Bangladesh will eye the title of the Citycell South Asian Basketball Association 3 on 3 Basketball that starts under the auspices of the Bangladesh Basketball Federation at the Dhanmondi Basketball Gymnasium from Tuesday. Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, Sri Lanka and hosts Bangladesh will participate in the two-day meet.
With sub-continental powerhouse India yet to confirm their participation, the host team comprising their best cagers of the country look forward to grab the silverware. Rasheduzzaman, Mithun Biswas, Shoyeb and Akash are the four members of the Bangladesh team. The 3 on 3 basketball is played in a half of the regulation court and the team that scores 21 point first win the match.
However AKSarker, the general secretary of BBF did not rule out the arrival of the Indians. “The Indian team are going through some visa complicacies, if they arrive before the meet then we will divide the six teams into two groups, if they don’t then it will be a league, we have won the South Asian Basketball last year, if India remain absent we are confident that Bangladesh will win title, but it does not mean that if India come we will not try to be the champions” said Sarker.
Taslim Ahmed. Head of Corporate Communications & PR of Citycell expressed satisfaction over the progress of basketball in the recent past. “The national team in the recent past have performed well and we look forward to more successes, we also congratulate BBF for organising local and foreign tournaments successfully” said Taslim.
AKSarker added that at the moment Pakistan Basketball Federation is temporarily suspended by International Basketball Federation so they were not invited.
The congress of the SABA will also be held on Monday.