Official team rosters announced for Season 2 of 3x3 Pro Basketball League

Yash Matange

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Over this past weekend, India's only FIBA-recognised 3X3 league - the 3x3 Pro Basketball League Indian Sub-continent (3X3BL) announced the rosters for all 12 men's teams for Season 2.  

With the number of Indians participating in the 3BL and how well they perform crucial to India's qualification for the 2020 Olympics in 3x3 format, there were plenty of national team players part of team rosters in season 2, who hadn't participated in Season 1. 

Here's a look at the 11 teams announced so far: 

Gurugram Masters Chandigarh Challengers Mumbai Heroes Delhi Hoopers
Bikramjit Gill* (#6) Amjyot Singh Gill* (#22) Inderbir Singh Gill* (#12) Kiran Shastri* (#33)
Ritik Dalal (#4) Ravi Kumar (#5) Ashiv Jain (#5) Chris Viresh (#5)
Rajan Sharma (#5) Rachit Singh (#6) Amit Sehrawat (#6) Ambati Prudhvi Reddy (#6)
Sushant Malhan (#7) Dhruv Barman (#7) Rajveer Singh (#7) A. Harish Varma (#7)
Asit Mor (#8) Sunil Rathee (#8) Faisal Khan (#8) Y. Shubhankar Reddy (#8)
Tejinder Mahal (#9) Himanshu Jangra (#9) Arshdeep Singh Saini (#9) K. Vinay Kothari (#9)

*All-Star

Kolkata Warriors Hyderabad Ballers Bangalore Machas Ahmedabad Wingers
Amritpal Singh* (#10) Gurvinder Singh Gill* (#1) Sowkin Shetty* (#9) Palpreet Singh Brar* (#15)
Shivkumar Uandgoti (#5) Vinay Kaushik (#5) Karan Joshua (#4) G. Sivabalan (#5)
Manik Ohlan (#6) Gurdit Singh (#6) Chetan Suresh (#5) K. Satish Kumar (#6)
Ravi Bharadwaj (#7) Rohith Loka Reddy (#7) Dinesh Kumar Mishra (#6) J. Adarsh Premsan (#7)
Himanshu Sharma (#8) Arvind Krishna (#8) Abhishek John (#7) Raghul Vasan (#8)
Siddhant Shinde (#9) Divyaiin Singh (#9) Rajesh Prakash Uppar (#8) Pratham Singh (#9)

*All-Star

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Arshpreet Bhullar* (#4) Yadwinder Singh* (#10) Akhilan Pari* (#66) Lalrina Renthlei* (#22)
Eudrick Pereira (#5) Gaurav Ohlan (#5) Kunal Raghav (#5) Vipin Dahiya (#5)
Basil Philip (#6) Harmandeep Singh (#6) Bhrigendra Pratap Singh (#6) Tejasvi Mangal (#6)
Rajath KR (#7) Abhyudaya Yadav (#7) Vijay Parmar (#7) Ranbir Singh Virdi (#7)
Arjun Joshua (#8) Jaipal Singh Mann (#8) Ayush Sharma (#8) Vishal K. Gupta (#8)
David Boon (#9) Abhishek Tyagi (#9) Ajay Dabas (#9) Khushmeet S. Atwal (#9)

*All-Star

Set to tip-off on August 2nd, as per their official release, 3BL's Season 2 will have these 12 teams compete in nine rounds across the five cities of Chandigarh, Amritsar, Mohali, Jalandhar and Patiala. 

Also, as per the league's official release, the 3BL Season 2 will witness season 1 of the first-ever 3x3 professional league for women. 

Here are how the six teams for the women's league stack up, as per the recent announcements:

Delhi Divas Kochi Stars Pune Panthers Ludhiana Queens Jaipur Regals Coimbatore Spunkies
Raspreet Sidhu* (#6) Geethu Anna Rahul* (#14) Anitha Pauldurai* (#7) Poojamol Ks* (#13) Akansha Singh* (#4) Srividhya Venkataraman* (#4)
Sushantika Chakravortty (#4) Smruthi Radhakrishnan (#4) M. Adhirai (#4) Harjeet Kaur (#5) Kirandeep Kaur (#5) Nishanthi Masilamani (#5)
Garima Gosain (#5) Sofi Sam (#5) Sonya Joy (#5) Harminder Kaur (#6) Sahiba Mann (#6) A. Ria Sharon (#6)
Ishika Gahlot (#7) Neena Hareendran (#6) Alagu Tamil Mozhi (#6) Neenumol PS (#7) Shabnam Jassal (#7) Srividhya Suriyashekar (#7)
Princy Singh Rathore (#8) Konika (#7) Shwetha Naidu (#8) Sakshi Sharma (#8) Gagandeep Kaur (#8) Meenu Pannu (#8)
Monika Vats (#9) Vetcha R. Spruha (#8) M. Gayathri (#9) Amrit Kaur (#9)* Amandeep Kaur (#9) Chandana G. (#9)

*All-Star

Conducting nine rounds over the course of nine weeks, as per the official release, the 3BL "will help increase the points for the Indian federation in the FIBA 3x3 Rankings, which is the decider for a berth on the qualification round for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. The winners of the men's rounds will also qualify for spots on two FIBA 3x3 World Tour Masters and three Challengers."

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