NBA picks up 4 city basketball players

Ludhiana | Friday | 20th August, 2021

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Sports CorrespondentLudhiana August 19The Punjab Basketball Association (PBA) is on cloud nine as four of its players at the Ludhiana Basketball Academy (LBA) are earning applause in the international circuit. Two of these players Amjyot and Amritpal had also played at the 21st Commonwealth Games held in Australia in 2018 besides other overseas matches. Teja Singh Dhaliwal general secretary of the association said another star player trained at LBA Princepal Singh had been drafted in the NBA where the other three players were also drafted. Meanwhile the Association has urged the local business community residents and schools to come forward to promote basketball in big way as the city had the potential to produce more international players. Ludhiana would soon get two more indoor basketball courts under the Smart City project..