Ludhiana, June 6 -- Four players from the Ludhiana Basketball Academy (LBA) have been selected to represent India at the World School Basketball Championship (Under-18), scheduled to be held in Zlatibor, Serbia, from June 13 to 22, marking a significant achievement for the city's basketball programme.

The selected players are Gagandeep Kaur, Tishmeet Kaur, Deepika Poonia and Shaurya Sachdeva, all of whom have earned places in the Indian squad on the back of consistent performances on the domestic circuit. While Gagandeep, Tishmeet and Deepika have been training under Punjab sports department's international coach Saloni, Shaurya has honed his skills under coach Jaipal at the Ludhiana Basketball Academy. All four players are associated wi...