Independence Day Inter-Provincial Basketball Championships in progress.

Independence Day Inter-Provincial Basketball Championships in progress.

ISLAMABAD ; Nawaz Gohar

Islamabad-B, Sindh in Women’s and Islamabad-B & A in Men’s outclassed their their opponents in second day pool matches of Independence Day Inter-Provincial Basketball Championships being organised by Pakistan Basketball Federation here at Liaquat Gymnasium, Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad.

Islamabad-B thrashed Balochistan Basketball Women team with score of 35 points as Islamabad-B won the match with 45-10 points. Shanzey scored 16 points, Shahbano Ikram scored 11 points for winning side while Faiza Khan and Laib Khan scored 06 and 02 points respectively from Balochistan Women team. In second match Sindh Women team defeated Islamabad-A by 59/39 score. Aisha Ijlal-25, Hareem Zahid-7 points scored for Sindh while Amani Khan -16 and Mahrukh Alvi scored 07 points for losing side Islamabad-A Women Basketball team.

In men category Islamabad-B defeated Sindh Basketball team by 74-64 score. Haroon Rashid-18 Ahmed Isnaan scored 14 points for Islamabad-B while Mohsin Riaz scored 13 and Muhammad Azhar scored 12 points for losing side.

In second match in men category Islamabad-A defeated Balochistan by 83-44 points. Ali Hamza Kazmi-19 and Jabran Asif Khan scored 18 points respectively from Islamabad-A. While Jamal Khan 27 and Ahmed Nawaz scored 12 points for losing side Balochistan Basketball Men team.

All matches were supervised by Gul Jamal, Saadat Jehangir, Moazzam Navid Rao, Naveed Ahmed Beeda, Adeel S Raza, Muhammad Praim Shahzad and Muhammad Mudassar.

The event is one of the series for the promotion of basketball in the country being organised under the supervision of Federal Basketball Association. It is pertinent to add here that teams from Punjab, Sindh, KPK, Balochistan and Islamabad Men & Women are participating for five days Championships.