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Talwinderjit
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MUMBAI:
Talwinderjit Singh's form in the first quarter was a warning signal to
Rangers. The Warriors captain followed up the three-pointer with more
baskets, 32 points from the international eased his team's path, winning
94-73 in Group B men's league at the Mastan basketball professional league
on Wednesday.
The results (league): Men: Warriors 94 (Talwinderjit Singh 32, Mihir Pandey
19, Anand Singh 15) bt Rangers 73 (Suresh Kumar 34, Prakash Mishra 18, S
Sridhar 10); Soldiers 67 (Jagdeep Singh 31, Dinesh C V 18) bt Challengers 56
(Anup M. 17, Sambhaji Kadam 12).
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Warriors Captain
Talwinderjit Singh Sahi
MUMBAI 2010: Captain Talwinderjit Singh's hasty attempt seconds
to go before the hooter forced Warriors go down fighting to Challengers
63-65 in the Group B men's league of the 1st Mastan Basketball Pro League on
Sunday.
Murali Krishnan (17) top-scored for the winner, while Dinesh Kumar (13) and
captain Sambhaji Kadam kept the attack going apart from chipping in with
seven points
Talwinderjit and Mihir Pandey spurred a fight back and a one point lead for
Warriors at 60-59 at one stage, but could not maintain the momentum and lost
possession. The former emerged the highest scorer of the match with 24,
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An
NBA star from India
--Talwinder
Mumbai: For Talwinder Singh ? who imitates National Basketball
Association (NBA) players ? basketball is his destiny and a
lifelong love affair.
With encouragement from his father and a continuous supply of
CD?s featuring basketball players from his brother in America,
there is no looking back for Talwinder.
Be it on-court antics or slam-dunks, he seems to have them just
right. "My style of playing is similar to that of the NBA
players," says Talwinder. He confesses that playing with the
NRIs in Ludhiana did help him learn a couple of fancy moves.
"Allen Iverson from 76ers is my idol. He is of my height and
weight and if he can do it why cant I?" says an enthusiastic
Talwinder.
He soon wishes to join his elder brother, "I play the NBA
style", says Talwinder who got a chance to interact with the
best in the game at the week-long NBA camp in Beijing.
Talwinder scored 41 of the 83 points scored by the Indian
juniors in an Asian level tournament in Bangalore earlier this
year.
That helped him get a chance to be on a week-long NBA camp in
Beijing and interact with some of the best in the game. And not
surprisingly his inspiration comes from the NBA!
For the moment though, Talwinder is keen to make a mark in
India. And with the national team having played as many as 10
international tournaments in the last 2 years, players with the
attitude and skill of Talwinder Singh are sure to emerge more
regularly.
Mastan basketball league Results 2010
Action
in the match between Challengers (blue) and warriors (white) in the Mastan
Basketball Pro League on Sunday With 16 seconds to go for the final hooter,
trailing 63-65 and having ball possession, international Talwinderjit Singh,
the captain of Warriors lost his composure and attempted a hurried shot that
missed the target and with it ended his teams hopes against Challengers in a
mens Group B league match of the Lakadawala Developers-Mastan Basketball Pro
League, at the Tera Flex courts of the Mastan YMCA on Sunday. A late fight
back by Warriors, led by Talwinderjit and Mihir Pandey, who sunk two three
pointers, saw them overcome the deficit and take a one point lead at 60-59
with three minutes left, but they could not maintain the momentum, losing
possession on a couple of occasions to once again concede a two-point lead,
which proved the difference in the end. Talwainderjit, adjudged the man of
the match, was the highest scorer from both teams with 24 points, ably
supported by Mihir Pandey, who scored 18. For the winners Murali Krishnan
top scored with 17, while Dinesh Kumar sunk 13. Captain Shambhaji Kadam,
more content with distributing the ball chipped in with 7 points.
PUNE:
It was predicted to be a final before the actual final. The packed stadium
witnessed a cracker of a contest as Tamil Nadu men beat Punjab 83-78 to top
group B in the 56th edition of the Senior National Basketball championship
at the Shri Shiv Chatrapathi Kreedapeet near here on Sunday
It may
not exactly be the start that coach Sendhureswaran wanted to begin the year
with. From a below par 13-18 first quarter scoreline, Tamil Nadu changed
over at 31-33 thanks to the versatile Mihir Pandey.
Dream start
Punjab got off to a dream start with
Talwinder Sahi mesmerising the Tamil Nadu defence with his speed and
skill. Coach Dr. Subramaniam seemed to have had the better off in the first
round. But all that was set to change thanks to some timely outside shooting
from Shiv Shankar and a couple of offensive rebound conversions by Robinson
and Mihir.
At
46-45, Tamil Nadu took the lead for the first time and then on it looked
anybody's game. Tamil Nadu increased its lead to ten points, going into the
decisive quarter.
A foul
by Shiv Kumar on Talwinder which the later went on to convert, had
the TN coach on his feet. Punjab did make valiant attempts through Snehpal
and Jaswinder but TN players held its cool. Sugawaneswaran (18) and Shiv
Shankar (18) played well with Mihir Pandey and Robinson providing good
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Two Brothers
When you talk
about basketball a name that crosses your mind instantly is MICHEAL
JORDAN.He took the game to a new height, and if he wasn’t there this would
have been just another game like golf or rugby which any one hardly watches.
Basketball fever has also gripped india and with players like Talwinder
Singh Sahi a.k.a iverson and Harsimran Singh a.k.a simon (Both brothers)
this game has got new dimensions.
simon and iverson are the players who can proudly be called viewer’s
delight, they are the kind of players even N.B.A (National Basketball
Association) would love to have but the irony is that these guys doesnt get
enough support and publicity even though they have helped india countless
number of times to overcome certain obstacles like Kazagistan and other
countries.
But the fact is that our people of our country are so much crazy over
cricket that they have completely forgotten other games(that include our
national game Hockey also).
The other factor that has affected children a lot is the politics that exist
even in the sport arena.There are players who deserve lot more than what
they are getting now but its just that they don’t have enough money to back
their talents. But then again maybe IT’S NOT THE TALENT WHAT IS LOOKED FOR
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lost to Korea 102-83 after some early promise of a fight-back, with
Talwinderjit Singh waging a lone battle.
Earlier, Iran, despite the lanky Jaber Darrehsari trying to find his
bearings, rode rough-shod over Kazakhstan at 72-58.
If one thought the first basket that Sanjay converted would be the only time
India would take the lead, there was surprise as Talwinderjit found the hoop
with a three-pointer to put India ahead at 17-13 with two successive
conversions. But that was the last hurrah as Korea with the Sung's - Hoon
Park and Jin Park simply tore the netting with accuracy.
Hoon Park, in fact, had eight three-pointers in his 34, while Jin Park
tallied 25, with six three-pointers. Su In Song, Chang Min Lee and Dong Geon
Lee too had their share of three-pointers in Korea's big win.
India coach, B.S. Hooda's, persistence with the same pattern and the tall
Yadwinder's fascination for outside shooting were baffling for the die-hards
as with mounting pressure the percentages in even the free-throws dipped
considerably.
India will now clash with Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong China for the fifth
to seventh slots.
After today's loss, Kazakhstan decided to concede its remaining matches and
will settle for the eight place.
The semifinals and the final will be held at the Sree Kanteerava Indoor
stadium.
The results: Group I: Lebanon 107 (Nadim Souaid 15, Hadi Ibrahim 15, Mazan
Mneimneh 13, Imad Saade 13) bt Hong Kong China 70 (Chan Cheung Man 17, Liu
Wai Sum 10).
Group II: Korea 102 (Sung Hoon Park 34, Sung Jin Park 25) bt India 83 (Talwinderjit
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SURAT:
To call him the livewire of his team will be an understatement. He’s the
fulcrum around which the Punjab men’s team functions. Talwinder Singh, a
ball-handler, weaves his way past opponents easily a foot taller than
him, moves like a bullet, pushes himself to the limits and most of all
scores at crunch situations.
Riding on Talwinder’s (20 points) blitzkrieg, last year’s runner-up,
Punjab overcame Uttar Pradesh 88-77 in a preliminary Pool ‘B’ contest of
the Karp-Jyoti senior National basketball championships here on
Wednesday.
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When you talk
about basketball a name that crosses your mind instantly is MICHEAL
JORDAN.He took the game to a new height, and if he wasn’t there this would
have been just another game like golf or rugby which any one hardly watches.
Basketball fever has also gripped india and with players like Talwinder
Singh Sahi a.k.a iverson and Harsimran Singh a.k.a simon(Both brothers) this
game has got new dimensions.
simon and iverson are the players who can proudly be called viewer’s
delight, they are the kind of players even N.B.A(National Basketball
Association) would love to have but the irony is that these guys doesnt get
enough support and publicity even though they have helped india countless
number of times to overcome certain obstacles like Kazagistan and other
countries.
But the fact is that our people of our country are so much crazy over
cricket that they have completely forgotten other games(that include our
national game Hockey also).
The other factor that has affected children a lot is the politics that exist
even in the sport arena.There are players who deserve lot more than what
they are getting now but its just that they don’t have enough money to back
their talents. But then again maybe IT’S NOT THE TALENT WHAT IS LOOKED FOR
IN A PLAYER</B? |
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The
Punjab Rural Sports Promotion Council (PRSPC) which mobilised different
rural sports clubs at a meeting here last Sunday, resolved to organise a
function during which awards will be given to players and sports promoters.
According to Mr Prithipal Singh Batala, President, PRSPC, Mr Rajdeep Singh
Gill, ADGFP, Punjab and President, Basketball Federation of India and Navjot
Singh Sidhu, former cricketer and now member of Lok Sabha would be the chief
guests of this function.
He further said that Punjab Da Gaurav Amarjit Grewal Award would be given to
a male player, a female player and a sports promoter. To decide the winners,
three panels have been formed which will finalise the names of the award
recipients. The final decision about the award winners and amount would be
taken during the council meeting to be held here on May 21, Mr Batala said.
The following players have been shortlisted from which one will be chosen
for the award this year (male player) — Prabhjot Singh (hockey), Manpreet
Singh (kabaddi), Hardeep Singh Saini (football), Amritpal Singh (athletics),
Talwinderjit Singh (basketball).
The list of woman players include the names of Olympians Manjeet Kaur,
Rajwinder Kaur and Harwant Kaur (athletics), Rajvinder Kaur (volleyball),
Gurpreet Kaur Purewal (handball) and Kamaljeet Kaur (basketball). |
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pounds are flying off How many more? Lets change India
Sanskrit Festivals Mumbai, November 14 If there was ever a 90 degrees turn
to a sporting career, Talwinderjit Singh’s switch of disciplines quite
literally fits the bill.
Prodded by a father — who was an athletics coach in Punjab — to leap the
furthest horizontal distance in long jump and fed up by the monotony of
charging into sand pits, Talwinder sneaked out to an adjacent basketball
court six years ago and has now acquired a reputation as a 6-foot dunker.
Talk of his vertical antics-jumping to cling to the rings-often precedes his
arrival.
The 20-year-old ball handler spikes his hair, speaks in a yankee modulation
and sports a tattoo to complete the NBA-package. But look beyond this
impersonated exterior (Talwinder unbashedly confesses to being a showman)
and Indian basketball has found a talented ball player, who backs his
penchant for stylish drive-in dribbles and dunks, to average proportionate
points. If nothing, the game has run into a new persona- who can keep the
crowds rooted, if not quite claim to pull them.
Talwinder caught the attention after a stint with India juniors, and guided
Punjab to the National final last year, slotting in three-pointers at will,
to shock Tamil Nadu, then reigning champions in the semis and pocket the
best player trophy. Earlier, the wiry player had trained at the Baba
Lodhiana Academy which is throwing up a good many internationals, and was
later selected to attend a week-long NBA camp at Beijing.
12,000 kms separate Philadelphia from Punjab and ten years plus several
non-quantifiable units of talent separate Talwinder from his hero-76ers
point guard Allen Iverson, but the idolising has almost shaped the Indian’s
outlook towards the hoops. ‘‘He is as tall as I am, (for 6 ft is not tall
enough in basketball!); but if he can dunk, so can I,’’ Talwinder said.
‘‘AI is a one-man army and scored 60 on his own against Orlando last season;
I want to play like that,’’
Talwinder gushes as he names his 41 points of the 83 that Indian Juniors
scored in an ABC tournament at Bangalore, as his best performance to date.
The youngster even admitted to practicing at the University back home since
the courts were frequented by NRIs, who put a lot of store on stylish
lay-ups and fancy maneuvers.
Get him talking on dunking, and the modus operandi was quoted like Sehwag
simplified his square cuts. ‘‘First I aimed for the net, then the board and
then touched the ring; it needed some years of practice,’’ he said.
All the dunking display makes Talwinder a challenging charge for any coach,
and while the state head Dr Subramanian conceded that Pipli has some fine
speed, jumping ability and skill, he adds that the individual brilliance
needs to gel into the team-theme. ‘‘He needs to mature still, because
sometimes he gets carried away and plays to the gallery,’’ he said.
High-fliers, they said, operated best when they stayed grounded off-court.
For Talwinder, the grooming is still only partly complete, like the
half-done dribbling-panther tattoo Talwinder wore on his arm. ‘‘It’s one
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Indian cagers
put up a spirited fight against Kazakhstan before going down 73-76 in the
final league game in the Middle-Asia zone qualifiers of the Asian Basketball
championships here today.
Kazakhstan finished unbeaten after four matches to top the zone while India
came second with three wins and one defeat. Uzbekistan was the third team to
qualify for the Asia Basketball championships to be held in Doha, Qatar in
September after beating lowly Bangladesh and Nepal.
Talwinderjit Singh, who top scored for India with 21 points, was undoubtedly
India’s star player today as he weaved magic with his breathtaking baskets,
superb dribbles and wonderful defensive work.
The diminutive youngster, who also excelled in the earlier matches, hardly
put a foot wrong as he became the darling of the sizeable crowd at the
Talkatora Indoor Stadium as India went down after their superb show in the
third and fourth quarters.
The Indians paid dearly for their sluggish start as they allowed the
opponents gain a 25-13 lead in the first quarter (13-25). The Kazakhs held
on to their advantage despite being outscored by the hosts 19-15 and 24-18
in the last two quarters.
At the beginning of the third quarter India were trailing 30-43 but spurred
on by two three pointers from Talwinderjit and Riyazzudin (who tallied 14
points) India narrowed the gap to 45-48 and soon Jagdeep Singh converted two
free throws as the crowd went wild with the scoreboard reading 47-48.
But the over-enthusiastic Talwinderjit committed a foul and Kazakhs were
soon back in control and by the end of the quarter they were up 58-49.
The last quarter again saw the Indians fight it out of their skin especially
in the final moments. Two free throw conversions by skipper Sridhar made it
68-71 but the Indians failed to draw level erring in their passing at
crucial moments.
With time running out, India were under pressure to attack and in the
process they committed far too many fouls which were all converted into
important points by the Kazakhs.
Talwinderjit again came up with a stunner to make it 70-72 but immediately
gave back the advantage committing a foul. India again drew closer through
Jagdeep Singh’s three pointer at 73-74 but in the end Kazakhs emerged with
their nose in front.
Earlier, the Kazakhs quickly put the foot on the accelerator after taking
the lead with some superb defensive and offensive work to a 22-9 lead with
around three minutes remaining in the first quarter.
Vyacheslav Rosnovskiy (26 points) and Anton Ponomarev (14) hardly missed any
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Talwinder
tenders apology
Approaches PBA to revoke suspension
Ludhiana, December 2
International basketball player, Talwinder Singh, who was under suspension
since August, 2006 has approached the Punjab Basketball Association to
revoke his suspension and allow to represent his state and the country.
International cager, Talwinder Singh, along with Teja Singh Dhaliwal at the
Ludhiana District Basketball Association office on Tuesday. Photo: Inderjeet
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There are
few personalities in Indian basketball as simultaneously
exciting and enigmatic, unifying and divisive, and
polarising in every sense of the word, as Talwinderjit
Singh “TJ” Sahi. Fans know of him as the explosive
dunker, as the man with one of the quickest crossover
dribbles in the country, as a man who
stood face to face against
Chinese superstar Yi Jianlian. And they know him as the
same man who has suffered years of being boxed away from
the elite status due a host of personal and professional
problems, as the rebel of Indian Basketball.
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TJ Sahi dunks over a
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Blake
Griffin was not the first person to dunk over a car. But
when the 'Blake Show' took off to slam it in over a Kia
during the 2011 Slam Dunk competition, it was the first
time an "over-the-car" dunk was done on such a big
stage. I was there in person, and I was impressed. Half
of me was impressed because it was a pretty good dunk,
and the other half of me was impressed because of a
combination of entertaining things that took place along
with the dunk - The Gospel Choir, "I Believe I can Fly",
the Staples Center home crowd cheering him on, and did I
mention, it was the friggin NBA Slam Dunk Competition?
But strip the dunk bare of all the side-shows and what
you're left with is a 6 foot 10 NBA player dunking over
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Forward
another couple of months. The scene is drastically
different. It's a slam dunk competition all right, but
one being held far from the glitz, glamour, and
indoor-court comforts of Los Angeles/Staples Center.
This dunk contest was being held at the first ever
Indian All Star Weekend in Mumbai. The court was the
Mastan YMCA, in Nagpada, which in most terms is the
exact opposite of LA glamour. Nagpada is known for its
kebabs, its crowds, its chawls, and its basketball.
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Talwinder stars
for Punjab
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Top-scores with 33 points in win over
Kochi Customs
After a controversial loss in their opening game to Western
Railway on Sunday, Punjab came back strongly to beat Kochi's
Customs & Central Excise team 88-87 in the men's Group A
league match of the 27th Ramu Memorial Basketball Tournament
at Indian Gymkhana on Monday.
Kochi suffered their second consecutive loss of the tournament
by one-point margin having lost their opening match 63-64 to
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The match on Monday was a lopsided affair for the first three
quarters with Punjab having the edge. Their team, comprising
mainly of college and school students, looked fitter and
better than Kochi — whose average team age is 28 compared to
Punjab's 21. At half-time, Punjab were way ahead with
difference of 15 points (50-35). Some outstanding three
pointers by Kochi's R Manoj brought them to the brink of
victory. However, they failed to capitalise and lost the game
by one point.
Punjab's Talwinder Singh, who was disqualified in the opening
game, had a broken nose after a brawl with Western Railway
players, was cautious against Kochi but top scored with 33
points.
Punjab were on the verge of withdrawing from the tournament
after their opening game as they felt there were false
allegations against them and it was the railmen who should
have been penalised instead. Their coach, S Subramanian, was
also given a technical foul. "The tournament committee looked
into the matter and after reviewing the videos they realised
that we were n...
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Mr. Teja
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21 points, in action, watched by Kazakhstan players, in the
Middle Asia Zone qualifiers for the Asian Basketball
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Talwinderjit Singh of Punjab, architect
of his team's victory over Tamil Nadu with 32 points, celebrates
with fans after the semifinals between Punjab and Tamil Nadu in
the National basketball championship at the Guru Nanak Sports
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Talwinder Singh of
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Talwinder Singh was
the toast of the punjab state team, which clinched the united
phosphorus ltd-sponsored savio cup all india basketball
championship at the Don Basco school quadrangle at matunga on
saturday evening.
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Reporter
BANGALORE, SEPT. 21. Last year's finalist Iran and Korea, which
finished third, entered the last four stage of the Asian basketball
championship at the Rajiv Gandhi Sports Complex here on Tuesday. India lost to Korea
102-83 after some early promise of a fight-back, with
Talwinderjit Singh waging a lone battle. Earlier, Iran,
despite the lanky Jaber Darrehsari trying to find his bearings, rode
rough-shod over Kazakhstan at 72-58. If one thought the
first basket that Sanjay converted would be the only time India
would take the lead, there was surprise as Talwinderjit found
the hoop with a three-pointer to put India ahead at 17-13 with two
successive conversions. But that was the last hurrah as Korea with
the Sung's - Hoon Park and Jin Park simply tore the netting with
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Talwinderjit Singh Sahi,
have been selected by FIBA for ‘Basketball without Borders’(BWB),
world’s premiere international basketball camp that will be held at
Beijing Olympic Training Facility in Beijing, China from July 14 to
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For hosts India,
reaching this stage itself was akin to having won very big battles.
Pitted against the much-fitter, far-faster and the better-equipped
Kazakhstan, one really didn't expect anything more than a worthwhile
fight from India. But alas, much to the disappointment of a
partisan, partial and vociferous crowd, even that was not to be.
Talwinderjit was, as usual, the leader of the Indian attack, but
there was very little he could do all alone in the absence of ample
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