Princepal Singh (in white). Image @BFI Media
BAH vs IND Dream11: India will be looking to start the FIBA Asia Cup qualifying campaign with a win when it plays Bahrain in game-1 at Manama, Khalifa Sports City on Friday evening (IST). India are definitely favourites to win this game considering the huge gap between the team’s ceiling on FIBA World rankings. The Men in Blue are ranked 74th in the world, while Nahrain are 113th in the latest FIBA World rankings.
The qualifying campaign will be played across different windows, with each team set to play two games in every window. After the February rounds, the next qualifying round will be played in November 2020.
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Match details:
Teams: Bahrain and India
Venue: Manama, Khalifa Sport City
Match Timing: February 21, @ 07:30 PM
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Bahrain vs India team news:
Bahrain: Bahrain am Vincent head coach confirmed his 14-man roster for the upcoming two games against India and Lebanon. Two players have been released from the preliminary squad, in the shape of Ali Shukrallah and Ahmed Abdulaziz.
Vincent also added that CJ Giles, who had to leave the group to recover from an ankle injury, has rejoined the team and is available for selection.
“CJ had a minor issue with his ankle. So we send him back to Bahrain to meet the specialists. He has fully recovered and ready to go. So we have no issues at all,” said Vincent.
India: Indian team will be negotiating two games in February against Bahrain and Iran respectively.
India announced its roster and it was no surprise to see two veteran players such as Satnam Singh and Amjyot Singh missing from the squad. The duo is currently serving a three-year ban.
But 19-year-old NBA Global Academy student-athlete Princepal Singh has made the cut, and so has 17-year-old Amaan Sandhu, a student-athlete at the NBA Academy India.
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Bahrain vs India starting five:
Bahrain: Mohammed Hussain, Ahmed Aldurazi, CJ Giles, Mohammed Buallay, Mohammed Ameer
India: Prashant Singh Rawat, Muin Bek Hafeez, Amaan Sandhu, Prasanna Venkatesh Sivakumar, Joginder Singh
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Grand League tips:
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Likely squads:
Bahrain: Mohammed Hussain, Ahmed Aldurazi, Mohammed Buallay, Subah Hussain, Mohammed Ameer, Muzamel Ameer, Ahmed Najaf, CJ Giles, Mohammed Salman, Mohammed Qurban, Maytham Jameel, Hesham Sarhan
India: Muin Bek Hafeez, Joginder Singh, Vishesh Bhriguvanshi, Prasanna Venkatesh Sivakumar, Sahil, Jagdeep Singh, Prashant Singh Rawat, Aravind Annadurai, Princepal Singh, Amritpal Singh, Amaan Sandhu, Arvind Arumugam
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BAH vs IND Dream11 teams:
Team 1:
PG: Mohamed Ameer
SG: M Buallay
SF: M Bek-Hafeez
PF: M Husain, P Singh-Rawat
C: C Jarell-Giles (SP), A Sandhu, P Singh
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Team 2:
PG: Mohamed Ameer
SG: M Buallay, P Venkatesh-Shivkumar
SF: M Bek-Hafeez
PF: M Husain, P Singh-Rawat
C: C Jarell-Giles (SP), A Sandhu