Cager of Indian origin makes history in Birmingham, scores showtime points in 3x3 basketball

By IANS | Published: July 30, 2022 09:09 AM 2022-07-30T09:09:03+5:30 2022-07-30T09:25:fifteen+5:30

Birmingham, July xxx There was no Indian team competing in 3x3 basketball every bit the T20 version of the ...

Cager of Indian origin makes history in Birmingham, scores first points in 3x3 basketball | Cager of Indian origin makes history in Birmingham, scores first points in 3x3 basketball

Cager of Indian origin makes history in Birmingham, scores first points in 3x3 basketball

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Birmingham, July thirty There was no Indian team competing in 3x3 basketball game every bit the T20 version of the sport made its debut in the Commonwealth Games here on Friday. All the same, a person with connexion to India still made history, by scoring the get-go handbasket in the new sport that is getting a lot of attention in recent times and was even included in the Tokyo Olympics.

Bikramjit Gill, a Canadian of Indian origin, on Friday etched his name in the history books by scoring the first handbasket in the Republic Games' first ever 3x3 basketball match. Canada beat Kenya 15-12 in the opening men's Pool A match at Smithfield on Friday.

"It feels good, human being. I've made a flake of history in my career at times, but this was emotional. It'south in the top-three moments of my life. Information technology felt phenomenal to open up 3x3 at these Games. A lot of people might wait by it, only sometimes you've only got to be living in the moment," Gill said after the match.

Gill said the atmosphere at the venue was great despite it existence played for the first time.

"The oversupply gave us a lot of dearest and it was just crawly to be here. Venue-wise, this takes the cake. The whole setup hither is astonishing. To see ii,500 people in such an enclosed environment it'south very intimate.

"It'south just cool to have the people experience like they're on superlative of you. And y'all hear everything," he said.

Gill had recently grown his hair as a symbol of his Sikh faith afterwards trimming information technology for many years to gel with the local oversupply in Malton, Ontario. He is now the just Sikh-Canadian basketball game thespian competing at the professional level.

He comes from a family of basketball game players as his father played for the Indian national squad while his older brother played varsity basketball at a college back home.

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