep led India to a surprising victory over South Korea, one of Asia's top teams.In 2005, however, a player S.Robinson complained that the structure and support for basketball in India was still mediocre and government officials did not do enough to support the sport. As a protest, he retired from the national team.
2010-present
At the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship India was coached by former Sacramento Kings head coach Kenny Natt. Further, for the first time ever, India had its own strength and conditioning coach. Even though the team lost most games, its performance against Lebanon, which had made it to the final four at the previous tournament, superseded expectations.In 2012, former NBA D-League and U.S. college coach, Scott Flemming, took over the team. Under his supervision, the team won the South Asia Championship in 2014. India had two wins and finished 3 places higher in the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship than in 2011. In 2014, the Young Cagers won the Lusofonia games with wins over Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, and Angola in the gold medal game. This was Team India's first title ever against non-Asian competition. In the 2014 FIBA Asia Cup India pulled off the biggest win in their 80-year history by defeating China on their home court 65–58. The establishment of a professional league will be a major step in continuing this recent success the Indian team has experienced. In 2011, plans for the establishment thereof were officially agreed upon.
Competitive record
Olympic Games
FIBA Basketball World Cup
Asia Championship
Asian Championship
| Year | Rank | P | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
 1960 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
 1963 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
 1965 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
 1967 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
 1969 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
 1971 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1973 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1975 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1977 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1979 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
 1981 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
 1983 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
 1993 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
 1997 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
 2005 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
 2017 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Total | /29 |
Asian Games
- 1951 : 4th
- 1970 : 6th
- 1982 : 8th
- 2006 : 17th
- 2010 : 11th
- 2014 : 9th
- 2018 : To be determined
FIBA South Asia Championship
- 2002 :
- 2014 :
- 2015 :
- 2016 :
- 2017 :
South Asian Games
- 1995 :
- 1999 :
- 2004 :
- 2010 :
- 2018 : To be determined
- 2019 :
Lusofonia Games
- 2014 :
- 2017 : To be determined
Commonwealth Games
- 2006 : 8th
- 2018 : 8th
FIBA Asia Champions Cup
- best performance: 2007 : 7th
- worst performance: 2003 : 9th
Team
Current roster
2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification
Opposition: BahrainVenue: Khalifa Sport City, Manama
Opposition: Iraq
Venue: Al Shaeb Hall, Baghdad
Past roster
Roster for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification.Depth Chart
Head coach history
Past rosters
1980 Olympic Games: finished 12th among 12 teams
Baldev Singh, Ajmer Singh, Parvez Diniar, Dilip Gurumurthy, Harbhajan Singh, Jorawar Singh, Amarnath Nagarajan, Pramdiph Singh, Paramjit Singh, Radhey Shyam, Hanuman Singh, Raman Gupta,Tarlok Singh Sandhu
1997 Asian Championship: finished 11th among 15 teams
Pankaj Malik, B.S. Gowtham, Gagnesh Kumar, Ashok Kumar, N. Appla Raju, Parmindar Singh, Nishant Kumar, Virendar Joshi, Jaldeep Dhaliwal, D. Swaminathan, Srikant Reddy
1999 Asian Championship: not qualified
2001 Asian Championship: finished 8th among 14 teams
Vinay Kumaryadan, J.Murli, B.J. Jadeja, Mohit Bhandari, S.Sridhar, Parmindar Singh, Ranjeet Singh, Austin Almeida, Sozhasingarayer Robinson, Suresh Ranot, M.S. Sabeer Ahamed, Des Raj
2003 Asian Championship: finished 8th among 16 teams
Sambhaji Kadam, Gagnesh Kumar, Mihir Pandey, S. Gopinath, S.Sridhar, Parmindar Singh, Muraleekrishna Ravindran, Trideep Rai, Sozhasingarayer Robinson, Riyaz Uddin, Snehpal Singh, Des Raj
2005 Asian Championship: finished 12th among 16 teams
Sambhaji Kadam, Shiv Kumar, Mihir Pandey, Anoop Mukkanniyil, Yadwinder Singh, Rajanna Sanjay Raj, Muraleekrishna Ravindran, Trideep Rai, Sozhasingarayer Robinson, Riyaz Uddin, Talwinderjit Singh, Jagdeep Singh
2007 Asian Championship: finished 15th among 16 teams
Sambhaji Kadam, Shiv Kumar, Ravikumar Krishnasamy, Anoop Mukkanniyil, Roshan Thankachan Padavetiyil, Rajanna Sanjay Raj, Muraleekrishna Ravindran, Trideep Rai, Dilawar Singh, Riyaz Uddin, Lokesh Yodav, Jagdeep Singh
2009 Asian Championship: finished 13th among 16 teams
Sambhaji Kadam, Talwinderjit Singh, Hareesh Koroth, Harpalsinh Vaghela, Sunil Kumar Rathee, Vishesh Bhriguvanshi, Prakash Mishra, Vineeth Revi Mathew, Abhilek Paul, Jayram Jat, Dinesh Comibatore, Jagdeep Singh
2011 Asian Championship: finished 14th among 16 teams
2013 Asian Championship: finished 11th among 15 teams
2014 Asian Games: finished 12th among 16 teams
;2015 FIBA Asia Championship "finished 8th Among 16 qualified teams in Asia "
2016 FIBA Asia Challenge "finished 7th Among 12 qualified teams in Asia "
;2017 FIBA Asia Cup
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Manufacturer
2015: RooxVideos
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