Indian men’s 3x3 Basketball achieve its highest-ever FIBA World ranking of 16

Top Indian men’s and women’s team stars from across the country including Vishesh Bhriguvanshi (Arjuna Awardee and captain of the men’s national team), Anitha Pauldurai (Padma Shri), Geethu Anna Rahul (Arjuna Awardee), Raspreet Sidhu, Amritpal Singh, Palpreet Singh (ex-NBA player), Princepal Singh (ex-NBA player) and Stephy Nixon, to name just a few, were seen in action across 18 total franchises (12 men’s and 6 women’s). A post-season press conference was held here on Sunday, conducted by 3BL Commissioner Rohit Bakshi and Prerna Sharma, Director of YKBK Enterprise Pvt Ltd, which owns the ‘3BL’ property.

Also in attendance were the two 3BL season 3 champion teams Gurugram Masters (men) and Delhi Divas (women), besides other foreign players. Indian men’s 3x3 team ranked 2 in Asia“Prior to the start of 3BL Season 3, we had promised that the Indian men's team's global FIBA 3x3 federation ranking would be around 30th.

We are pleased to confirm that India men now has ranked 16th in the World, ahead of Asian powerhouses like China, Iran and Philippines and even Australia, which competes in the Asian circuit,” Prerna said. “I would like to congratulate India’s men’s basketball players, because besides being among the top 20 in the world, our men’s 3x3 ranking is also second best across the whole of Asia, behind only Mongolia,” Rohit said.