Basketball: India Women’s team heads to Japan

Basketball: India Women’s team heads to Japan for FIBA Asia Championship-
India’s Senior Women’s Basketball team will leave for Japan on Thursday night to take part in the to the 24th FIBA Asia Championship for Women in Omura-Nagasaki from August 21-28, 2011. The Basketball Federation of India is sending 12 players, four officials, and two official FIBA referees as part of their contingent
The players that India will send Japan for this prestigious tournament will be the same who represented India at the William Jones Cup in Taiwan last week, except for one change: Forward/Center Harjeet Kaur has been excluded from the team due to an injury and has been replaced by Sonika Ohylan.
The team will be led by American coach Pete Gaudet.
Indian team for 24th FIBA Asia Championship for Women
Akanksha Singh (Delhi)
Anitha Paul Durai (Indian Railways)
Bharti (Indian Railways)
Geethu Anna Jose (Indian Railways)
Harjeet Kaur (Delhi)
Kruthika Lakshman (Karnataka)
Kokila Subramani (Tamil Nadu)
Prashanti Singh (Delhi)
Pushpa Maddu (Indian Railways)
Shireen Vijay Limaye (Maharashtra)
Smruthi Radhakrishnan (Indian Railways)
Sonika Ohylan (Delhi)
Head Coach: Pete Gaudet
Assistant Coach: Abdul Hamid Khan
Trainer: Gopika Vijay Kachare
Physiotherapist: Sudhir Singh Rathore
FIBA Referee: Ceciline Michael Vino Vincent Francis Victor
FIBA Referee: Somasundaramoortyh Shanmugasundaram
India have been placed in Level I of the Championship, along with champions China, hosts Japan, Korea, Chinese Taipei, and Lebanon. In Level II, the teams are Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and Singapore.